Fairmount Elem School

Set in Downers Grove, Illinois, Fairmount Elem School is an average-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Downers Grove GSD 58. It educates 342 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 13 schools in Downers Grove GSD 58 (4,811 students total), Fairmount Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Fairmount Elem School logs that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Fairmount Elem School higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for DuPage County shows median household income runs about $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Fairmount Elem School is one campus in the mix.

O Neill 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 Fairmount Elem School.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 341 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025.

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