Terrace Elem School

Terrace Elem School, a tight-knit K-5 school in Des Plaines, Illinois, run under CCSD 62, caters to 206 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 381.

CCSD 62 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,520 students. Terrace Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Terrace Elem School lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cook County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Terrace Elem School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Terrace Elem School tighter 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. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Terrace Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 64.3%, +15.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Terrace Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Brentwood Elem School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Terrace Elem School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

Terrace Elem School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Terrace Elem School has stayed largely flat, going from 209 students in 2018 to 206 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 51% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 in 2025.

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