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Enrollment
468
Middle
DISTRICT 749 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042003157
Carl Sandburg Middle School
2600 Martin Ln, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 · (847) 963-7800 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
227 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 167 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 149 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 152 | 32% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
19.3%
IL avg 37.9% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.3% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.5% | 25.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Carl Sandburg Middle School
Carl Sandburg Middle School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Sandburg Middle School this school | 468 | 48.5% | 38.4% |
| Churchville Middle School Elmhurst | 489 | 45.0% | 54.3% |
| Jewel Middle School North Aurora | 490 | 50.4% | 36.2% |
| Walter R Sundling Middle School Palatine | 679 | 47.0% | 36.5% |
| Herget Middle School Aurora | 594 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| Jack Hille Middle School Oak Forest | 490 | 46.5% | 40.0% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Carl Sandburg Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #353 of 578 | #52 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #489 of 640 ▼ 178 | #102 of 146 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #379 of 640 ▼ 45 | #82 of 146 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #315 of 691 | #86 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #146 of 558 | #52 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #135 of 560 | #39 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #306 of 581 | #87 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #345 of 440 | #81 of 97 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
468
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 468 | 40.1 | 11.7:1 | 49% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 37.4 | 12.0:1 | 48% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 37.9 | 12.4:1 | 43% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 32.8 | 15.1:1 | 46% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 44% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 36% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 46 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 38 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carl Sandburg Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (496 to 468); teachers up 22% (32.8 to 40.1).
About Carl Sandburg Middle School
Carl Sandburg Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle school in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Total enrollment is 468 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
Besides Carl Sandburg Middle School, Palatine CCSD 15 runs 19 other schools. The district enrolls 11,715 students.
At Carl Sandburg Middle School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 48%. The remaining students are 38% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
There are 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carl Sandburg Middle School, giving a ratio of 11.7:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1. A total of 227 students, or 49%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points below the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Carl Sandburg Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of Illinois public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Carl Sandburg Middle School is 5.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Census data for Cook County show the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Carl Sandburg Middle School, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Kimball Hill Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Carl Sandburg Middle School. The five-mile area around Carl Sandburg Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Carl Sandburg Middle School comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 475 to 468.
The discussion board for Carl Sandburg Middle School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palatine CCSD 15
- Plum Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- Winston Campus Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Virginia Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Walter R Sundling Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Frank C Whiteley Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
Other schools in Rolling Meadows
- Rolling Meadows High SchoolHigh · 1,956 students
- Plum Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- Central Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
- Kimball Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Willow Bend Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- John G Conyers Learning AcademyElementary
Other Carl Sandburg Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Carl Sandburg Middle. Carl Sandburg Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMundelein, IL · 529 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolFreeport, IL · 430 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolOLD BRIDGE, NJ · 926 students
Nearby schools
- Kimball Hill Elementary School0.4 mi · 524
- Rolling Meadows High School0.7 mi · 1,956
- Westgate Elementary School0.8 mi · 633
- Central Road Elementary School0.8 mi · 620
- Willow Bend Elementary School0.8 mi · 519
- South Middle School1.4 mi · 812
Frequently asked questions
About Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carl Sandburg Middle School?
Carl Sandburg Middle School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades 06-08.
Is Carl Sandburg Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carl Sandburg Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Carl Sandburg Middle School have?
Carl Sandburg Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Carl Sandburg Middle School?
Carl Sandburg Middle School reports a student body of 38% White, 48% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Carl Sandburg Middle School?
Carl Sandburg Middle School is overseen by Palatine CCSD 15 in Cook County.
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