Army Trail Elem School

Army Trail Elem School is one of the intimate primary schools in Addison, Illinois, part of Addison SD 4, with 258 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 9 schools in Addison SD 4 (3,389 students total), Army Trail Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Army Trail Elem School lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 11% Native American, 5% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Army Trail Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.9%, the actual is 23.4%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for DuPage County indicate median household earnings sit near $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Army Trail Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Indian Trail Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Army Trail Elem School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.4%.

Army Trail Elem School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 34%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 258 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 75% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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