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If you could change one rule at Huff Elem School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001684
Huff Elementary School
801 Hastings St, Elgin, IL 60120 · (847) 888-5285 · Cook County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
440 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
25.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
20.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 14.1% | 10.5% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Huff Elementary School
Huff Elementary School's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huff Elementary School this school | 577 | 76.3% | 21.4% |
| Washington G Elementary School Chicago | 571 | 77.8% | 44.5% |
| Addams Elementary School Chicago | 544 | 78.3% | 36.6% |
| Belmont-Cragin Elementary School Chicago | 518 | 77.6% | 18.0% |
| Karel Havlicek Elementary School Berwyn | 490 | 75.7% | 36.4% |
| Barbour Two-Way Lang Immersion Rockford | 628 | 72.1% | 29.7% |
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 Huff Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,564 of 1,925 | #542 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #1,599 of 2,077 ▼ 7 | #533 of 829 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,804 of 2,077 ▼ 15 | #694 of 829 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #314 of 2,419 | #172 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,933 of 2,035 | #784 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #1,504 of 2,042 | #560 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #597 of 2,132 | #391 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #965 of 1,461 | #481 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
577
+39 (+7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 643
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 | 577 | 31.7 | 18.2:1 | 76% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 29.9 | 19.9:1 | 70% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 72% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 30.6 | 20.8:1 | 91% (579) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 28 | 23.0:1 | 87% (559) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 29 | 21.3:1 | 85% (523) |
| 2000-01 | 775 | 47 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 28 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huff Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (635 to 577); teachers up 4% (30.6 to 31.7).
About Huff Elementary School
Huff Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Elgin, Illinois. The school has 577 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Huff Elementary School is in SD U-46, a district with 34,036 students across 51 schools.
At Huff Elementary School, 86% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 7% White, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Cook County is about 27% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
For every teacher at Huff Elementary School, there are about 18.2 students; the school has 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 76%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Huff Elementary School's results are 6.1 points below predicted: 21.4% against 27.5%.
Looking at the county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Huff Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Ellis Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Huff Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Huff Elementary School enrolled 538 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 577.
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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 SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Elgin
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Lords Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Ellis Middle School0.8 mi · 496
- Elgin High School1.0 mi · 2,576
- Channing Memorial Elementary School1.1 mi · 491
- Lowrie Elementary School1.2 mi · 397
- Kenyon Woods Middle School1.5 mi · 873
- Ronald D O Neal1.6 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Huff Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Huff Elementary School?
Huff Elementary School enrolls approximately 577 students in grades PK-06.
Is Huff Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Huff Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Huff Elementary School have?
Huff Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Huff Elementary School?
Student demographics at Huff Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 86% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Huff Elementary School in?
Huff Elementary School is part of SD U-46.
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