NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Palatine, IL

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14 public K-12 schools in Palatine from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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14
Schools
12,002
Students
44.1/100
Avg Resource Index
14.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Palatine has more public-school enrollment than 85% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Palatine sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Palatine's list includes 5 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 5 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 47-point gap between Winston Campus Elementary and Lake Louise Elem School shows the range hidden by Palatine's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 15%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
66th percentile
Teacher staffing
57th percentile

Wm Fremd High School accounts for 22.4% of all Palatine public-school enrollment

That concentration means Palatine-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Palatine school enrollment varies 1345× across entities

Palatine school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 2,689 students (highest), a spread of 2,687 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Palatine student-teacher ratio is 14.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Palatine is typically wider than the Palatine-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Winston Campus Elementary 70
2. Marion Jordan Elem School 65
3. Hunting Ridge Elem School 56
4. Wm Fremd High School 55
5. Palatine High School 51
6. Pleasant Hill Elem School 49
7. Stuart R Paddock School 44
8. Jane Addams Elem School 40
9. Gray M Sanborn Elem School 37
10. Virginia Lake Elem School 34
11. Lincoln Elementary School 32
12. Walter R Sundling Jr High Sch 32
13. Winston Campus Jr High 29
14. Lake Louise Elem School 23

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Palatine

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Gray M Sanborn Elem School 69.9/100
  2. 2 Wm Fremd High School 66.6/100
  3. 3 Walter R Sundling Jr High Sch 66.1/100
  4. 4 Hunting Ridge Elem School 64.4/100
  5. 5 Palatine High School 62.4/100

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Which Palatine school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Winston Campus Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Palatine schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Palatine, IL? ▼

Palatine has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,002 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.