Arlington Heights SD 25

Public school district · Cook County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1704140

Arlington Heights SD 25 spent $18,806 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 56% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $18,127). Its 9 schools enrolled 5,423 students in 2024-25; 23.8% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $19,822 per student, up 5.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Arlington Heights SD 25 in enrollment (5,050 to 5,546 students) and Arlington Heights SD 25 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Arlington Heights SD 25, FY23Glenbrook High School District 225 $32,130; Chsd 218 $26,539; Chsd 155 $23,700; Oak Park Elementary School District 97 $23,483; Bremen CHSD 228 $23,224; Geneva CUSD 304 $20,336; Batavia USD 101 $19,649; Orland SD 135 $18,852; Arlington Heights SD 25 $18,806; New Lenox SD 122 $14,628; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k15k20k25k30k35kGlenbrook High School District…$32,130Chsd 218$26,539Chsd 155$23,700Oak Park Elementary School Dis…$23,483Bremen CHSD 228$23,224Geneva CUSD 304$20,336Batavia USD 101$19,649Orland SD 135$18,852Arlington Heights SD 25$18,806New Lenox SD 122$14,628State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Arlington Heights SD 25, FY23Glenbrook High School District 225 $32,130; Chsd 218 $26,539; Chsd 155 $23,700; Oak Park Elementary School District 97 $23,483; Bremen CHSD 228 $23,224; Geneva CUSD 304 $20,336; Batavia USD 101 $19,649; Orland SD 135 $18,852; Arlington Heights SD 25 $18,806; New Lenox SD 122 $14,628; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k15k20k25k30k35kGlenbrook High School District 225$32,130Chsd 218$26,539Chsd 155$23,700Oak Park Elementary School District…$23,483Bremen CHSD 228$23,224Geneva CUSD 304$20,336Batavia USD 101$19,649Orland SD 135$18,852Arlington Heights SD 25$18,806New Lenox SD 122$14,628State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Arlington Heights SD 25, FY23Glenbrook High School District 225 $32,130; Chsd 218 $26,539; Chsd 155 $23,700; Oak Park Elementary School District 97 $23,483; Bremen CHSD 228 $23,224; Geneva CUSD 304 $20,336; Batavia USD 101 $19,649; Orland SD 135 $18,852; Arlington Heights SD 25 $18,806; New Lenox SD 122 $14,628; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k35kGlenbrook High School District 225$32,130Chsd 218$26,539Chsd 155$23,700Oak Park Elementary School District 97$23,483Bremen CHSD 228$23,224Geneva CUSD 304$20,336Batavia USD 101$19,649Orland SD 135$18,852Arlington Heights SD 25$18,806New Lenox SD 122$14,628State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Arlington Heights SD 25, FY23Glenbrook High School District 225 $32,130; Chsd 218 $26,539; Chsd 155 $23,700; Oak Park Elementary School District 97 $23,483; Bremen CHSD 228 $23,224; Geneva CUSD 304 $20,336; Batavia USD 101 $19,649; Orland SD 135 $18,852; Arlington Heights SD 25 $18,806; New Lenox SD 122 $14,628; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k35kGlenbrook High School District 225$32,130Chsd 218$26,539Chsd 155$23,700Oak Park Elementary School District 97$23,483Bremen CHSD 228$23,224Geneva CUSD 304$20,336Batavia USD 101$19,649Orland SD 135$18,852Arlington Heights SD 25$18,806New Lenox SD 122$14,628State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$112,666,000 in revenue: 23.8% state, 73.2% local and 3.0% federal. Total spending including $5,601,000 of capital outlay was $112,551,000, or $21,172 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Arlington Heights SD 25 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $26,856,000; Local $82,423,000; Federal $3,387,000; total $112,666,000.
  • State$26,856,000 24%
  • Local$82,423,000 73%
  • Federal$3,387,000 3%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

5,316 students in 2022-23, 5,303 students in 2023-24, 5,423 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Arlington Heights SD 25 enrollment by school year2022-23: 5,316, 2023-24: 5,303, 2024-25: 5,42302k4k6k2022-235,3162023-245,3032024-255,423
Arlington Heights SD 25 enrollment by school year2022-23: 5,316, 2023-24: 5,303, 2024-25: 5,42302k4k6k2022-235,3162023-245,3032024-255,423
Arlington Heights SD 25 enrollment by school year2022-23: 5,316, 2023-24: 5,303, 2024-25: 5,42302k4k6k2022-235,3162023-245,3032024-255,423
Arlington Heights SD 25 enrollment by school year2022-23: 5,316, 2023-24: 5,303, 2024-25: 5,42302k4k6k2022-235,3162023-245,3032024-255,423

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-235,316395.913.4
2023-245,303400.513.2
2024-255,423442.312.3

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Arlington Heights SD 25 scored proficient or above: 45% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts45%29.9%3,506

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

7 elementary schools, 3,587 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Olive-Mary Stitt School67114.0not reportedNot Title I
Westgate Elementary School63311.3not reportedEligible, no program
Ivy Hill Elementary School59314.5not reportedEligible, no program
Dryden Elementary School52113.2not reportedNot Title I
Windsor Elementary School49010.2not reportedTargeted program
Patton Elementary School39911.7not reportedNot Title I
Greenbrier Elementary School2808.9not reportedEligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

2 middle schools, 1,836 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Thomas Middle School1,02413.3not reportedNot Title I
South Middle School81212.1not reportedTargeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Arlington Heights SD 25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Arlington Heights SD 25

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentArlington Heights SD 25 ranks 165 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($18,806).#165 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisArlington Heights SD 25 is the number 56 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 5,316 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#56 of 865
  3. Chsd 155The next larger Illinois district: 5,405 students in fall 2022, $23,700 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,700
  4. Bremen CHSD 228The next smaller Illinois district: 5,270 students in fall 2022, $23,224 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,224
  5. Compare Arlington Heights SD 25 with Chsd 155Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Arlington Heights SD 25

  1. How many schools and students are in Arlington Heights SD 25?
    9 schools were open in 2024-25 (7 elementary, 2 middle), enrolling 5,423 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Arlington Heights SD 25 spend per student?
    $18,806 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $19,822 per student, up 5.4% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Arlington Heights SD 25's money come from?
    $112,666,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 23.8% state, 73.2% local and 3.0% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Arlington Heights SD 25 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 222 of the 6,258 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 3.5%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Arlington Heights SD 25 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Arlington Heights SD 25 scored proficient or above: 45% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Arlington Heights SD 25's NCES district ID?
    1704140. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25