York Center Elem School

Set in Lombard, Illinois, York Center Elem School is a tight-knit K-5 school, part of SD 45 DuPage County. It serves 163 students across grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so York Center Elem School sits 57% below that benchmark.

York Center Elem School is one of 9 schools operated by SD 45 DuPage County, a district that caters to 3,162 students overall.

Demographically, York Center Elem School lists that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 18% Asian, 15% Black, 15% White, 11% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, York Center Elem School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, York Center Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of +6.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for DuPage County put the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which York Center Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stevenson School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around York Center Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts York Center Elem School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at York Center Elem School has declined 20%, going from 205 students in 2018 to 163 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 24% to 18% across the same window.

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