Western Trails Elem School

Located at 860 Idaho St, in Carol Stream, Illinois, Western Trails Elem School is a compact K-5 school that works with 320 students (grades K through 5), operated by CCSD 93.

CCSD 93 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,319 students. Western Trails Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Western Trails Elem School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% White, 21% Asian, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Western Trails Elem School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Western Trails Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.7%; this one delivers 43.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for DuPage County put median household income runs about $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Western Trails Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Roy De Shane Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Western Trails Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Western Trails Elem School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Western Trails Elem School's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 348 (now 320). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 25% to 34%.

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