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Enrollment
620
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042003144
Central Road Elementary School
3800 Central Rd, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 · (847) 963-5100 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
76 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
65%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
72.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +29.2pp since 2023
Math
61.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +31.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 29 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 31 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 30.1% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Central Road Elementary School
Central Road Elementary School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Road Elementary School this school | 620 | 12.3% | 61.0% |
| Reba O Steck Elementary School Aurora | 669 | 14.3% | 67.2% |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary Aurora | 683 | 17.9% | 69.5% |
| May Watts Elementary School Naperville | 668 | 7.9% | 71.7% |
| Barbara B Rose Elementary School South Barrington | 403 | 10.9% | 76.2% |
| Meadow Glens Elementary School Naperville | 475 | 8.2% | 90.0% |
Matched among Illinois elementary 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 Central Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #300 of 1,925 | #94 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #375 of 2,077 ▲ 425 | #128 of 829 ▲ 117 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #293 of 2,077 ▲ 401 | #110 of 829 ▲ 117 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #233 of 2,419 | #133 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,874 of 2,035 | #770 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #366 of 2,042 | #148 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.3% | #2,069 of 2,132 | #781 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #343 of 615 | #99 of 186 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
620
+224 (+57%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 587
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 | 620 | 35.9 | 17.3:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 38.5 | 10.1:1 | 36% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 37.2 | 10.3:1 | 32% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 31.5 | 18.2:1 | 42% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 30 | 20.0:1 | 38% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 44% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 32 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 30 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (575 to 620); teachers up 14% (31.5 to 35.9).
About Central Road Elementary School
Central Road Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 620 students. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 63% larger than that.
Central Road Elementary School is a school in Palatine CCSD 15. The district has 20 schools and 11,715 students.
Central Road Elementary School has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 45%. The remaining shares are 37% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Cook County as a whole is about 8% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Central Road Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Central Road Elementary School is 35.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.3:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school counts 76 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 12%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.4%. Central Road Elementary School scores 61.0%.
Central Road Elementary School is located in Cook County, where the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Central Road Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Willow Bend Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Central Road Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 50.5% on proficiency, and Central Road Elementary School is above that at 61.0%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal records list enrollment at Central Road Elementary School as 396 in 2020-21 and 620 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students.
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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
- Kimball Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Willow Bend Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 468 students
- John G Conyers Learning AcademyElementary
Nearby schools
- Willow Bend Elementary School0.5 mi · 519
- Rolling Meadows High School0.5 mi · 1,956
- Carl Sandburg Middle School0.8 mi · 468
- Kimball Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 524
- Plum Grove Middle School1.5 mi · 1,128
- Westgate Elementary School1.6 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Central Road Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Central Road Elementary School?
Central Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 620 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Central Road Elementary School serve?
Central Road Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Central Road Elementary School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Central Road Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Road Elementary School?
At Central Road Elementary School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 45% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Central Road Elementary School public or private?
Central Road Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palatine CCSD 15.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.