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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Plainfield Elementary School, Des Plaines, IL

CEP schoolPlainfield Elementary School is a public elementary school in Des Plaines, part of CCSD 62 School District. It enrolled 285 students in 2024-25, with 10.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Plainfield Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
285
Teachers (FTE)
27.0
Students per teacher
10.6
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 0.6 higher than the district figure of 10.0. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.6
District10.0
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
1850 Plainfield Dr, Des Plaines, IL 60018
Phone
(847)824-1301
District
CCSD 62 School District
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
171212001468
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
17461.1% 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 CCSD 62 School District

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.