Early Learning Center

Set in Des Plaines, Illinois, Early Learning Center is a small primary school, operated by East Maine SD 63. It instructs 290 students across grade pre-K. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Early Learning Center sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

East Maine SD 63 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,706 students; Early Learning Center is among them.

In terms of who attends, Early Learning Center shows that the largest single group is Asian at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 27% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

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

Nearest neighbor: Apollo Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Early Learning Center typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.