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Enrollment
821
Middle
DISTRICT 869 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855000479
Hampshire Middle School
560 S State St, Hampshire, IL 60140 · (847) 683-2522 · Kane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL821 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
275 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 267 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 262 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 292 | 36% |
Student demographics
57%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
49.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
26.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 22.8% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Middle School
Hampshire Middle School's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire Middle School this school | 821 | 33.5% | 38.6% |
| Hubble Middle School Warrenville | 679 | 33.6% | 57.2% |
| Big Hollow Middle School Ingleside | 744 | 32.5% | 46.0% |
| Lundahl Middle School Crystal Lake | 797 | 35.4% | 42.7% |
| Frederick School Grayslake | 667 | 34.8% | 47.7% |
| Grayslake Middle School Grayslake | 641 | 36.0% | 46.0% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #349 of 578 | #12 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #393 of 640 ▼ 39 | #14 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #417 of 640 ▼ 24 | #14 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 821 | #78 of 691 | #8 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #477 of 558 | #22 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #191 of 560 | #7 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.5% | #435 of 581 | #16 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #92 of 440 | #7 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
821
+85 (+12%) vs 2020
+293% since 1990-91, when it was 209
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 | 821 | 53 | 15.5:1 | 33% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 809 | 50.5 | 16.0:1 | 30% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 795 | 49.1 | 16.2:1 | 28% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,032 | 61.9 | 16.7:1 | 21% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 928 | 54 | 17.2:1 | 22% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 21% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 269 | 11 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 209 | 6 | 34.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hampshire Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,032 to 821); teachers down 14% (61.9 to 53).
About Hampshire Middle School
Students in Hampshire, Illinois, attend Hampshire Middle School, a large middle-grades school. It enrolls 821 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. It has 78% more students than the average for middle schools in Illinois (about 462).
CUSD 300 includes 27 schools. Together they enroll 20,705 students.
More than half of enrollment at Hampshire Middle School is White: 59%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. In Kane County overall, the White share is about 58%. The diversity index for Hampshire Middle School is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Hampshire Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1, with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Kane County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
Hampshire Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of Illinois public middle schools.
A school with Hampshire Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 52.2%. Hampshire Middle School scores 38.6%, 13.5 points below that line.
Kane County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,163 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 167 public schools in the county, enrolling about 87,252, Hampshire Middle School among them.
Hampshire Elementary School is the nearest public school to Hampshire Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Hampshire Middle School, there are 4 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hampshire Middle School is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 736 (2020-21) to 821 (2024-25).
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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
- Gary D Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Big Timber Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Hampshire Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- NIA D/HH HS PrgrmElementary
Nearby schools
- Hampshire Elementary School0.3 mi · 446
- Hampshire High School2.7 mi · 2,046
- Gary D Wright Elementary School2.8 mi · 742
- Big Timber Elementary School3.4 mi · 451
- Cambridge Lakes Charter School5.2 mi · 642
- Central High School5.7 mi · 1,575
Frequently asked questions
About Hampshire Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hampshire Middle School?
Hampshire Middle School enrolls approximately 821 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hampshire Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hampshire Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Hampshire Middle School have?
Hampshire Middle School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Hampshire Middle School?
Student demographics at Hampshire Middle School are roughly 59% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hampshire Middle School in?
Hampshire Middle School is part of CUSD 300.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.