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Apollo Elementary School, Des Plaines, IL

Apollo Elementary School is a public elementary school in Des Plaines, part of East Maine SD 63. It enrolled 536 students in 2024-25, with 11.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Apollo Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
536
Teachers (FTE)
48.0
Students per teacher
11.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.3 lower than the district figure of 12.5. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.2
District12.5
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
10100 Dee Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Phone
(847)827-6231
District
East Maine SD 63
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
171314000063
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
36668.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in East Maine SD 63

Elementary schools elsewhere in Des Plaines

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.