Edison Elem School

Edison Elem School is a small primary school in Elmhurst, Illinois, operated by Elmhurst SD 205. The school enrolls 318 students in grades K through 5.

Edison Elem School is one of 13 schools operated by Elmhurst SD 205, a district that enrolls 8,280 students overall.

On demographics, Edison Elem School logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, DuPage County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edison Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for DuPage County put median household earnings sit near $112,096, 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), Edison Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Sandburg Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edison Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edison Elem School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 61.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Edison Elem School's enrollment has expanded 9% since 2018, when it stood at 292 (now 318). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Edison Elem School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.