Parkwood Elem School

Parkwood Elem School, a mid-sized elementary school in Hanover Park, Illinois, run under SD U-46, caters to 342 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Within SD U-46, which oversees 51 schools and 34,036 students, Parkwood Elem School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Parkwood Elem School lists that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Black, 4% White, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Parkwood Elem School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Parkwood Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.9%, the actual is 32.4%, a residual of +5.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $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. Parkwood Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Laurel Hill 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. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Parkwood Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 364 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 7% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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