Brook Forest Elem School

As a modestly sized K-5 school in Oak Brook, Illinois, Brook Forest Elem School instructs 293 students from grades K through 5, operated by Butler SD 53. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

Butler SD 53 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 463 students. Brook Forest Elem School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brook Forest Elem School shows that the most-represented group is Asian (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 29% White, 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the income-and-resources front, Brook Forest Elem School logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Brook Forest Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, census data for DuPage County shows median household income runs about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Brook Forest Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oak Brook Park District, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 324 students in 2018 compared to 293 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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