Parkview Elementary School, Carpentersville IL

Original Research by School Decision on Parkview Elementary School

Parkview Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Carpentersville, a mid-sized Fox River suburb west of Chicago in Kane County. The school draws from a district experiencing growth and change, with housing and new construction activity signaling expansion to the west side of the community.

The school's current test results show low proficiency overall. In math, third graders scored in the low range, fourth graders slightly higher, and fifth graders lower still. In English language arts, third and fourth graders again showed low proficiency, while fifth grade performance jumped to near the midpoint. Science proficiency in fifth grade was also low. Against other districts in Kane County, Parkview's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school about what these results mean for instructional priorities, how the school is responding, and what the trajectory looks like with the most recent assessment data.

The enrollment is small to moderate for an elementary school serving its grades, with substantial diversity. About three-fifths of students are Hispanic, one-fifth white, one-eighth Black, and smaller shares Asian and multiracial. Preschool enroll only a handful of students. Kindergarten through fifth grade each enroll between roughly eighty and one hundred students. Data on students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, English learners, or students with IEPs was not available, which makes it harder to understand the full picture of student needs the school is serving.

Carpentersville itself is a working-class community with both older neighborhood character along the river and sprawling postwar subdivisions. It is car-oriented; most residents drive for errands and work. The Fox River Trail offers recreation, and civic life centers on Carpenter Park, local Pace bus routes, and a small historic Main Street. The median home value is moderate for the Chicago metro, with housing appreciation steady but modest year-over-year. The village has marked itself for growth, and the district is now managing enrollment expansion through high school boundary shifts and planning a potential facilities referendum for later in 2026 to address capital needs tied to rising enrollment over the next decade.

For a family considering this school, the key characteristics are modest school proficiency alongside a diverse, growing enrollment in an established suburban setting where housing remains accessible compared to inner-ring suburbs. The trade-off is lower current test performance, which deserves a direct conversation with school leaders about causes and remediation before enrolling.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 324%

School 24% · District 52% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 51% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 38% · ▼ 21 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 323%

School 23% · District 45% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 50% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 56% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 39% · ▼ 15 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.