Hanover Countryside Elem School, Streamwood IL

Original Research by School Decision on Hanover Countryside Elem School

Hanover Countryside Elementary is a small, predominantly Hispanic school serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in Streamwood, a car-oriented northwest Chicago suburb with a stable residential base and dispersed commercial activity along arterial roads. The school's enrollment sits at a level typical for suburban elementary buildings, with substantial racial and ethnic diversity: a large share of students identify as Hispanic, a meaningful portion as white, and smaller shares as Asian and Black. The school's free-and-reduced-price lunch rate was not reported, so a parent looking into this school may want to ask the district directly about that metric to understand the economic profile of the student body.

The state assessment data for 2024-25 shows academic performance below the county midpoint. In math, proficiency rates across third through sixth grade cluster in a range that shows less than half of students meeting state standards at each level, with the weakest results in fourth and sixth grade. English language arts proficiency is similarly soft across the grades, with all reported levels falling below the math range in three of four grades tested. Science proficiency at fifth grade was also below state standards. These results reflect the performance picture one would want to examine carefully: a parent can see the specific proficiency breakdowns in the data on the page, and may want to discuss with the school what supports exist for students not yet proficient and what the school sees as next steps for instruction. State testing data does not exist for grade seven and eight because this school serves only through sixth grade.

Streamwood itself is a maturing suburb built out largely in earlier decades, with a mix of apartments, townhomes, and single-family homes ranging from starter to executive. The housing market shows modest stability: median home values are moderate relative to the broader Chicago area, rents are reasonable, and the resale market moves steadily though not briskly. The village economy rests on manufacturing, health care, and retail employment, anchored by employers such as AbbVie and McDonald's plus smaller industrial and service firms. Civic life centers on the Poplar Creek Library and the Streamwood Park District, with forest preserve land and neighborhood parks distributed across town. Public transit via Pace bus connects to the Hanover Park Metra station in a neighboring community.

Hanover Countryside is part of School District U-46, a large northwest Cook County system that is undergoing substantial change. In 2023, voters approved a major bond referendum with no tax rate increase to rebuild five aging elementary schools (including Glenbrook, which serves Streamwood) and construct new middle schools. Starting with the 2025-26 school year, the district moved to a 6-8 middle school model with new daily advisory periods for social-emotional learning and academic support, and all elementary schools extended their instructional day. These system-wide shifts mean the school environment and structure families experience now differs from recent years and will continue evolving as new buildings open and instructional programs settle into their new form. A parent considering this school should ask whether these transitions have stabilized and what impact they expect to see in the near term.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 45% · ▲ 1 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 39% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 31% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 26% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 38% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 42% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 48% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 45% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 32% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

This schoolSD U-46, 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.