Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401

Listed by NCES as Elmwood Park CUSD 401 (district ID 1714100)

Public school district · Cook County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1714100

Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 spent $17,814 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 53% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $18,127). Its 4 schools enrolled 2,908 students in 2024-25; 39.5% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $19,023 per student, up 6.8% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 86% (Illinois: 87.6%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 in enrollment (2,715 to 2,976 students) and Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401, FY23Deerfield Public Schools District 109 $26,414; Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 $24,872; Lombard Elementary District 44 $23,110; Chicago Heights SD 170 $21,859; Bloom Twp HSD 206 $21,244; La Grange SD 102 $19,370; Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 $17,814; Minooka Community High School District #111 $17,677; Highland CUSD 5 $12,907; Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 $12,591; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k15k20k25k30kDeerfield Public Schools Distr…$26,414Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233$24,872Lombard Elementary District 44$23,110Chicago Heights SD 170$21,859Bloom Twp HSD 206$21,244La Grange SD 102$19,370Elmwood Park Community Unit Sc…$17,814Minooka Community High School …$17,677Highland CUSD 5$12,907Waterloo Community Unit School…$12,591State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401, FY23Deerfield Public Schools District 109 $26,414; Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 $24,872; Lombard Elementary District 44 $23,110; Chicago Heights SD 170 $21,859; Bloom Twp HSD 206 $21,244; La Grange SD 102 $19,370; Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 $17,814; Minooka Community High School District #111 $17,677; Highland CUSD 5 $12,907; Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 $12,591; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k15k20k25k30kDeerfield Public Schools District 1…$26,414Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233$24,872Lombard Elementary District 44$23,110Chicago Heights SD 170$21,859Bloom Twp HSD 206$21,244La Grange SD 102$19,370Elmwood Park Community Unit School …$17,814Minooka Community High School Distr…$17,677Highland CUSD 5$12,907Waterloo Community Unit School Dist…$12,591State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401, FY23Deerfield Public Schools District 109 $26,414; Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 $24,872; Lombard Elementary District 44 $23,110; Chicago Heights SD 170 $21,859; Bloom Twp HSD 206 $21,244; La Grange SD 102 $19,370; Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 $17,814; Minooka Community High School District #111 $17,677; Highland CUSD 5 $12,907; Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 $12,591; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30kDeerfield Public Schools District 109$26,414Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233$24,872Lombard Elementary District 44$23,110Chicago Heights SD 170$21,859Bloom Twp HSD 206$21,244La Grange SD 102$19,370Elmwood Park Community Unit School District…$17,814Minooka Community High School District #111$17,677Highland CUSD 5$12,907Waterloo Community Unit School District #5$12,591State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401, FY23Deerfield Public Schools District 109 $26,414; Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 $24,872; Lombard Elementary District 44 $23,110; Chicago Heights SD 170 $21,859; Bloom Twp HSD 206 $21,244; La Grange SD 102 $19,370; Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 $17,814; Minooka Community High School District #111 $17,677; Highland CUSD 5 $12,907; Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 $12,591; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30kDeerfield Public Schools District 109$26,414Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233$24,872Lombard Elementary District 44$23,110Chicago Heights SD 170$21,859Bloom Twp HSD 206$21,244La Grange SD 102$19,370Elmwood Park Community Unit School Dist…$17,814Minooka Community High School District…$17,677Highland CUSD 5$12,907Waterloo Community Unit School District…$12,591State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$69,694,000 in revenue: 39.5% state, 52.9% local and 7.6% federal. Total spending including $33,522,000 of capital outlay was $89,343,000, or $31,337 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $27,513,000; Local $36,871,000; Federal $5,310,000; total $69,694,000.
  • State$27,513,000 39%
  • Local$36,871,000 53%
  • Federal$5,310,000 8%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

2,851 students in 2022-23, 2,877 students in 2023-24, 2,908 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,851, 2023-24: 2,877, 2024-25: 2,90801k2k3k2022-232,8512023-242,8772024-252,908
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,851, 2023-24: 2,877, 2024-25: 2,90801k2k3k2022-232,8512023-242,8772024-252,908
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,851, 2023-24: 2,877, 2024-25: 2,90801k2k3k2022-232,8512023-242,8772024-252,908
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,851, 2023-24: 2,877, 2024-25: 2,90801k2k3k2022-232,8512023-242,8772024-252,908

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-232,851207.613.7
2023-242,877207.213.9
2024-252,908214.713.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 scored proficient or above: 27% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts27%29.9%1,375

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

86% of the 237 students in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.6% across Illinois. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtIllinois
Four-year graduation rate86%87.6%
Students in the class237149,998

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

2 elementary schools, 1,278 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
John Mills Elementary School71113.6not reportedSchoolwide program
Elmwood Elementary School56713.0not reportedSchoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 615 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Elm Middle School61513.4not reportedSchoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 1,015 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Elmwood Park High School1,01513.9not reportedEligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentElmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 ranks 200 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($17,814).#200 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisElmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 is the number 140 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 2,851 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#140 of 865
  3. Minooka Community High School District #111The next larger Illinois district: 2,930 students in fall 2022, $17,677 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,677
  4. Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233The next smaller Illinois district: 2,798 students in fall 2022, $24,872 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$24,872
  5. Compare Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 with Minooka Community High School District #111Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Elmwood Park High School, its largest high school1,015 students in 2024-25, 13.9 per teacher.1,015
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401

  1. How many schools and students are in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 2,908 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 spend per student?
    $17,814 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $19,023 per student, up 6.8% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401's money come from?
    $69,694,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 39.5% state, 52.9% local and 7.6% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 459 of the 3,498 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 13.1%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 scored proficient or above: 27% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is the graduation rate in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401?
    86% of the 237 students in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.6% across Illinois. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  7. What is Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401's NCES district ID?
    1714100. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

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

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