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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARRINGTON CUSD 220·NCES 170505002987
Barbara B Rose Elementary School
61 W Penny Rd, South Barrington, IL 60010 · (847) 844-1200 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
44 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 56%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
82.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.3% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 61.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Barbara B Rose Elementary School
Barbara B Rose Elementary School's state test result (76.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara B Rose Elementary School this school | 403 | 10.9% | 76.2% |
| Skinner North Elementary School Chicago | 515 | 12.0% | 95.2% |
| Fry Elementary School Naperville | 563 | 7.6% | 81.0% |
| Central Road Elementary School Rolling Meadows | 620 | 12.3% | 61.0% |
| May Watts Elementary School Naperville | 668 | 7.9% | 71.7% |
| Owen Elementary School Naperville | 577 | 17.5% | 61.9% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Barbara B Rose Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #53 of 1,925 | #20 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #126 of 2,077 ▲ 10 | #47 of 829 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #98 of 2,077 ▲ 42 | #44 of 829 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #983 of 2,419 | #424 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #348 of 2,035 | #187 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #489 of 2,042 | #188 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.9% | #2,078 of 2,132 | #786 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #1,367 of 1,461 | #626 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
403
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 570
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 403 | 35.6 | 11.3:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 35.6 | 10.7:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 35.7 | 11.1:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 30.6 | 13.4:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 26 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barbara B Rose Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (411 to 403); teachers up 16% (30.6 to 35.6).
About Barbara B Rose Elementary School
Barbara B Rose Elementary School is a public elementary school in South Barrington, Illinois. The student body numbers 403 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Barrington CUSD 220 has a total of 12 schools and 7,936 students, Barbara B Rose Elementary School among them.
At Barbara B Rose Elementary School, the largest share of students is Asian, at 50%. It is also 35% White, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 8% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 11.3:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Barbara B Rose Elementary School is 11%. That is 55 points below the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Barbara B Rose Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Barbara B Rose Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 76.2% and a predicted 65.2%.
Barbara B Rose Elementary School is located in Cook County, where the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Barbara B Rose Elementary School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
The closest public school to Barbara B Rose Elementary School is Timber Trails Elementary School, about 3.4 miles away. Barbara B Rose Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 58.7% proficiency; Barbara B Rose Elementary School posts 76.2%.
The NCES locale for Barbara B Rose Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 408 to 403, a small change.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Barrington CUSD 220
- Barrington High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- Barrington Mdle School- Prairie CmpsMiddle · 980 students
- Barrington Middle School StationMiddle · 886 students
- Grove Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Arnett C Lines Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Roslyn Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Timber Trails Elementary School3.4 mi · 363
- Barrington Early Learning Center3.6 mi · 194
- John Muir Literacy Academy3.6 mi · 498
- Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps3.7 mi · 980
- Golfview Elementary School3.8 mi · 401
- Frank C Whiteley Elementary School3.8 mi · 663
Frequently asked questions
About Barbara B Rose Elementary SchoolHow large is Barbara B Rose Elementary School?
Barbara B Rose Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Barbara B Rose Elementary School serve?
Barbara B Rose Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Barbara B Rose Elementary School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Barbara B Rose Elementary School.
How diverse is Barbara B Rose Elementary School?
Barbara B Rose Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 50% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Barbara B Rose Elementary School?
Barbara B Rose Elementary School is overseen by Barrington CUSD 220 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.