Spring Trail Elementary School

Spring Trail Elementary School, a medium-sized K-5 school in Carol Stream, Illinois, part of SD U-46, hosts 486 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 381.

Spring Trail Elementary School is one of 51 schools operated by SD U-46, a district that educates 34,036 students overall.

On demographics, Spring Trail Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 22% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Spring Trail Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Spring Trail Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 61.5%, a residual of +12.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for DuPage County indicate median household earnings sit near $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Spring Trail Elementary School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

Nearest neighbor: Heritage Lakes Elem School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spring Trail Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spring Trail Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Spring Trail Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 35% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 486).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.