Elm Elem School

Elm Elem School is an elementary-level community of compact scale in Burr Ridge, Illinois, operated by Hinsdale CCSD 181, teacheing 287 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Hinsdale CCSD 181, which oversees 9 schools and 3,574 students, Elm Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Elm Elem School lists that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 41% Asian, 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Elm Elem School reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (DuPage County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Elm Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oak Elem School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 294 students in 2018 compared to 287 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 48% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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