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Schools in Bartlett · School District U-46

Bartlett’s public schools score below 62% of Illinois districts on tests and graduation

19% of students in Bartlett’s public schools are proficient in reading, below the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the public school district serving Bartlett, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

#527of 768 Illinois townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
19%
▼ 11 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
19%
▼ 7 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
86%
▼ 2 pts vs IL 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.5K
▼ 0% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.1
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
34,036 students on the public path
In brief

Bartlett’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 513 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Bartlett’s, its schools beat 13%, lower than their 38% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2021, 19% of tested students were proficient in reading and 19% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

86% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $21,472 per student, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

38 elementary schools, then eight middle and five high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Bartlett’s grade

C Test scoresC+ Graduation

C+: better than 38% of Illinois school districts, #527 of 768 Illinois towns. Both inputs trail the Illinois average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 38%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (513)Better than 13%
A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 14,386 test results and a graduating class of 2,936 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Bartlett’s students in the tested grades sat them (10,423 in math, 18,350 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Bartlett, with each school’s own grade.

38 schools teach K in Bartlett’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A−, so check the specific school.
Prairieview Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A−
681 students17:1Rate it →
Lords Park Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C
655 students16:1Rate it →
Coleman Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C−
641 students17:1Rate it →
Highland Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
D−
616 students16:1Rate it →
Bartlett Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A−
613 students25:1Rate it →
Clinton Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · South Elgin
B−
596 students21:1Rate it →
Huff Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
D
577 students18:1Rate it →
Fox Meadow Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · South Elgin
C+
577 students18:1Rate it →
Century Oaks Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C
542 students18:1Rate it →
Hilltop Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
B+
521 students18:1Rate it →
Centennial School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A−
514 students16:1Rate it →
Hillcrest Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C
509 students17:1Rate it →
Channing Memorial Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
D
491 students15:1Rate it →
Spring Trail Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Carol Stream
B+
486 students19:1Rate it →
Glenbrook Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Streamwood
B
480 students16:1Rate it →
Creekside Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C−
469 students14:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hoffman Estates
C+
467 students17:1Rate it →
Harriet Gifford Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
D−
460 students16:1Rate it →
Nature Ridge Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B
458 students13:1Rate it →
Washington Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
D
446 students18:1Rate it →
Ronald D O Neal
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
D−
445 students15:1Rate it →
Otter Creek Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
C+
437 students11:1Rate it →
Horizon Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hanover Park
B
436 students12:1Rate it →
Oakhill Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Streamwood
C−
434 students14:1Rate it →
Ontarioville Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hanover Park
C−
430 students16:1Rate it →
Sycamore Trails Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B
424 students12:1Rate it →
Liberty Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B+
401 students10:1Rate it →
Lowrie Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
D−
397 students18:1Rate it →
McKinley Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
C
395 students16:1Rate it →
Wayne Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Wayne
B+
391 students15:1Rate it →
Laurel Hill Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Hanover Park
C−
384 students15:1Rate it →
Hanover Countryside Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Streamwood
C+
371 students15:1Rate it →
Willard Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · South Elgin
D
370 students15:1Rate it →
Ridge Circle Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Streamwood
C+
368 students12:1Rate it →
Timber Trails Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hoffman Estates
B
363 students12:1Rate it →
Heritage Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Streamwood
D
359 students13:1Rate it →
Parkwood Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hanover Park
C−
342 students16:1Rate it →
Sunnydale Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Streamwood
C−
263 students10:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–638 schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A−
7–88 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC− to A
9–125 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to B+

Bartlett’s public schools are run by School District U-46, which also serves Elgin, Elgin, Hanover Park and Hanover and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

School District U-46Grades PK–12 · 51 schools · 34,036 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 15.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,472IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading19%
State average 29.9% · 18350 students tested
Math19%
State average 25.8% · 10423 students tested

Bartlett vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Bartlett’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
BartlettC+School District U-46
StreamwoodB−School District U-46 PK–12 · Township High School District 211 9–12
ElginC+School District U-46
Hanover ParkB+School District U-46 PK–12 · Keeneyville School District 20 PK–8 · Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 PK–8
South ElginBSchool District U-46 PK–12 · St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 PK–12
HanoverC+School District U-46
WayneBSchool District U-46 PK–12 · St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 PK–12 · Community High School District 94 9–12
Wayne TownshipB−School District U-46 PK–12 · Community High School District 94 9–12 · Glenbard Township High School District 87 9–12
Carol StreamB+Community Consolidated School District 93 PK–8 · Glenbard Township High School District 87 9–12

