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Schools in South Elgin · School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit School District 303

South Elgin’s public schools outscore 58% of Illinois districts

The grade covers the two public school districts serving South Elgin, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. In South Elgin, 29% of tested students are proficient in math, above the Illinois average (26%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

#383of 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
27%
▼ 2 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
29%
▲ 3 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 · School District U-46
Students per teacher
14.7
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
45,767 students on the public path
In brief

South Elgin’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 592 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of South Elgin’s, its schools beat 36%, lower than their 58% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state in math, below in reading

Reading proficiency is 27% and math 29% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 86% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

School District U-46 spends $21,472 per student and St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 $21,826, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

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 South Elgin’s grade

B Test scoresC+ Graduation

B: better than 58% of Illinois school districts, #383 of 768 Illinois towns. Both inputs trail the Illinois average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 58%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (592)Better than 36%
B−BA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 19,996 test results and a graduating class of 2,936 could put South Elgin anywhere from B− to B. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of South Elgin’s students in the tested grades sat them (15,563 in math, 24,429 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

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

49 schools teach K in South Elgin’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 · Bartlett
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 · Bartlett
A−
613 students25:1Rate it →
Clinton Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
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
C+
577 students18:1Rate it →
Century Oaks Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C
542 students18:1Rate it →
Wild Rose Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A+
535 students14:1Rate it →
Ferson Creek School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Saint Charles
A+
533 students14:1Rate it →
Hilltop Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
B+
521 students18:1Rate it →
Bell-Graham Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A+
520 students15:1Rate it →
Centennial School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Bartlett
A−
514 students16:1Rate it →
Hillcrest Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C
509 students17:1Rate it →
Davis Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
509 students12:1Rate it →
Channing Memorial Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
D
491 students15:1Rate it →
Corron Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
487 students14:1Rate 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 →
Norton Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Chicago
A+
479 students13:1Rate 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 →
Wasco Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wasco
A
466 students16:1Rate it →
Harriet Gifford Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
D−
460 students16:1Rate it →
Anderson Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A−
460 students13:1Rate it →
Nature Ridge Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Bartlett
B
458 students13:1Rate it →
Munhall Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A
447 students14:1Rate 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 · Bartlett
B
424 students12:1Rate it →
Fox Ridge Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
424 students13:1Rate it →
Liberty Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Bartlett
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 →
Richmond Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A
385 students13:1Rate 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
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–649 schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A+
7–810 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC− to A
9–127 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to A

South Elgin runs its own schools through grade 12 (School District U-46). From grade PK, students attend the St. Charles Community Unit School District 303, shared with Campton Hills, Campton, St. Charles, St. Charles, Wayne and West Chicago. Its school is in Bartlett. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve South Elgin

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+
St. Charles Community Unit School District 303Grades PK–12 · 15 schools · 11,731 students · 13.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$21,826IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, School District U-4619%
State average 29.9% · 18350 students tested
Math · PK–12, School District U-4619%
State average 25.8% · 10423 students tested
Reading · PK–12, St. Charles Community Unit School District 30353%
State average 29.9% · 6079 students tested
Math · PK–12, St. Charles Community Unit School District 30350%
State average 25.8% · 5140 students tested

South Elgin vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
South ElginBSchool District U-46 PK–12 · St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 PK–12
ElginC+School District U-46
BartlettC+School District U-46
St. CharlesASt. Charles Community Unit School District 303
Elgin Township—School District U-46

3 of the 4 neighbors share School District U-46 with South Elgin for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in South Elgin

66 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 South Elginin 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
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
C+
577 students18:1Rate it →
Century Oaks Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Elgin
C
542 students18:1Rate it →
Ferson Creek School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Saint Charles
A+
533 students14:1Rate 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 · Bartlett
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 · Bartlett
B
424 students12:1Rate it →
Liberty Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Bartlett
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 · Bartlett
A−
681 students17:1Rate it →
Bartlett Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Bartlett
A−
613 students25:1Rate it →
Wild Rose Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A+
535 students14:1Rate it →
Bell-Graham Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A+
520 students15:1Rate it →
Centennial School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Bartlett
A−
514 students16:1Rate it →
Davis Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
509 students12:1Rate it →
Channing Memorial Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Elgin
D
491 students15:1Rate it →
Corron Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A
487 students14:1Rate it →
Norton Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Chicago
A+
479 students13:1Rate it →
Wasco Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wasco
A
466 students16:1Rate it →
Anderson Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A−
460 students13:1Rate it →
Munhall Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A
447 students14:1Rate 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 →
Fox Ridge Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
424 students13:1Rate 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 →
Richmond Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Saint Charles
A
385 students13:1Rate it →
Laurel Hill Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Hanover Park
C−
384 students15:1Rate it →
Willard Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6
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 →
Thompson Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Saint Charles
A
1,364 students14:1Rate it →
Wredling Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Saint Charles
A
1,289 students13:1Rate it →
Kenyon Woods Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8
A
873 students14:1Rate it →
Eastview Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Bartlett
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
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 · Bartlett
B
2,037 students14:1Rate it →
St Charles East High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Saint Charles
A
1,930 students13:1Rate it →
St Charles North High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Saint Charles
A
1,903 students15:1Rate it →
Streamwood High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Streamwood
B−
1,890 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about South Elgin’s schools

Are South Elgin’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of Illinois: the public schools South Elgin children attend outscore 58% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade, #383 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 36%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is South Elgin in?

Two districts: School District U-46 runs grades PK–12, and St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 runs grades PK–12, shared with Campton Hills, Campton, St. Charles, St. Charles, Wayne and West Chicago.

Where do South Elgin kids go to high school?

One of 7 high schools, depending on your address: South Elgin High School, Elgin High School, Larkin High School, Bartlett High School, St Charles East High School, St Charles North High School and Streamwood High School.

What is South Elgin’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 South Elgin spend per student?

$21,472 in School District U-46 and $21,826 in St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 (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.