School district · Illinois

Palatine CCSD 15

Palatine CCSD 15 in Illinois: 20 public schools with 11,321 students and 13.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $20,542 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 20
Students: 11,321
Students per teacher: 13.5; IL 13.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $20,542; IL $21.4K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 837
Counselors (FTE): 10.0
Students per counselor: 1,132; IL 414 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 17.4; Librarians (FTE): 18.5

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

55%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 53% of school districts in Illinois

Median 56% · 514 school districts compared

6,852 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Illinois: 39%

43%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 68% of school districts in Illinois

Median 33% · 561 school districts compared

6,851 students tested, grades 3–8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$14.0K15

$14.8K16

$16.5K17

$16.9K18

$15.0K19

$15.9K20

$16.9K21

$18.8K22

$19.7K23

$20.5K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 7.3% · $19.5M
State: 27% · $71.4M
Local: 66% · $175.8M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $12,268
Support services: $7,791
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $82.2M
Long-term debt: $80.9M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 15Middle schools: 5

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Central Road Elem School	Pre-K–5	620	17.3	72%	61%	Rolling Meadows
Frank C Whiteley Elem School	K–5	663	17.2	65%	62%	Hoffman Estates
Gray M Sanborn Elem School	Pre-K–5	661	13.4	41%	36%	Palatine
Hunting Ridge Elem School	K–5	639	15.2	63%	52%	Palatine
Jane Addams Elem School	Pre-K–5	567	12.8	33%	27%	Palatine
John G Conyers Learning Academy	Pre-K–8	0	—	—	—	Rolling Meadows
Kimball Hill Elem School	Pre-K–5	524	13.8	45%	34%	Rolling Meadows
Lake Louise Elem School	Pre-K–5	608	16.1	33%	24%	Palatine
Lincoln Elementary School	Pre-K–5	772	14.9	41%	34%	Palatine
Marion Jordan Elem School	K–5	503	14.7	68%	71%	Palatine
Pleasant Hill Elem School	K–5	435	15.5	61%	71%	Palatine
Stuart R Paddock School	Pre-K–5	348	12.5	63%	56%	Palatine
Virginia Lake Elem School	Pre-K–5	717	16.1	43%	37%	Palatine
Willow Bend Elem School	Pre-K–5	519	13.9	48%	37%	Rolling Meadows
Winston Campus Elementary	Pre-K–5	2	0.1	—	—	Palatine
Carl Sandburg Middle School	6–8	468	11.7	52%	19%	Rolling Meadows
Plum Grove Middle School	6–8	1,128	16.5	75%	54%	Rolling Meadows
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	6–8	621	15.0	80%	63%	Hoffman Est
Walter R Sundling Middle School	6–8	679	11.2	37%	26%	Palatine
Winston Campus Middle School	6–8	847	13.0	37%	25%	Palatine

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 580 N 1st Bank Dr, Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: (847)963-3000

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.