Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMHURST SD 205·NCES 171397001745
Edison Elementary School
246 S Fair Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126 · (630) 834-4272 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
10 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
81.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.5pp since 2023
Math
81.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.1% | 81.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 68.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Edison Elementary School
Edison Elementary School's state test result (78.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Elementary School this school | 318 | 3.1% | 78.2% |
| Spring Ave Elementary School La Grange | 317 | 6.3% | 76.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Elmhurst | 329 | 2.7% | 79.4% |
| North Grove Elementary School Sycamore | 377 | 8.2% | 57.4% |
| Patton Elementary School Arlington Heights | 399 | 8.8% | 74.9% |
| Horace Mann Elementary School Oak Park | 419 | 4.3% | 81.8% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Edison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #39 of 1,925 | #9 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #55 of 2,077 ▲ 14 | #16 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #117 of 2,077 ▲ 81 | #25 of 141 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,441 of 2,419 | #113 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #293 of 2,035 | #26 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #1,292 of 2,042 | #135 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.1% | #2,128 of 2,132 | #122 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #307 of 615 | #27 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
318
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 318 | 28.8 | 11.1:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 25.3 | 12.9:1 | 5% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 40.2 | 7.0:1 | 4% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 21.2 | 13.8:1 | 6% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 275 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 5% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 311 | 21 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 296 | 14 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (292 to 318); teachers up 36% (21.2 to 28.8).
About Edison Elementary School
The public elementary school Edison Elementary School is located in Elmhurst, Illinois. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 318 students.
Elmhurst SD 205 counts 13 schools and 8,280 students, including Edison Elementary School.
The share of White students at Edison Elementary School is 80%. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 15 points above the 65% share among DuPage County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.
Its staff includes 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Edison Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 3%. It compares with 34% for public schools in DuPage County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Edison Elementary School would score about 69.7%. It scores 78.2%, 8.5 points above that figure.
For DuPage County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 277 public schools and about 138,557 students.
Edison Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Sandburg Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Edison Elementary School at 3rd of 8.
Federal data place Edison Elementary School 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.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 23 students, from 295 to 318.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmhurst SD 205
- York Comm High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Bryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Conrad Fischer Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other schools in Elmhurst
- York Comm High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Bryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Conrad Fischer Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other Edison Elementary schools
37 other US public schools in 19 states are named Edison Elementary. Edison Elementary School is the 28th largest of the 38.
- Edison Elementary SchoolMacomb, IL · 397 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolStickney, IL · 282 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolDanville, IL · 233 students
- Edison ElementaryOntario, CA · 736 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolGAINESVILLE, TX · 630 students
Nearby schools
- Sandburg Middle School0.2 mi · 633
- Hawthorne Elementary School0.8 mi · 568
- Field Elementary School0.9 mi · 433
- Jefferson Elementary School0.9 mi · 329
- Sunnyside Intermediate School1.2 mi · 344
- MacArthur Middle School1.2 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Edison Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Edison Elementary School?
Edison Elementary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Edison Elementary School serve?
Edison Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edison Elementary School is approximately 11.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edison Elementary School?
At Edison Elementary School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Edison Elementary School public or private?
Edison Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmhurst SD 205.
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