Parkview Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary campus in Carpentersville, Illinois, Parkview Elementary School instructs 552 students from grades K through 5, part of CUSD 300. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

CUSD 300 runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 20,705 students. Parkview Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Parkview Elementary School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder reads as 19% White, 10% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Kane County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Parkview Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.2%.

In the area at large, Kane County reports that median household income runs about $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kane County's 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), Parkview Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Delacey Family Educ Ctr, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Parkview Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

Parkview Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkview Elementary School has ticked up 20%, going from 461 students in 2018 to 552 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 24% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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