North Elementary School

Set in Des Plaines, Illinois, North Elementary School is an expansive elementary campus, run under CCSD 62. It teaches 599 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so North Elementary School sits 57% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in CCSD 62 (4,520 students total), North Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, North Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Asian (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, North Elementary School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 71% of students at North Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, North Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.4%; this one delivers 32.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Elementary School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 18%: 507 students in 2018 compared to 599 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 15% to 36% across the same window.

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