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Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARRINGTON CUSD 220·NCES 170505000189
Countryside Elementary School
205 W County Line Rd, Barrington, IL 60010 · (847) 381-1162 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
47 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 26% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
55%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
76.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.6pp since 2023
Math
69.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +22.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.9% | 69.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.3% | 46.7% |
% 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Countryside Elementary School
Countryside Elementary School's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countryside Elementary School this school | 375 | 12.5% | 68.8% |
| Field Elementary School Elmhurst | 433 | 12.5% | 78.1% |
| Banner Elementary School Dunlap | 375 | 14.4% | 70.3% |
| Prairieview Elementary School Downers Grove | 380 | 18.2% | 55.3% |
| Wayne Elementary School Wayne | 391 | 18.2% | 58.9% |
| Kingsley Elementary School Naperville | 415 | 16.4% | 72.9% |
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 Countryside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #146 of 1,925 | #54 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #236 of 2,077 ▲ 139 | #86 of 829 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #192 of 2,077 ▲ 73 | #79 of 829 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #1,124 of 2,419 | #468 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #154 of 2,035 | #93 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #733 of 2,042 | #260 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #2,066 of 2,132 | #780 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #1,049 of 1,461 | #508 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
375
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 397
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 | 375 | 36.7 | 10.2:1 | 13% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 37.9 | 10.6:1 | 12% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 37.2 | 10.9:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 32 | 12.5:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 21 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 20 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Countryside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (406 to 375); teachers up 11% (33 to 36.7).
About Countryside Elementary School
Countryside Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Barrington, Illinois. Total enrollment is 375 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
The district, Barrington CUSD 220, has 7,936 students enrolled across 12 schools.
White students are 64% of those enrolled at Countryside Elementary School. The remaining shares are 15% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Cook County's population at about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Staffing at Countryside Elementary School comes to 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.2:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. On the income side, 13% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.3%. Countryside Elementary School scores 68.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, Barrington High School, is the closest to Countryside Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Countryside Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 68.8% is below the 72.8% average for nearby schools.
Countryside Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 375, compared with 417 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Countryside Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other schools in Barrington
- 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
Other Countryside Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Countryside Elementary. Countryside Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARYEDINA, MN · 665 students
- Countryside ElementarySterling, VA · 648 students
- Countryside Elementary SchoolSurprise, AZ · 590 students
- Countryside Elementary SchoolBYRON CENTER, MI · 426 students
- Countryside ElementaryOlathe, KS · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Barrington High School1.5 mi · 2,718
- Hough Street Elementary School2.1 mi · 244
- Roslyn Road Elementary School2.1 mi · 447
- Grove Avenue Elementary School2.3 mi · 511
- Barrington Middle School Station2.9 mi · 886
- Arnett C Lines Elementary School3.0 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Countryside Elementary SchoolHow large is Countryside Elementary School?
Countryside Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades KG-05.
Is Countryside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Countryside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Countryside Elementary School have?
Countryside Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Countryside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Countryside Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Countryside Elementary School?
Countryside 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.