Thomas Dooley Elem School

Set in Schaumburg, Illinois, Thomas Dooley Elem School is an average-sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Schaumburg CCSD 54. It instructs 437 students across grades K through 6.

Thomas Dooley Elem School is one of 28 schools operated by Schaumburg CCSD 54, a district that works with 15,298 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Thomas Dooley Elem School shows that the largest single group is Asian at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 29% White, 19% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Thomas Dooley Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Buzz Aldrin Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomas Dooley Elem School.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Dooley Elem School has edged down 7%, going from 470 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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