About Elm Middle School

Welcome to Elm Middle School, home of the Cougars! Our office hours during the school year are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. You can reach us by phone at 708-452-3550 or by email at elminfo@epcusd401.org.

Essential Info

For a quick look at our school in 2021-22, please click the image below to see our Open House Presentation, originally given on Aug. 12, 2021.

Open House Presentation for 2021-22

One Community, One Middle School

Located in the Near West Chicago suburb of Elmwood Park, Ill., Elm Middle School provides a comprehensive, standards-based public education to students in grades 6-8 as part of Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401.

We offer a rigorous three-year curriculum organized within the framework of our College & Career Pathways program. Elm is proud to be the District's only middle school.

Our enrollment for 2021-22 is 677 students.*

  • 6th Grade: 214
  • 7th Grade: 243
  • 8th Grade: 220

*PLEASE NOTE: All enrollment figures were last updated on March 18, 2022.

An Invitation to Opportunity

We invite you to learn more about our school — and about the many opportunities for learning and personal growth that we provide our students — by visiting the links in the sections below. Click the plus signs or titles to see the contents of each section. Enjoy your visit!