Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6
Lester Elementary School, Downers Grove, IL
Lester Elementary School is a public elementary school in Downers Grove, part of Downers Grove GSD 58 School District. It enrolled 531 students in 2024-25, with 17.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Lester Elem School".
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 531
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.7
- Grades
- PK to 6
This school's ratio is 3.3 higher than the district figure of 14.4. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
This school17.7
District14.4
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
School details
- Address
- 236 Indianapolis Ave, Downers Grove, IL 60515
- Phone
- (630)719-5855
- County
- DuPage County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Small
- NCES school ID
- 171254001513
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Downers Grove GSD 58 School District
- Hillcrest Elementary School 382 students
- Kingsley Elementary School 359 students
- Highland Elementary School 352 students
- Fairmount Elementary School 342 students
- Pierce Downer Elementary School 337 students
- Indian Trail Elementary School 325 students
- Whittier Elementary School 307 students
- El Sierra Elementary School 300 students
- Belle Aire Elementary School 276 students
- Henry Puffer School 271 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Downers Grove
- Prairieview Elementary School Center Cass SD 66
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.