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Enrollment
661
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042003155
Gray M Sanborn Elementary School
101 N Oak St, Palatine, IL 60067 · (847) 963-7000 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
255 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 55 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
70%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
41.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.8pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.5% | 22.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Gray M Sanborn Elementary School
Gray M Sanborn Elementary School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray M Sanborn Elementary School this school | 661 | 38.6% | 35.4% |
| Clinton Elementary School South Elgin | 596 | 39.4% | 39.2% |
| Fox Meadow Elementary School South Elgin | 577 | 37.1% | 46.4% |
| Garvy J Elementary School Chicago | 736 | 36.3% | 51.6% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Joliet | 646 | 38.1% | 41.5% |
| Liberty Elementary School Carpentersville | 749 | 44.7% | 54.3% |
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 Gray M Sanborn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #1,080 of 1,925 | #315 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,094 of 2,077 ▼ 12 | #326 of 829 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #1,305 of 2,077 ▲ 172 | #442 of 829 ▲ 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #169 of 2,419 | #103 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,028 of 2,035 | #468 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #155 of 2,042 | #73 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #1,585 of 2,132 | #665 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #400 of 615 | #122 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
661
+226 (+52%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 440
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 | 661 | 49.4 | 13.4:1 | 39% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 42 | 11.2:1 | 60% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 39.7 | 11.2:1 | 52% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 37.8 | 16.5:1 | 58% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 48% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 31 | 18.8:1 | 45% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 26 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gray M Sanborn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (624 to 661); teachers up 31% (37.8 to 49.4).
About Gray M Sanborn Elementary School
Families in Palatine, Illinois, are served by Gray M Sanborn Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Federal data show 661 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 73% above that mark.
Gray M Sanborn Elementary School sits within Palatine CCSD 15, which has 20 schools and 11,715 students.
Of every 100 students at Gray M Sanborn Elementary School, about 37 are White, the largest group. Other students are 37% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
There are 49.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. On the income side, 39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 27 points.
Gray M Sanborn Elementary School falls short of its prediction by 13.9 points. The model expects 49.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois; the school's rate is 35.4%.
Looking at the county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Stuart R Paddock School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Gray M Sanborn Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Gray M Sanborn Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school counted 435 students in 2020-21 and 661 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Palatine
- Wm Fremd High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Palatine High SchoolHigh · 2,535 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
Nearby schools
- Stuart R Paddock School0.7 mi · 348
- Winston Campus Middle School0.8 mi · 847
- Winston Campus Elementary0.8 mi · 2
- Jane Addams Elementary School1.3 mi · 567
- Lincoln Elementary School1.3 mi · 772
- Virginia Lake Elementary School1.3 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Gray M Sanborn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gray M Sanborn Elementary School?
Gray M Sanborn Elementary School enrolls approximately 661 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gray M Sanborn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gray M Sanborn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Gray M Sanborn Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Gray M Sanborn Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Gray M Sanborn Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gray M Sanborn Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 37% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Gray M Sanborn Elementary School public or private?
Gray M Sanborn 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.