Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855000481
Dundee Highlands Elementary School
407 S 5th St, West Dundee, IL 60118 · (224) 484-4700 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
176 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
53.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.4pp since 2023
Math
52.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 52.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 36.4% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Dundee Highlands Elementary School
Dundee Highlands Elementary School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee Highlands Elementary School this school | 396 | 44.4% | 48.4% |
| Prairiewood Elementary School Woodstock | 374 | 44.9% | 46.0% |
| Kerkstra Elementary School Oak Forest | 407 | 43.7% | 48.8% |
| Olson Elementary School Woodstock | 425 | 46.8% | 50.4% |
| Lee R Foster Elementary School Oak Forest | 397 | 48.6% | 55.3% |
| Bert H Fulton School Tinley Park | 404 | 43.6% | 50.0% |
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 Dundee Highlands Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #637 of 1,925 | #27 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #601 of 2,077 ▲ 22 | #29 of 83 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #883 of 2,077 ▼ 21 | #39 of 83 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #1,020 of 2,419 | #62 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,462 of 2,035 | #47 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #517 of 2,042 | #14 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #1,447 of 2,132 | #46 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #191 of 615 | #13 of 32 |
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
396
+64 (+19%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 433
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 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 44% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 26 | 13.9:1 | 45% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 26.1 | 14.8:1 | 43% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 23.4 | 14.8:1 | 35% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 36% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 19 | 22.1:1 | 33% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 17 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dundee Highlands Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (347 to 396); teachers up 15% (23.4 to 27).
About Dundee Highlands Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in West Dundee, Illinois, Dundee Highlands Elementary School is part of CUSD 300. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 396 students.
CUSD 300 has 27 schools; together they serve 20,705 students.
The student body at Dundee Highlands Elementary School is 52% White. The rest of enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Dundee Highlands Elementary School are from different groups.
Dundee Highlands Elementary School reported 27 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. There are 176 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 44% of enrollment.
Dundee Highlands Elementary School is 2.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.4% versus 45.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Kane County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,163 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Kane County number 167, with about 87,252 students.
About 1.0 miles separate Dundee Highlands Elementary School from the closest public school, Delacey Family Educ Center. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Dundee Highlands Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 48.4% against a local average of 29.6%.
Under the NCES locale system, Dundee Highlands Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 64 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 300
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Harry D Jacobs High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Hampshire High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Westfield Community SchoolElementary · 1,287 students
- Dundee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,144 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
Nearby schools
- Delacey Family Educ Center1.0 mi · 210
- Parkview Elementary School1.0 mi · 552
- Carpentersville Middle School1.0 mi · 1,142
- Sleepy Hollow Elementary School1.5 mi · 424
- Lakewood School1.7 mi · 590
- Elgin Math and Science Academy Chtr2.0 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Dundee Highlands Elementary SchoolHow large is Dundee Highlands Elementary School?
Dundee Highlands Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dundee Highlands Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dundee Highlands Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Dundee Highlands Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Dundee Highlands Elementary School.
How diverse is Dundee Highlands Elementary School?
Dundee Highlands Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 32% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Dundee Highlands Elementary School in?
Dundee Highlands Elementary School is part of CUSD 300.
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