Timber Trails Elementary School

Timber Trails Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, run under SD U-46, enrolls 363 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

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

On demographics, Timber Trails Elementary School shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 19% White, 16% Asian, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, Timber Trails Elementary School shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Timber Trails Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Timber Trails Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Timber Trails Elementary School is one.

Hilltop Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Timber Trails Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Timber Trails Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 33.0%.

Timber Trails Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 484 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.