Glenbrook Elem School

Glenbrook Elem School operates as a reasonably sized primary school in Streamwood, Illinois, overseen by SD U-46. Current enrollment sits at 480 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 381.

SD U-46 comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 34,036 students; Glenbrook Elem School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glenbrook Elem School shows that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 28% White, 12% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Glenbrook Elem School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glenbrook Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.2%; this one delivers 44.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Glenbrook Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Canton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenbrook Elem School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 33.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 504 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Glenbrook Elem School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.