Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0Hoffman Estates’s public schools outscore 66% of Illinois districts
The grade covers the three public school districts serving Hoffman Estates, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. On the state math tests, 29% of Hoffman Estates’s students scored proficient, above the Illinois average (26%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
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.
Hoffman Estates’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 939 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Hoffman Estates’s, its schools beat 56%, lower than their 66% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 31% and math 29% across its districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 93% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Township High School District 211 spends $27,540 per student and Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 $22,263, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
60 elementary schools, then 14 middle and ten 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.
What’s behind Hoffman Estates’s grade
B+: better than 66% of Illinois school districts, #312 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Hoffman Estates, with each school’s own grade.
Parts of Hoffman Estates (20%, 17% and 9% of its land) are served by Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15, Barrington Community Unit School District 220 and Community Unit School District 300 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Hoffman Estates
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Close to the state in reading
Hoffman Estates vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Hoffman Estates’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Estates | B+ | Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 PK–8 · School District U-46 PK–12 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Schaumburg | A | Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 PK–8 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| South Barrington | A | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 PK–12 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Inverness | A− | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 PK–8 · Barrington Community Unit School District 220 PK–12 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Streamwood | B− | School District U-46 PK–12 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Barrington | A | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 PK–12 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Palatine | A− | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 PK–8 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Elgin | C+ | School District U-46 |
| Barrington Hills | A | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 |
6 of the 8 neighbors share Township High School District 211 with Hoffman Estates for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Hoffman Estates
83 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).
Questions about Hoffman Estates’s schools
Are Hoffman Estates’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Hoffman Estates children attend outscore 66% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #312 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 56%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Hoffman Estates in?
Township High School District 211, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 12,458 students in 5 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Hoffman Estates are served by Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15, Barrington Community Unit School District 220 and Community Unit School District 300.
Where do Hoffman Estates kids go to high school?
One of 10 high schools, depending on your address: Wm Fremd High School, South Elgin High School, J B Conant High School, Elgin High School, Palatine High School, Schaumburg High School, Hoffman Estates High School, Larkin High School, Bartlett High School and Streamwood High School.
What is Hoffman Estates’s graduation rate?
93% of the class of 2023 in Township High School District 211 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Hoffman Estates spend per student?
$27,540 in Township High School District 211, $22,263 in Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 and $21,472 in School District U-46 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Hoffman Estates families are saying about school.
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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.