Early Childhood

Located at 130 W Madison St, in Elmhurst, Illinois, Early Childhood is a compact primary school that teaches 271 students (grade pre-K), operated by Elmhurst SD 205. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Early Childhood sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Elmhurst SD 205 comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,280 students; Early Childhood is among them.

Demographically, Early Childhood lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for DuPage County put the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Early Childhood is one campus in the mix.

Jackson Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Early Childhood.

Early Childhood operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Early Childhood's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 299 (now 271). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 62% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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