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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMHURST SD 205·NCES 171397001746
Emerson Elementary School
400 N West Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126 · (630) 834-5562 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
42 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
45%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
79.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
77.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.3% | 77.5% |
| 2023-24 | 72.6% | 58.4% |
% 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
75.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Emerson Elementary School
Emerson Elementary School's state test result (75.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Elementary School this school | 429 | 9.8% | 75.6% |
| North Barrington Elementary School North Barrington | 432 | 10.6% | 76.0% |
| Thomas Metcalf School Normal | 459 | 7.0% | 71.5% |
| Whittier Elementary School Wheaton | 433 | 9.5% | 74.1% |
| Patton Elementary School Arlington Heights | 399 | 8.8% | 74.9% |
| Jackson Elementary School Elmhurst | 422 | 5.9% | 75.2% |
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 Emerson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #60 of 1,925 | #15 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #106 of 2,077 ▲ 70 | #25 of 141 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #151 of 2,077 ▼ 78 | #32 of 141 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #855 of 2,419 | #59 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #671 of 2,035 | #56 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #1,045 of 2,042 | #115 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.8% | #2,087 of 2,132 | #111 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #1,301 of 1,461 | #86 of 92 |
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
429
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 397
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 | 429 | 34.8 | 12.3:1 | 10% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 32.4 | 13.9:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 31.9 | 13.8:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 32.5 | 13.7:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 9% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 23 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 19 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (443 to 429); teachers up 7% (32.5 to 34.8).
About Emerson Elementary School
Emerson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Elmhurst, Illinois. Its 429 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Elmhurst SD 205 has a total of 13 schools and 8,280 students, Emerson Elementary School among them.
At 73%, White students outnumber all other groups at Emerson Elementary School combined. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. By the diversity index, Emerson Elementary School comes in at 45%.
Teacher staffing is 34.8 full-time equivalents, or about 12.3 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 10%. Public schools in DuPage County average 34%.
The model predicts 65.9% for a school in Illinois with Emerson Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Emerson Elementary School posts 75.6%.
DuPage County has these Census figures: median household income is about $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of DuPage County number 277 and enroll about 138,557.
Ardmore Elementary School is the public school closest to Emerson Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Emerson Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 423 to 429, a small change.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. Emerson Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 36.
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMaywood, IL · 364 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolWheaton, IL · 263 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolBerwyn, IL · 260 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 990 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 717 students
Nearby schools
- Ardmore Elementary School1.1 mi · 230
- Addison Early Learning Center1.1 mi · 190
- York Comm High School1.2 mi · 2,590
- Hawthorne Elementary School1.3 mi · 568
- North Elementary School1.3 mi · 434
- Fullerton Elementary School1.5 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson Elementary SchoolHow large is Emerson Elementary School?
Emerson Elementary School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades KG-05.
Is Emerson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emerson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Emerson Elementary School have?
Emerson Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Emerson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Emerson Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Emerson Elementary School in?
Emerson Elementary School is part of Elmhurst SD 205.
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