High Schools in Elmwood Park CUSD 401

Summary:

Elmwood Park CUSD 401 is a school district located in Elmwood Park, Illinois, and it contains only one high school, Elmwood Park High School. The high school serves students in grades 9-12 and has a student population of 1,022. While the school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, it has shown some academic strengths, particularly in ACT/English Language Arts, ACT/Science, and PreACT Secure/Science proficiency rates, which are above the state averages. However, the school's proficiency rates in PreACT Secure/Mathematics and SAT/Mathematics and English Language Arts are significantly lower than the state averages, indicating areas for improvement.

Elmwood Park High School's four-year graduation rate for 2024-2025 is 89.0%, slightly above the state average, and its dropout rate for the same year is 2.4%, lower than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate for 2024-2025 is 25.4%, which is higher than the state average. The school's per-student spending for 2023-2024 is $16,607, higher than the state average, and it has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 41.88% for 2023-2024.

Overall, Elmwood Park CUSD 401 has one high school, Elmwood Park High School, which has shown a mix of strengths and weaknesses in its academic performance. While the school has some areas of excellence, it also faces challenges in maintaining consistent academic excellence and addressing areas where its proficiency rates are lower than the state averages.

District Detail

8201 W Fullerton Ave
Elmwood Park, IL 60707-2449

(708) 583-5830

SchoolDigger Rank:
355^th of 811 Illinois districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,908

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2025)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2025)		PreACT Secure Science (2025)		ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Elmwood Park High School	Public	9-12	8201 W Fullerton Ave	Elmwood Park	60707	Cook County	Elmwood Park CUSD 401	No	(n/a)	No	No	(708) 452-7272	1,015	73	13.8	59.4%	356 (35.1%)	28 (2.8%)	591 (58.2%)	27 (2.7%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.9%)	56.9	273^rd of 698 public high schools	60.9%		53.5	278^th of 697 public high schools	60.1%	5	56.9	56.2	31.5	23.6	49.7	46.7	54.2	35.1	47.1	97.9	98.2	98.2	98.2	98.0	97.1	98.0	93.4	$17,503	$854	$16,649

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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