Melrose Park Elem School

Melrose Park Elem School operates as a substantial primary school in Melrose Park, Illinois, one of the schools within Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89. Current enrollment sits at 602 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 58% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,081 students; Melrose Park Elem School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Melrose Park Elem School records that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Melrose Park Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 31.9%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Melrose Park Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elem School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Melrose Park Elem School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Melrose Park Elem School has shrank 23%, going from 785 students in 2018 to 602 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 91% to 96% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Melrose Park Elem School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.