NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Rolling Meadows, IL

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

5,215

Students

39.7/100

Avg Resource Index

16.2:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rolling Meadows has more public-school enrollment than 57% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rolling Meadows High School enrolls 37.5% of Rolling Meadows's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Rolling Meadows's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 32-point gap between Central Road Elem School and Willow Bend Elem School shows the range hidden by Rolling Meadows'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 43%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 44th percentile
Teacher staffing: 41st percentile

Rolling Meadows High School accounts for 37.5% of all Rolling Meadows public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Rolling Meadows-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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Rolling Meadows school enrollment varies 4.2× across entities

Rolling Meadows school enrollment ranges from 468 students (lowest) to 1,956 students (highest), a spread of 1,488 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Rolling Meadows student-teacher ratio is 16.2:1 — 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 Rolling Meadows is typically wider than the Rolling Meadows-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Central Road Elem School	60	620	Combined	Palatine Ccsd 15
2.	Rolling Meadows High School	43	1,956	high	Township Hsd 214
3.	Kimball Hill Elem School	41	524	Combined	Palatine Ccsd 15
4.	Carl Sandburg Jr High School	35	468	middle	Palatine Ccsd 15
5.	Plum Grove Jr High School	31	1,128	middle	Palatine Ccsd 15
6.	Willow Bend Elem School	28	519	Combined	Palatine Ccsd 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Rolling Meadows

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.

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Which Rolling Meadows school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Central Road Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rolling Meadows schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Rolling Meadows, IL? ▼

Rolling Meadows has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,215 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.2:1.

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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.