Early Childhood Education Center

Early Childhood Education Center is a very small elementary school in Wood Dale, Illinois, administered by Wood Dale SD 7. It is open to students in pre-K and enrolls 85 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 78% lower.

Wood Dale SD 7 has 4 schools and 890 students, and Early Childhood Education Center is one of those schools.

Hispanic students make up 46% of enrollment at Early Childhood Education Center, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 39% White, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In DuPage County overall, about 16% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Early Childhood Education Center are from different groups.

On staff are 5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.0:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 3.1 fewer students per teacher than here.

In DuPage County, median household income comes to about $112,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 277, with about 138,557 students.

Wood Dale Jr High School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Federal data place Early Childhood Education Center in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's student count increased 20% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.

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