Barbara B Rose Elem School

Barbara B Rose Elem School, a mid-tier elementary-level community in South Barrington, Illinois, part of Barrington CUSD 220, hosts 403 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Barrington CUSD 220, which oversees 12 schools and 7,936 students, Barbara B Rose Elem School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Barbara B Rose Elem School reports that 50% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 35% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Barbara B Rose Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Barbara B Rose Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Timber Trails Elementary School, around 3.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Barbara B Rose Elem School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 58.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 411 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 55% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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