Dundee Highlands Elem School

Located at 407 S 5th St, in West Dundee, Illinois, Dundee Highlands Elem School is a moderately sized elementary school that educates 396 students (grades K through 5), part of CUSD 300.

Within CUSD 300, which oversees 27 schools and 20,705 students, Dundee Highlands Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Dundee Highlands Elem School shows that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 32% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian.

On the resource side, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at Dundee Highlands Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Dundee Highlands Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kane County shows 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), Dundee Highlands Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Delacey Family Educ Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dundee Highlands Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dundee Highlands Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dundee Highlands Elem School has edged up 14%, going from 347 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 52% across the same window.

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