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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD 45 DUPAGE COUNTY·NCES 174035004061
Westmore Elementary School
340 S School St, Lombard, IL 60148 · (630) 516-7500 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
144 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.7pp since 2023
Math
57.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 45.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Westmore Elementary School
Westmore Elementary School's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmore Elementary School this school | 432 | 33.3% | 54.9% |
| Mark DeLay School Darien | 453 | 34.0% | N/A |
| J T Manning Elementary School Westmont | 386 | 31.6% | 68.8% |
| Big Timber Elementary School Hampshire | 451 | 33.7% | 44.1% |
| Lace Elementary School Darien | 377 | 30.8% | 55.0% |
| Bower Elementary School Warrenville | 406 | 31.5% | 69.9% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Westmore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #446 of 1,925 | #64 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #482 of 2,077 ▼ 57 | #79 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #680 of 2,077 ▼ 79 | #90 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #840 of 2,419 | #57 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,303 of 2,035 | #100 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #374 of 2,042 | #35 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #1,716 of 2,132 | #65 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #326 of 615 | #30 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
432
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 432 | 30.4 | 14.2:1 | 33% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 27.5 | 15.3:1 | 37% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 27.3 | 15.1:1 | 26% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 26.7 | 14.9:1 | 31% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 29% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 18 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (399 to 432); teachers up 14% (26.7 to 30.4).
About Westmore Elementary School
Westmore Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in SD 45 DuPage County, located in Lombard, Illinois. There are 432 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
SD 45 DuPage County is the local district for Westmore Elementary School. It runs 9 schools with 3,162 students.
White students are 53% of those enrolled at Westmore Elementary School. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 7% Asian. In DuPage County overall, about 65% of residents are White. The diversity index for Westmore Elementary School is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 30.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.2:1. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Roughly 33% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in DuPage County average a similar 34%.
Westmore Elementary School is 2.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.9% versus 52.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
DuPage County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $112,096 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in DuPage County number 277, with about 138,557 students.
Ardmore Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Westmore Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 54.9% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 432 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 416.
The discussion board for Westmore Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD 45 DuPage County
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 375 students
- Schafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- District 45 Early Education CenterElementary · 189 students
Other schools in Lombard
- Glenbard East High SchoolHigh · 2,311 students
- Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Schafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Ardmore Elementary School0.7 mi · 425
- Jackson Middle School0.8 mi · 621
- District 45 Early Education Center0.9 mi · 189
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School1.0 mi · 381
- Willowbrook High School1.3 mi · 1,983
- Schafer Elementary School1.3 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Westmore Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Westmore Elementary School?
Westmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Westmore Elementary School serve?
Westmore Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Westmore Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Westmore Elementary School.
How diverse is Westmore Elementary School?
Westmore Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 24% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Westmore Elementary School?
Westmore Elementary School is overseen by SD 45 DuPage County in DuPage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.