Hunting Ridge Elem School

As a substantial elementary campus in Palatine, Illinois, Hunting Ridge Elem School serves 639 students from grades K through 5, operated by Palatine CCSD 15. Enrollment runs roughly 68% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Palatine CCSD 15 runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 11,715 students. Hunting Ridge Elem School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hunting Ridge Elem School shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 26% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hunting Ridge Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 59.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Hunting Ridge Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Wm Fremd High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hunting Ridge Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hunting Ridge Elem School has decreased 8%, going from 693 students in 2018 to 639 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 35% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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