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What's something Hampshire Elem School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855000484
Hampshire Elementary School
321 Terwilliger Ave, Hampshire, IL 60140 · (847) 683-2171 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
139 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
57.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.5pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 45.0% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Hampshire Elementary School
Hampshire Elementary School's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire Elementary School this school | 446 | 31.2% | 56.7% |
| Munhall Elementary School Saint Charles | 447 | 29.3% | 63.2% |
| South Prairie Elementary School Sycamore | 456 | 34.4% | 46.0% |
| Kenneth E Neubert Elementary School Algonquin | 445 | 30.3% | 61.3% |
| Davis Elementary School Saint Charles | 509 | 29.3% | 68.8% |
| Three Oaks School Cary | 443 | 33.0% | 52.1% |
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 Hampshire Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #400 of 1,925 | #19 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #405 of 2,077 ▲ 21 | #22 of 83 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #751 of 2,077 ▼ 15 | #34 of 83 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #772 of 2,419 | #43 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,581 of 2,035 | #54 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #1,073 of 2,042 | #39 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #1,752 of 2,132 | #57 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.4% | #270 of 615 | #18 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
446
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 387
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 | 446 | 29.4 | 15.2:1 | 31% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 28.4 | 15.9:1 | 28% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 29.3 | 14.8:1 | 27% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 28.1 | 14.4:1 | 29% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 23% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 16 | 23.8:1 | 16% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 27 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 15 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hampshire Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (404 to 446); teachers up 5% (28.1 to 29.4).
About Hampshire Elementary School
In Hampshire, Illinois, Hampshire Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 446 students.
CUSD 300 has 27 schools and 20,705 students, and Hampshire Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 72% of students at Hampshire Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 22% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Kane County, the White share is about 58%. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.2:1. That is 1.2 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Hampshire Elementary School reports 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Kane County average 48%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Hampshire Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.5% for Hampshire Elementary School. The school posts 56.7%, 3.2 points above the prediction.
Kane County has these Census figures: the median household income is $103,163, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Kane County has 167 public schools and roughly 87,252 students.
The closest other public school is Hampshire Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hampshire Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Hampshire Elementary School has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
Enrollment has grown by 14 students since 2020-21, to 446.
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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
Other schools in Hampshire
- Hampshire High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Hampshire Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- Gary D Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Big Timber Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- NIA D/HH HS PrgrmElementary
Nearby schools
- Hampshire Middle School0.3 mi · 821
- Hampshire High School2.7 mi · 2,046
- Gary D Wright Elementary School2.9 mi · 742
- Big Timber Elementary School3.5 mi · 451
- Cambridge Lakes Charter School5.5 mi · 642
- Huntley High School5.9 mi · 2,804
Frequently asked questions
About Hampshire Elementary SchoolHow large is Hampshire Elementary School?
Hampshire Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hampshire Elementary School serve?
Hampshire Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Hampshire Elementary School have?
Hampshire Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hampshire Elementary School?
At Hampshire Elementary School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Hampshire Elementary School public or private?
Hampshire Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CUSD 300.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.