Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARRINGTON CUSD 220·NCES 170505000193
Sunny Hill Elementary School
2500 Helm Rd, Carpentersville, IL 60110 · (847) 426-4232 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
215 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 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
29%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
41.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.7pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 12.8% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Sunny Hill Elementary School
Sunny Hill Elementary School's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Hill Elementary School this school | 245 | 87.8% | 30.9% |
| DePue Elementary School DePue | 232 | 89.2% | 14.3% |
| Telpochcalli Elementary School Chicago | 209 | 87.1% | 23.1% |
| Acero Chtr - Esmera Santiago Cmps Chicago | 224 | 88.8% | 28.0% |
| J W Robinson Jr Elementary School Lyons | 251 | 86.5% | 35.2% |
| Delacey Family Educ Center Carpentersville | 210 | 85.7% | N/A |
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 Sunny Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #1,245 of 1,925 | #39 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,328 of 2,077 ▲ 167 | #52 of 83 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #1,296 of 2,077 ▲ 161 | #48 of 83 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #1,848 of 2,419 | #83 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #71 of 2,035 | #2 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #1,425 of 2,042 | #67 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.8% | #340 of 2,132 | #3 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #194 of 1,461 | #6 of 51 |
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
245
-115 (-32%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 459
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 | 245 | 26 | 9.4:1 | 88% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 28 | 9.7:1 | 92% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 29.3 | 9.6:1 | 88% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 34 | 10.2:1 | 89% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 35 | 10.8:1 | 92% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 88% (397) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 34 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 31 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunny Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (345 to 245); teachers down 24% (34 to 26).
About Sunny Hill Elementary School
Families in Carpentersville, Illinois, are served by Sunny Hill Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school enrolls 245 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Barrington CUSD 220 runs Sunny Hill Elementary School along with 11 other schools, enrolling 7,936 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Sunny Hill Elementary School is 84% Hispanic. The school is also 11% White and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 33%. Sunny Hill Elementary School's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 9.4:1 comes from the school's 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 4.5 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 88% in 2024-25. The 48% average for public schools in Kane County is 40 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Sunny Hill Elementary School is B-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sunny Hill Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.9% is 10.0 points above the 20.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Kane County (population about 517,255), the median household income is $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Sunny Hill Elementary School is one of 167 public schools in the county.
Meadowdale Elementary School is the public school closest to Sunny Hill Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 27.2% on proficiency, and Sunny Hill Elementary School is above that at 30.9%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 115 fewer students in 2024-25.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 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 Carpentersville
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
- Lakewood SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Meadowdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowdale Elementary School0.7 mi · 421
- Perry Elementary School0.9 mi · 278
- Dundee-Crown High School0.9 mi · 2,573
- Lakewood School1.5 mi · 590
- Golfview Elementary School1.5 mi · 401
- Algonquin Lakes Elementary School1.6 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Sunny Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sunny Hill Elementary School?
Sunny Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 245 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sunny Hill Elementary School serve?
Sunny Hill Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunny Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunny Hill Elementary School is approximately 9.4:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sunny Hill Elementary School?
Sunny Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sunny Hill Elementary School?
Sunny Hill Elementary School is overseen by Barrington CUSD 220 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.