Hough Street Elem School

Located at 310 S Hough St, in Barrington, Illinois, Hough Street Elem School is a low-enrollment K-5 school that instructs 244 students (grades K through 5), operated by Barrington CUSD 220. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Hough Street Elem School is one of 12 schools operated by Barrington CUSD 220, a district that educates 7,936 students overall.

Demographically, Hough Street Elem School shows that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, Hough Street Elem School shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 16% of students at Hough Street Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hough Street 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 62.5%; Hough Street Elem School posts 79.0%, +16.5 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Hough Street Elem School is one.

Barrington High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hough Street Elem School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hough Street Elem School has declined 17%, going from 294 students in 2018 to 244 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 6% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Hough Street Elem School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.