Laurel Hill Elem School

Laurel Hill Elem School is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Hanover Park, Illinois, operated by SD U-46, serveing 384 students in grades K through 6.

SD U-46 comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 34,036 students; Laurel Hill Elem School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Laurel Hill Elem School lists that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Laurel Hill Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.2%; this one delivers 25.2%.

Around the school, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Laurel Hill Elem School is one.

Parkwood Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Laurel Hill Elem School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Laurel Hill Elem School has edged down 26%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 384 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.