Sycamore Trails Elementary School

Sycamore Trails Elementary School, a medium-sized K-5 school in Bartlett, Illinois, run under SD U-46, serves 424 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

SD U-46 runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 34,036 students. Sycamore Trails Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sycamore Trails Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 21% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with DuPage County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Sycamore Trails Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Sycamore Trails Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.4%, the actual is 62.4%, a residual of +5.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for DuPage County put median household income runs about $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Sycamore Trails Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Centennial School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sycamore Trails Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 35%: 649 students in 2018 compared to 424 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 17% to 9%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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