7 of the 8 neighbors share School District U-46 with Bartlett, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Bartlett

51 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Bartlettin other towns
Lords Park Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C
655 students16:1Rate it →
Coleman Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C−
641 students17:1Rate it →
Highland Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
D−
616 students16:1Rate it →
Clinton Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · South Elgin
B−
596 students21:1Rate it →
Huff Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
D
577 students18:1Rate it →
Fox Meadow Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · South Elgin
C+
577 students18:1Rate it →
Century Oaks Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C
542 students18:1Rate it →
Hilltop Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
B+
521 students18:1Rate it →
Hillcrest Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C
509 students17:1Rate it →
Spring Trail Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Carol Stream
B+
486 students19:1Rate it →
Glenbrook Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Streamwood
B
480 students16:1Rate it →
Creekside Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C−
469 students14:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hoffman Estates
C+
467 students17:1Rate it →
Harriet Gifford Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
D−
460 students16:1Rate it →
Nature Ridge Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B
458 students13:1Rate it →
Washington Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
D
446 students18:1Rate it →
Horizon Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hanover Park
B
436 students12:1Rate it →
Oakhill Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Streamwood
C−
434 students14:1Rate it →
Ontarioville Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hanover Park
C−
430 students16:1Rate it →
Sycamore Trails Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B
424 students12:1Rate it →
Liberty Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B+
401 students10:1Rate it →
Hanover Countryside Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Streamwood
C+
371 students15:1Rate it →
Timber Trails Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hoffman Estates
B
363 students12:1Rate it →
Parkwood Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hanover Park
C−
342 students16:1Rate it →
Sunnydale Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Streamwood
C−
263 students10:1Rate it →
Prairieview Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A−
681 students17:1Rate it →
Bartlett Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A−
613 students25:1Rate it →
Centennial School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A−
514 students16:1Rate it →
Channing Memorial Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
D
491 students15:1Rate it →
Ronald D O Neal
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
D−
445 students15:1Rate it →
Otter Creek Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
C+
437 students11:1Rate it →
Lowrie Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
D−
397 students18:1Rate it →
McKinley Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
C
395 students16:1Rate it →
Wayne Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Wayne
B+
391 students15:1Rate it →
Laurel Hill Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Hanover Park
C−
384 students15:1Rate it →
Willard Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · South Elgin
D
370 students15:1Rate it →
Ridge Circle Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Streamwood
C+
368 students12:1Rate it →
Heritage Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Streamwood
D
359 students13:1Rate it →
Kenyon Woods Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · South Elgin
A
873 students14:1Rate it →
Eastview Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8
B+
757 students15:1Rate it →
Tefft Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Streamwood
B−
606 students10:1Rate it →
Larsen Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Elgin
B+
570 students14:1Rate it →
Abbott Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Elgin
C−
551 students13:1Rate it →
Canton Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Streamwood
B−
531 students16:1Rate it →
Kimball Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Elgin
C−
501 students12:1Rate it →
Ellis Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Elgin
C−
496 students12:1Rate it →
South Elgin High School
High · Grades 9–12 · South Elgin
B+
2,665 students15:1Rate it →
Elgin High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Elgin
C
2,576 students17:1Rate it →
Larkin High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Elgin
C
2,174 students15:1Rate it →
Bartlett High School
High · Grades 9–12
B
2,037 students14:1Rate it →
Streamwood High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Streamwood
B−
1,890 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Bartlett’s schools

Are Bartlett’s schools good?

On Illinois’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Bartlett children attend score below 62% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C+ Schools grade, #527 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 13%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Bartlett in?

School District U-46, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 34,036 students in 51 schools (2024–25).

Where do Bartlett kids go to high school?

One of 5 high schools, depending on your address: South Elgin High School, Elgin High School, Larkin High School, Bartlett High School and Streamwood High School.

What is Bartlett’s graduation rate?

86% of the class of 2023 in School District U-46 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Bartlett spend per student?

$21,472 in School District U-46 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.