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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Gary Elementary School, West Chicago, IL

CEP schoolGary Elementary School is a public elementary school in West Chicago, part of West Chicago ESD 33. It enrolled 425 students in 2024-25, with 13.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
425
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
13.3
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.1 higher than the district figure of 11.2. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.3
District11.2
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
130 E Forest Ave, West Chicago, IL 60185
Phone
(630)293-6010
District
West Chicago ESD 33
County
DuPage County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
174155004159
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
25259.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 West Chicago ESD 33

Elementary schools elsewhere in West Chicago

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.