Big Timber Elementary School

Big Timber Elementary School, a mid-tier K-5 school in Hampshire, Illinois, one of the schools within CUSD 300, serves 451 students, covering grades K through 5.

Big Timber Elementary School is one of 27 schools operated by CUSD 300, a district that serves 20,705 students overall.

On demographics, Big Timber Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Big Timber Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kane County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Big Timber Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of -8.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kane County) logs that median household income runs about $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kane County's 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), Big Timber Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Gary D Wright Elem Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Big Timber Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

On allk12, the feed for Big Timber Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.