Hampshire Elem School

Hampshire Elem School operates as a medium-sized primary school in Hampshire, Illinois, overseen by CUSD 300. Current enrollment sits at 446 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 27 schools in CUSD 300 (20,705 students total), Hampshire Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hampshire Elem School lists that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Kane County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hampshire Elem School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at Hampshire Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Kane County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hampshire Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 56.7%, a residual of +3.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kane County indicate median household income runs about $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which Hampshire Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hampshire Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hampshire Elem School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hampshire Elem School has ticked up 10%, going from 404 students in 2018 to 446 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 22% across the same window.

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