Golfview Elem School, Carpentersville IL

Original Research by School Decision on Golfview Elem School

Golfview Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Carpentersville, a mixed working-class and suburban Fox River community west of Chicago. The school enrolls a modest number of students, with enrollment fairly evenly spread across its grade band. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, reflecting the broader demographics of the area.

Academic performance at Golfview shows consistent challenge across the tested subjects and grades available. In math, third and fourth graders show proficiency rates in the low-to-mid range, while fifth graders show lower performance. In English language arts, third graders perform at a similar low-to-mid level, fourth graders score notably lower, and fifth graders show marked improvement, sitting near the midpoint. Science proficiency in fifth grade is in the low range. Across all these subjects, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Kane County. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what academic supports are in place, what interventions are underway, and what the school's strategic priorities are for improvement. State testing data was not available for the first and second grade levels because those grades are not tested under Illinois assessment requirements.

Carpentersville itself is a car-dependent village with an older downtown along Main Street near the Fox River and newer postwar subdivisions to the west. The community is anchored by manufacturing, logistics, and food processing employment, with OTTO Engineering as a visible local employer. The Fox River Trail and parks like Carpenter Park serve as civic gathering spaces. Transit is provided by Pace buses, though the village has no Metra station. The housing market is active, with median home values and rental costs broadly in line with the broader state benchmark, and the village is marketing itself as pro-growth with development incentives and infrastructure projects underway.

The broader District CUSD 300 context carries two significant planning points for families. In November 2025 the district redrew high school attendance boundaries, reassigning some current Hampshire High students to Jacobs High in Algonquin starting in 2026-27, driven by projected enrollment growth over the coming decade. Additionally, the district completed a long-term Master Facility Plan in 2024 and is considering placing a facilities funding referendum on the November 2026 ballot to address capital needs tied to aging buildings and growth, with implications that could affect tax obligations for families in the district depending on the outcome.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 331%

School 31% · District 52% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 51% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 38% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 328%

School 28% · District 45% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 50% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 56% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 39% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

This schoolCUSD 300, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.