Hampshire High School

Hampshire High School is a high school of well-populated scale in Hampshire, Illinois, part of CUSD 300, educateing 2,046 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 145% larger than typical.

CUSD 300 comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 20,705 students; Hampshire High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hampshire High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 29% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 121 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Hampshire High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kane County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hampshire High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.4%.

In the broader community, Kane County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which Hampshire High School is one.

The closest other public school is Gary D Wright Elem Sch, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Hampshire High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hampshire High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hampshire High School has grew 25%, going from 1,636 students in 2018 to 2,046 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 65% to 56% over that span.

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