Early Childhood Education Center

Located at 543 N Wood Dale Rd, in Wood Dale, Illinois, Early Childhood Education Center is a micro-enrollment elementary campus that educates 85 students (grade pre-K), operated by Wood Dale SD 7. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Early Childhood Education Center sits 78% smaller than that benchmark.

Wood Dale SD 7 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 890 students. Early Childhood Education Center is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Early Childhood Education Center reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 39% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for DuPage County put the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, 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), Early Childhood Education Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wood Dale Jr High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 111 students in 2018 compared to 85 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 53% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.