Elmwood Park High School

Set in Elmwood Park, Illinois, Elmwood Park High School is a moderately sized high school, part of Elmwood Park CUSD 401. It caters to 1,015 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Elmwood Park CUSD 401 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,908 students; Elmwood Park High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elmwood Park High School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 35% White, 3% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elmwood Park High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 36.9%, a residual of -0.3 points.

In the area at large, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Elmwood Park High School is one campus in the mix.

River Grove Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elmwood Park High School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elmwood Park High School has edged up 9%, going from 930 students in 2018 to 1,015 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 45% to 35% over that span.

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