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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042003148
Kimball Hill Elementary School
2905 Meadow Dr, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 · (847) 963-5200 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
204 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 | 61 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
57%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
48.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.8pp since 2023
Math
33.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 33.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 20.1% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Kimball Hill Elementary School
Kimball Hill Elementary School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball Hill Elementary School this school | 524 | 38.9% | 40.5% |
| Mechanics Grove Elementary School Mundelein | 486 | 41.8% | 43.2% |
| Congress Park Elementary School Brookfield | 419 | 41.1% | 48.4% |
| Washington Elementary School Mundelein | 467 | 32.5% | N/A |
| Fox Meadow Elementary School South Elgin | 577 | 37.1% | 46.4% |
| Virginia Lake Elementary School Palatine | 717 | 42.3% | 40.7% |
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 Kimball Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #900 of 1,925 | #239 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #1,158 of 2,077 ▲ 20 | #351 of 829 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #1,036 of 2,077 ▲ 12 | #340 of 829 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #452 of 2,419 | #226 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,175 of 2,035 | #525 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #691 of 2,042 | #246 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #1,574 of 2,132 | #661 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #650 of 1,461 | #353 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
524
+69 (+15%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 584
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 | 524 | 37.9 | 13.8:1 | 39% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 42.3 | 11.5:1 | 43% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 34.5 | 14.0:1 | 40% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 35.9 | 17.2:1 | 55% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 56% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 31 | 18.2:1 | 46% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 36 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 32 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kimball Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (619 to 524); teachers up 5% (35.9 to 37.9).
About Kimball Hill Elementary School
Kimball Hill Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 524 students. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 38% bigger than average.
Palatine CCSD 15 counts 11,715 students in its 20 schools, and Kimball Hill Elementary School is one of them.
The student body at Kimball Hill Elementary School is 56% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 33% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of 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 57%.
The school had 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 39%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cook County, the school's rate is lower.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Kimball Hill Elementary School would be expected to post about 49.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.5%.
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Kimball Hill Elementary School among them.
About 0.4 miles separate Kimball Hill Elementary School from the closest public school, Carl Sandburg Middle School. The five-mile area around Kimball Hill Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 58.5% on proficiency, and Kimball Hill Elementary School is below that at 40.5%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 15%, from 455 to 524.
People who know Kimball Hill Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Willow Bend Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 468 students
- John G Conyers Learning AcademyElementary
Nearby schools
- Carl Sandburg Middle School0.4 mi · 468
- Westgate Elementary School1.0 mi · 633
- Central Road Elementary School1.0 mi · 620
- Rolling Meadows High School1.0 mi · 1,956
- Willow Bend Elementary School1.2 mi · 519
- Plum Grove Middle School1.5 mi · 1,128
Frequently asked questions
About Kimball Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kimball Hill Elementary School?
Kimball Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kimball Hill Elementary School serve?
Kimball Hill Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kimball Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kimball Hill Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kimball Hill Elementary School?
At Kimball Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 56% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Kimball Hill Elementary School public or private?
Kimball Hill 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.