Medinah Primary School

Medinah Primary School is a primary school of close-knit scale in Medinah, Illinois, part of Medinah SD 11, educateing 248 students in grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 35% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 3 schools in Medinah SD 11 (744 students total), Medinah Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Medinah Primary School logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 29% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

In terms of school funding signals, Medinah Primary School reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, DuPage County reports that median household earnings sit near $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Medinah Primary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lake Park High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 257 students in 2018 compared to 248 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 18% to 29% over that span.

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