Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Ctr

Located at 753 Dalhart Ave, in Romeoville, Illinois, Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Ctr is a moderately sized K-5 school that works with 515 students (grade pre-K), operated by Valley View CUSD 365U. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Ctr sits 35% above that benchmark.

Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Ctr is one of 20 schools operated by Valley View CUSD 365U, a district that serves 14,710 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Ctr lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 22% Black, 14% White, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Will County indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Ctr is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Robert C Hill Elem School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Ctr.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Dr. James Mitchem Erly Chldhd Ctr's enrollment has edged up 83% since 2018, when it stood at 282 (now 515). The White share of enrollment decreased from 27% to 14% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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