Hoffman Elem School

Hoffman Elem School is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in Glenview, Illinois, one of the schools within Glenview CCSD 34, with 481 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Within Glenview CCSD 34, which oversees 8 schools and 4,287 students, Hoffman Elem School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hoffman Elem School shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder looks like 13% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hoffman Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 56.5%; Hoffman Elem School posts 70.3%, +13.8 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Hoffman Elem School is one.

Springman Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hoffman Elem School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 53.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hoffman Elem School's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 531 (now 481). White enrollment moved from 59% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Hoffman Elem School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.