Roy De Shane Elementary School

Roy De Shane Elementary School is a primary school of small scale in Carol Stream, Illinois, part of CCSD 93, serveing 185 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 51% smaller than typical.

CCSD 93 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,319 students; Roy De Shane Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Roy De Shane Elementary School lists that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 27% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roy De Shane Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (DuPage County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Roy De Shane Elementary School is one.

Western Trails Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roy De Shane Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roy De Shane Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roy De Shane Elementary School has fell 36%, going from 289 students in 2018 to 185 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

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