Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOMBARD SD 44·NCES 172346002576
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School
617 Hammerschmidt Ave, Lombard, IL 60148 · (630) 827-4200 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
53 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School→Glenn Westlake Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lombard SD 44. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
57.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.5pp since 2023
Math
53.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 53.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 39.4% |
% 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School this school | 381 | 13.9% | 50.6% |
| Alice Gustafson Elementary School Batavia | 403 | 14.1% | 60.3% |
| Nelson Prairie School New Lenox | 388 | 13.7% | 66.5% |
| Lettie Brown Elementary School Morton | 346 | 13.6% | 72.2% |
| Fox Ridge Elementary School Saint Charles | 424 | 17.2% | N/A |
| Arnold J Tyler School New Lenox | 372 | 15.1% | 62.4% |
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 Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #581 of 1,925 | #72 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #573 of 2,077 ▼ 26 | #91 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #762 of 2,077 ▲ 45 | #100 of 141 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #1,096 of 2,419 | #84 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,086 of 2,035 | #81 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #1,331 of 2,042 | #137 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.9% | #2,050 of 2,132 | #107 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #967 of 1,461 | #62 of 92 |
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
381
-35 (-8%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 447
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 | 381 | 28.1 | 13.6:1 | 14% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 27.6 | 14.2:1 | 16% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 15% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 27.8 | 15.1:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 23 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 24 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (419 to 381); teachers up 1% (27.8 to 28.1).
About Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School
This page covers Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Lombard, Illinois. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 381 students in 2024-25.
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School sits within Lombard SD 44, which has 8 schools and 2,989 students.
The share of White students at Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School is 81%. The next largest groups are 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's White share is 16 points above the 65% share among DuPage County residents. The diversity index for Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School has 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. At Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in DuPage County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.5% for Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School. The school posts 50.6%, 12.9 points below the prediction.
The school is in DuPage County, where median household income comes to about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DuPage County counts 277 public schools with about 138,557 students.
Madison Elementary School sits about 0.5 miles from Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 46.4%, lower than Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School's 50.6%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 35 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Lombard SD 44
- Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Manor Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Pleasant Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
- Park View Elementary SchoolElementary · 214 students
Other schools in Lombard
- Glenbard East High SchoolHigh · 2,311 students
- Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Westmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Schafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Madison Elementary School0.5 mi · 477
- Glenbard East High School0.6 mi · 2,311
- Westmore Elementary School1.0 mi · 432
- Jackson Middle School1.3 mi · 621
- Manor Hill Elementary School1.4 mi · 285
- John Schroder Early Childhood Center1.4 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School?
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School serve?
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School?
At Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School public or private?
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lombard SD 44.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.