An equity score of 34/100 ranks Palatine Ccsd 15 #467 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,762 per pupil, Palatine Ccsd 15 ranks #221 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,103
Total Enrollment
19
Schools
$18,762
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Palatine Ccsd 15 operates 19 public schools serving 11,103 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined, 6 elementary, 4 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Cook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,762 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 63.0% local, 28.2% state, and 8.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 34/100, ranked #467 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 919.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.6% White, 32.7% Hispanic or Latino, 15.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gray M Sanborn Elem School, with a diversity index of 69.9/100.
Its largest campus is Plum Grove Jr High School, enrolling 1,128 students (10% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Winston Campus Elementary, at 2 students, a 564x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Palatine Ccsd 15 school enrollment varies 564× across entities
Palatine Ccsd 15 school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 1,128 students (highest), a spread of 1,126 students. That ratio is extreme even by the standards of already-wide distributions, and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Palatine Ccsd 15 student-counselor ratio is 919:1: well above typical (strongly associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above the benchmark warrant a closer look at the underlying sub-units rather than treating the aggregate as representative.
Palatine Ccsd 15 chronic absenteeism rate is 19.3%: slightly below the ~28 national average, aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Palatine Ccsd 15 is typically wider than the Palatine Ccsd 15-aggregate figure suggests.