Lace Elem School

Lace Elem School, a mid-tier primary school in Darien, Illinois, overseen by Darien SD 61, serves 377 students, covering grades 3 through 5.

Darien SD 61 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,237 students; Lace Elem School is among them.

Demographically, Lace Elem School reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Lace Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lace Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.8%; this one delivers 55.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for DuPage County indicate the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Lace Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eisenhower Jr High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lace Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lace Elem School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 57.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Lace Elem School's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 465 (now 377). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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