Hanover Countryside Elem School

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Streamwood, Illinois, Hanover Countryside Elem School serves 371 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of SD U-46.

Hanover Countryside Elem School is one of 51 schools operated by SD U-46, a district that enrolls 34,036 students overall.

Demographically, Hanover Countryside Elem School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% White, 12% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Hanover Countryside Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hanover Countryside Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 37.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Hanover Countryside Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Oakhill Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hanover Countryside Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hanover Countryside Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hanover Countryside Elem School has edged down 3%, going from 382 students in 2018 to 371 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 35% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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