Field Elem School

Field Elem School is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in Elmhurst, Illinois, run under Elmhurst SD 205, with 433 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

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

On demographics, Field Elem School logs that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% multiracial. Compared to DuPage County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Field Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.3%; Field Elem School posts 78.1%, +13.8 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for DuPage County shows median household income runs about $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%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Field Elem School is one.

Hawthorne Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Field Elem School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Field Elem School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 433). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 71% to 63%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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