Central School

Central School operates as an expansive K-5 school in Lemont, Illinois, one of the schools within Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A. Current enrollment sits at 591 students spanning grades 4 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 55% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,664 students. Central School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Central School reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 19% of students at Central School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.6%; this one delivers 59.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Central School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Lemont Twp High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Central School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

On the community side, the feed for Central School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.