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Enrollment
639
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042003145
Hunting Ridge Elementary School
1105 W Illinois Ave, Palatine, IL 60067 · (847) 963-5300 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
152 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 | 39 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
64%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
62.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
52.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.9% | 52.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 49.8% |
% 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Hunting Ridge Elementary School
Hunting Ridge Elementary School's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Ridge Elementary School this school | 639 | 23.8% | 59.9% |
| Steeple Run Elementary School Naperville | 622 | 21.1% | 68.8% |
| Prairieview Elementary School Bartlett | 681 | 27.6% | 52.6% |
| The Wheatlands Elementary School Aurora | 613 | 29.7% | 64.2% |
| Howard B Thomas Grade School Burlington | 678 | 19.3% | 60.6% |
| Freedom Elementary School Plainfield | 526 | 26.8% | 72.8% |
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 Hunting Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #325 of 1,925 | #100 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #606 of 2,077 ▼ 291 | #181 of 829 ▼ 76 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #577 of 2,077 ▼ 173 | #197 of 829 ▼ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #203 of 2,419 | #122 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,588 of 2,035 | #680 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #400 of 2,042 | #155 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #1,890 of 2,132 | #734 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #1,042 of 1,461 | #506 of 661 |
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
639
-83 (-11%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 488
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 | 639 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 24% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 44.9 | 16.1:1 | 28% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 44.8 | 15.9:1 | 25% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 722 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 37.6 | 18.4:1 | 18% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 37 | 19.9:1 | 14% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 679 | 34 | 20.0:1 | 11% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 37 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 28 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hunting Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (693 to 639); teachers up 12% (37.6 to 42).
About Hunting Ridge Elementary School
Hunting Ridge Elementary School, located in Palatine, Illinois, is a large elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 639 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
The 20 schools in Palatine CCSD 15 enroll 11,715 students altogether, Hunting Ridge Elementary School among them.
The student body at Hunting Ridge Elementary School is 52% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
On staff are 42 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 24% of students at Hunting Ridge Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Hunting Ridge Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 70% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Hunting Ridge Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.9% and a predicted 57.8%.
The school is in Cook County, where the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Hunting Ridge Elementary School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Wm Fremd High School is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hunting Ridge Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Hunting Ridge Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Hunting Ridge Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 83 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs 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
- Wm Fremd High School0.2 mi · 2,689
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School0.8 mi · 435
- Marion Jordan Elementary School1.1 mi · 503
- Stuart R Paddock School1.4 mi · 348
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School1.5 mi · 394
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School1.5 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Hunting Ridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hunting Ridge Elementary School?
Hunting Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 639 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hunting Ridge Elementary School serve?
Hunting Ridge Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Hunting Ridge Elementary School have?
Hunting Ridge Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is Hunting Ridge Elementary School?
Hunting Ridge Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 26% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Hunting Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Hunting Ridge 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.