Enrollment
244
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARRINGTON CUSD 220·NCES 170505000190
Hough Street Elementary School
310 S Hough St, Barrington, IL 60010 · (847) 381-1108 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
38 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
86.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.8pp since 2023
Math
74.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.1% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 65.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Hough Street Elementary School
Hough Street Elementary School's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hough Street Elementary School this school | 244 | 15.6% | 79.0% |
| Dunlap Grade School Dunlap | 253 | 18.2% | 63.4% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Wheaton | 318 | 18.6% | 79.8% |
| Southwest Elementary School Evergreen Park | 301 | 17.9% | 61.8% |
| North Elementary School Sycamore | 309 | 19.1% | 52.9% |
| Hudson Elementary School Hudson | 216 | 19.4% | 55.8% |
Matched among Illinois elementary 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 Hough Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #34 of 1,925 | #15 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #142 of 2,077 ▼ 50 | #55 of 829 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #54 of 2,077 ▼ 15 | #26 of 829 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #1,856 of 2,419 | #757 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #163 of 2,035 | #98 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #1,154 of 2,042 | #431 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.6% | #2,030 of 2,132 | #768 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #570 of 1,461 | #322 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
244
-37 (-13%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 280
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 | 244 | 23.7 | 10.3:1 | 16% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 22.7 | 11.4:1 | 12% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 22 | 12.5:1 | 13% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 19.5 | 15.1:1 | 7% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 6% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 17 | 19.9:1 | 12% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 290 | 16 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 16 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hough Street Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (294 to 244); teachers up 22% (19.5 to 23.7).
About Hough Street Elementary School
Hough Street Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Barrington. The school's enrollment of 244 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
The district, Barrington CUSD 220, operates 12 schools serving 7,936 students.
By race and ethnicity, Hough Street Elementary School is 76% White. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 44% White among all Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Hough Street Elementary School comes in at 40%.
Hough Street Elementary School counts 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.3 students for each one. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. About 16% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Hough Street Elementary School is in the top 10% of Illinois schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.5%. The school's actual rate is 79.0%, 16.5 points higher.
Across Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The shortest distance from Hough Street Elementary School to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Barrington High School. The five-mile area around Hough Street Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Hough Street Elementary School comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 281 to 244.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Hough Street Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Barrington CUSD 220
- Barrington High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- Barrington Mdle School- Prairie CmpsMiddle · 980 students
- Barrington Middle School StationMiddle · 886 students
- Grove Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Arnett C Lines Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Roslyn Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 447 students
Other schools in Barrington
- Barrington High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- Barrington Mdle School- Prairie CmpsMiddle · 980 students
- Barrington Middle School StationMiddle · 886 students
- Grove Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Arnett C Lines Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Roslyn Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Barrington High School0.6 mi · 2,718
- Grove Avenue Elementary School0.7 mi · 511
- Barrington Middle School Station0.8 mi · 886
- Arnett C Lines Elementary School0.9 mi · 501
- Roslyn Road Elementary School1.0 mi · 447
- Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps1.6 mi · 980
Frequently asked questions
About Hough Street Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hough Street Elementary School?
Hough Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 244 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hough Street Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hough Street Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Hough Street Elementary School have?
Hough Street Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
How diverse is Hough Street Elementary School?
Hough Street Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Hough Street Elementary School?
Hough Street Elementary School is overseen by Barrington CUSD 220 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.