Is Hampshire High School a good school?

Hampshire High School ranks 148 th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Hampshire High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,938 students attended Hampshire High School.

What is the racial makeup of Hampshire High School?

Students at Hampshire High School are 57% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 4% African American.

What schools feed into Hampshire High School?

Hampshire High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Big Timber Elementary School Elementary : Gary D Wright Elementary School Elementary : Gilberts Elementary School Elementary : Hampshire Elementary School Middle : Hampshire Middle School

Hampshire High School

Summary:

Hampshire High School is a public high school located in Hampshire, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,938 students. It is part of Community Unit School District 300, which is ranked 411 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hampshire High School consistently ranks in the top 150-200 high schools in Illinois, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on standardized tests, such as the SAT and Illinois Science Assessment (ISA), is notably higher than the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, 29.2% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to 21.9% for the district and 26.1% for the state. Additionally, Hampshire High School's 4-year graduation rate is consistently high, ranging from 94.6% to 96.7% over the past few years, which is above the state average.

Compared to nearby high schools, such as Harry D Jacobs High School, Larkin High School, and Genoa-Kingston High School, Hampshire High School generally outperforms them in academic metrics, graduation rates, and overall school rankings. However, some nearby schools, such as Central High School and Huntley High School, also demonstrate strong academic performance and may be considered comparable or even more competitive than Hampshire High School.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1600 Big Timber Rd
Hampshire, IL 60140-8374

(847) 792-3500

District: Cusd 300

SchoolDigger Rank:
148^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,339

Feeder schools for Hampshire High School:

Elementary:	Big Timber Elementary School
	Gary D Wright Elementary School
	Gilberts Elementary School
	Hampshire Elementary School
Middle:	Hampshire Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.8

Number of students: 1,938

Racial breakdown:

White:

57.4%

Hispanic:

27.2%

Asian:

7.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 24.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Hampshire High School ranks better than 78.8% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 3 ranked high schools in the Cusd 300 School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 72.87. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Hampshire High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hampshire High School is $16,339. 1 high schools in the Cusd 300 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hampshire High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Hampshire High School 148^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Hampshire High School in the ranking list.)

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Cusd 300:

SchoolDigger ranks Cusd 300 411^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Hampshire High School

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Rank History for all students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	65.48	198^th	586	66.2%
2004	67.05	200^th	592	66.2%
2005	46.86	364^th	590	38.3%
2006	76.51	121^st	596	79.7%
2007	57.89	282^nd	612	53.9%
2008	63.91	245^th	624	60.7%
2009	54.63	320^th	632	49.4%
2010	66.26	231^st	643	64.1%
2011	66.94	238^th	655	63.7%
2012	67.37	215^th	665	67.7%
2013	68.75	218^th	670	67.5%
2014	75.02	153^rd	670	77.2%
2015	63.68	182^nd	614	70.4%
2016	46.89	320^th	643	50.2%
2017	75.79	124^th	642	80.7%
2018	76.37	125^th	647	80.7%
2019	83.64	94^th	701	86.6%
2021	73.35	147^th	688	78.6%
2022	73.37	150^th	699	78.5%
2023	75.88	138^th	699	80.3%
2024	72.87	148^th	697	78.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.59	73^rd	154	52.6%
2019	64.19	58^th	165	64.8%
2021	44.43	83^rd	160	48.1%
2022	49.88	85^th	170	50.0%
2023	29.53	107^th	163	34.4%
2024	35.00	109^th	182	40.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	72.62	14^th	151	90.7%
2021	32.79	86^th	189	54.5%
2022	50.64	70^th	205	65.9%
2023	23.07	201^st	217	7.4%
2024	45.60	94^th	248	62.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.98	87^th	374	76.7%
2019	79.89	45^th	473	90.5%
2021	50.53	144^th	453	68.2%
2022	44.53	191^st	493	61.3%
2023	69.31	100^th	476	79.0%
2024	48.06	177^th	482	63.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	54.56	237^th	585	59.5%
2019	79.88	66^th	639	89.7%
2021	42.24	315^th	611	48.4%
2022	62.08	179^th	626	71.4%
2023	73.12	113^th	644	82.5%
2024	63.79	170^th	639	73.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.73	105^th	620	83.1%
2019	81.01	100^th	665	85.0%
2021	65.94	185^th	639	71.0%
2022	70.99	167^th	658	74.6%
2023	78.30	121^st	656	81.6%
2024	72.57	149^th	664	77.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	51.81	141^st	428	67.1%
2024	50.10	136^th	429	68.3%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2021	21.22	17^th	22	22.7%
2022	53.82	11^th	26	57.7%
2023	37.79	12^th	22	45.5%
2024	59.63	7^th	23	69.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	69.30	155^th	619	75.0%
2019	83.90	88^th	675	87.0%
2021	76.42	115^th	653	82.4%
2022	72.46	134^th	664	79.8%
2023	70.80	153^rd	668	77.1%
2024	69.98	162^nd	668	75.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.33	91^st	132	31.1%
2019	55.12	68^th	130	47.7%
2021	37.43	92^nd	135	31.9%
2022	58.43	64^th	141	54.6%
2023	27.04	107^th	134	20.1%
2024	44.94	81^st	137	40.9%

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Rank History for African American students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	74.57	35^th	253	86.2%
2019	78.28	36^th	299	88.0%
2021	55.55	81^st	281	71.2%
2022	84.04	27^th	294	90.8%
2023	45.61	128^th	301	57.5%
2024	59.85	71^st	299	76.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.66	100^th	291	65.6%
2019	69.36	69^th	317	78.2%
2021	57.63	93^rd	317	70.7%
2022	48.77	150^th	335	55.2%
2023	61.19	94^th	333	71.8%
2024	59.29	96^th	336	71.4%

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Rank History for White students at Hampshire High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	70.86	139^th	548	74.6%
2019	76.68	108^th	552	80.4%
2021	62.92	169^th	553	69.4%
2022	65.21	155^th	560	72.3%
2023	75.32	110^th	557	80.3%
2024	64.48	159^th	554	71.3%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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by a parent
Monday, August 7, 2017

This school has the WORST staff. Not all of the staff is bad, but the majority is. Parents get incorrect emails or phone calls from the staff ALL the time. Which is no big deal everyone makes small mistakes, but with all the other issues it makes it more noticeable.

If you want to talk to the school counselor to gain information about your child be it, information about colleges, special programs, expect to do all the research yourself be prepared to keep calling the counselor to see if they have followed up or what information they found out.

The website is so bad. When you do a search for Hampshire High School you can’t find it. You get the d300 website, also http://il.8to18.com/hampshire (which is their sports website) if you click home you get sports. To get to their website Google has their address with directions. You can click on the website link to get to it.
My child took summer school so she/he could finish school early. He/she took two online classes. With the online classes the kids cannot do the classes at home. They have to go to the school every morning and work on the classes. My child finished the online classes early so she/he didn’t need to do back to the school. The school called me with an automated message everyday twice a day for a week in a half to let me know my child has unexcused absences. I called the school and they were aware the system did that, and they told me to ignore it.

I could not register my child for school online because they were having some type of issue with their system. There systems are ALWAYS having issues. Going into the school to get the issue resolved was a fiasco. I am still pissed about that one.
My child needed her/his transcripts for college. I told him/her to go into the school and get them. She/he took it responsibility on his/her own to call the school and see what she/he needed to do to get his/her transcripts. (Proud mom moment!) The women on the phone said just come in to the school and get them. He/her went to the school and they said you have to order then online. Like I said before mistakes happen, but this is not the first of even the second time we have been told misinformation that wastes our time. The staff is so very nice, but all this extra stuff is annoying.

These are just a few things that have happened in the past few months and school has not even started yet! I only write this review in hopes the school reads it and fixes all their issues. I feel like without proper staff, how can the school meet your child’s needs? Very unprofessional. My biggest issue though, is the counselor would never call me back, I always had to track her down. She never gave any solutions to help my child in any way.

Oh one more thing. My child signed up for summer school. They lost the paperwork. She/he had to sign up again. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Hampshire High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	279	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	280
1990	265	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	265
1991	273	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	275
1992	291	0	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	295
1993	338	0	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	342
1994	353	0	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	357
1995	361	0	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	368
1996	361	0	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	368
1997	376	0	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	380
1998	386	0	1	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	393
1999	382	1	1	6	2	n/a	n/a	0	392
2000	409	1	2	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	421
2001	430	2	1	12	4	n/a	n/a	0	449
2002	445	2	4	18	2	n/a	n/a	0	471
2003	445	2	4	18	2	n/a	n/a	0	471
2004	447	1	10	31	3	n/a	n/a	0	492
2005	463	8	15	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	531
2006	473	7	18	53	0	n/a	n/a	1	552
2007	488	8	27	67	1	n/a	n/a	2	593
2008	513	8	37	70	0	n/a	n/a	2	630
2009	676	18	59	132	5	n/a	n/a	21	911
2010	727	16	77	149	3	n/a	n/a	33	1005
2011	745	19	76	188	2	4	28	0	1062
2012	771	23	96	205	2	2	33	0	1132
2013	799	21	98	225	1	2	39	0	1185
2014	841	26	109	249	2	3	40	0	1270
2015	903	35	124	272	3	2	37	0	1376
2016	994	36	124	294	2	1	42	0	1493
2017	1027	36	138	331	1	1	54	0	1588
2018	1058	49	138	338	1	0	52	0	1636
2019	1107	57	147	364	1	0	63	0	1739
2020	1098	56	140	393	0	1	69	0	1757
2021	1119	75	145	461	2	1	79	0	1882
2022	1143	72	142	486	1	2	81	0	1927
2023	1112	68	141	528	1	5	81	2	1938

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Hampshire High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	280	20.3	13.7	n/a
1990	265	20.3	13.0	n/a
1991	275	22.5	12.2	n/a
1992	295	22.1	13.3	n/a
1993	342	21.2	16.1	n/a
1994	357	22.3	16.0	n/a
1995	368	26.0	14.2	n/a
1996	368	26.0	14.2	n/a
1997	380	29.0	13.1	n/a
1998	393	32.2	12.2	n/a
1999	392	32.7	12.0	n/a
2000	421	31.3	13.5	n/a
2001	449	32.5	13.8	n/a
2002	471	29.5	16.0	14.2
2003	471	29.5	16.0	14.2
2004	492	29.3	16.8	11.2
2005	531	28.0	19.0	7.9
2006	552	31.0	17.8	8.2
2007	593	35.0	16.9	9.5
2008	630	33.0	19.1	13.9
2009	911	48.2	18.9	14.2
2010	1005	57.0	17.6	22.1
2011	1062	54.5	19.4	21.2
2012	1132	53.4	21.1	20.1
2013	1185	79.7	14.8	26
2014	1270	69.8	18.1	26.4
2015	1376	75.0	18.3	29.4
2016	1493	83.0	17.9	22.5
2017	1588	89.5	17.7	24.5
2018	1636	96.9	16.8	22.4
2019	1739	101.2	17.1	24.3
2020	1757	107.8	16.2	23.7
2021	1882	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1927	119.3	16.1	17.3
2023	1938	121.9	15.8	24.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Hampshire High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	280	20.3	13.7	n/a
1990	265	20.3	13.0	n/a
1991	275	22.5	12.2	n/a
1992	295	22.1	13.3	n/a
1993	342	21.2	16.1	n/a
1994	357	22.3	16.0	n/a
1995	368	26.0	14.2	n/a
1996	368	26.0	14.2	n/a
1997	380	29.0	13.1	n/a
1998	393	32.2	12.2	n/a
1999	392	32.7	12.0	n/a
2000	421	31.3	13.5	n/a
2001	449	32.5	13.8	n/a
2002	471	29.5	16.0	14.2
2003	471	29.5	16.0	14.2
2004	492	29.3	16.8	11.2
2005	531	28.0	19.0	7.9
2006	552	31.0	17.8	8.2
2007	593	35.0	16.9	9.5
2008	630	33.0	19.1	13.9
2009	911	48.2	18.9	14.2
2010	1005	57.0	17.6	22.1
2011	1062	54.5	19.4	21.2
2012	1132	53.4	21.1	20.1
2013	1185	79.7	14.8	26
2014	1270	69.8	18.1	26.4
2015	1376	75.0	18.3	29.4
2016	1493	83.0	17.9	22.5
2017	1588	89.5	17.7	24.5
2018	1636	96.9	16.8	22.4
2019	1739	101.2	17.1	24.3
2020	1757	107.8	16.2	23.7
2021	1882	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1927	119.3	16.1	17.3
2023	1938	121.9	15.8	24.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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