Countryside Elementary School

205 West County Line Road

School District

Barrington Community Unit 220
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

School Map for Barrington Community Unit School District 220

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on November 22, 2022

Awesome experience all around. We loved the quality of teachers and the level of parent volunteering.
Submitted by parent on July 22, 2022

Lots of bullying at this school while the principal and most teachers look the other way. Wealthy children and families are given special treatment. Solid curriculum but that comes from the district not the school.
Submitted by parent on February 12, 2018

We really love Countryside and all the offerings for students. Our third child is now at the school and we are enjoying it!
Submitted by parent on January 27, 2016

Great Chinese Immersion Program offered in the Barrington school district. Countryside Elementary hosts a few grade levels in that program. It is truly amazing to see how much those children learn not just in their regular subjects, like English and Math, but Chinese as well. Teachers are very in tune with their students' progress and keep the parents in the loop.
Submitted by parent on November 19, 2015

We have been at Countryside for 3 years and the experience has been amazing! The staff is kind, caring and holds students to the highest standards! We couldn't be happier!
Submitted by parent on November 07, 2015

Countryside has awesome teachers and staff! They care so much about the students and give them all the personal attention they deserve!
Submitted by parent on August 27, 2014

Countryside is an amazing school with amazing support from the parents and the community. The class sizes are small and so each child has more individual attention and instruction. In addition, many children have extra literacy and math instruction from the extended and specialized teaching staff. I believe this is one of the few school districts remaining that have an active gifted program and the only public school with an active Mandarin immersion program. Most importantly, our children are happy to go to school each day and they get off the bus with smiles on their faces. We are very happy to be at Countryside.
Submitted by parent on May 30, 2013

We recently moved to the area from Chicago and have been so thoroughly impressed with the school! Our son's teacher is excellent, the school environment is safe an welcoming and the facilities are spectacular. I would have loved to attend school in such an idyllic setting! My son will joining the Chinese immersion program currently being offered at the school, which gets great feedback from existing students and parents. We could not be more pleased with the school and the education it is providing our son. We plan to stay here and send our other child to this school as well. As a parent who always attended private Catholic schools I must say I am very much impressed by District 220 and think that they offer so much more than what any private school could offer. They very much have their eye on the ball and basically all the schools in the district are excellent.
Submitted by parent on January 11, 2013

I have two students that attend this school. All the teachers & staff so far have been excellent! My son is very gifted and both teachers he has had have given him extra/harder things to challenge him. This school has the best teaching tools, computers, etc. The new prinicipal is very approachable & enthusiastic, nurse is great, and the building itself is very nice. Kids love the playgrounds!