Public schools in Lombard, IL

Lombard has 13 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 1 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,418 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Lombard Elementary District 44 runs 8 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Lombard's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in LombardDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Lombard Elementary District 4482,962$23,110
SD 45 DuPage County43,173$22,608
Glenbard Twp HSD 8717,836$24,208

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Lombard, 2,311 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Glenbard East High School2,31116.9not reportedGlenbard Twp HSD 87

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Lombard, 935 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Glenn Westlake Middle School93512.2not reportedLombard Elementary District 44

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Lombard, 3,013 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Madison Elementary School47711.4not reportedLombard Elementary District 44
Westmore Elementary School43214.2All free (CEP)SD 45 DuPage County
Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School38113.6not reportedLombard Elementary District 44
Schafer Elementary School35410.7All free (CEP)SD 45 DuPage County
Butterfield Elementary School29313.1not reportedLombard Elementary District 44
Manor Hill Elementary School28510.9not reportedLombard Elementary District 44
Pleasant Lane Elementary School24513.3not reportedLombard Elementary District 44
Park View Elementary School2149.7not reportedLombard Elementary District 44
Stevenson School16910.5All free (CEP)SD 45 DuPage County
York Center Elementary School16311.6All free (CEP)SD 45 DuPage County

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Lombard, 159 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
John Schroder Early Childhood Ctr15919.6not reportedLombard Elementary District 44

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Lombard's public schools compare with Illinois's

The median Lombard school has 12.2 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Illinois median of 13.1. 25% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 54% across the state. Its median school enrolls 293 students (state 374).

Lombard against Illinois, schools open in 2024-25 with students
LombardIllinois
Median students per teacher12.213.1
Median school size (students)293374
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)25%54%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)31%53%
Charter schools0%3.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 13 Lombard schools and the 3,817 Illinois schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Lombard

  1. Lombard Elementary District 44Runs 8 of Lombard's 13 public schools and spent $23,110 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,110
  2. Glenbard East High School, the largest high school in Lombard2,311 students in 2024-25, 16.9 per teacher.2,311
  3. Compare Lombard Elementary District 44 with SD 45 DuPage CountyLombard's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IllinoisIllinois's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Lombard addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Illinois

  1. Chicago629 schools
  2. Aurora47 schools
  3. Rockford44 schools
  4. Naperville41 schools
  5. Peoria33 schools
  6. Joliet31 schools
  7. Springfield31 schools
  8. Plainfield29 schools

Questions about schools in Lombard

  1. How many public schools are in Lombard, IL?
    13 public schools with an address in Lombard were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 1 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,418 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Lombard?
    Glenbard East High School, with 2,311 students in 2024-25 (Glenbard Twp HSD 87).
  3. Which districts run Lombard's schools?
    Lombard Elementary District 44 (8 schools), SD 45 DuPage County (4 schools), Glenbard Twp HSD 87 (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .