Lake Louise Elem School

Lake Louise Elem School is one of the sizable K-5 schools in Palatine, Illinois, run under Palatine CCSD 15, with 608 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Lake Louise Elem School is one of 20 schools operated by Palatine CCSD 15, a district that serves 11,715 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lake Louise Elem School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 22% White, 6% Asian, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lake Louise Elem School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake Louise Elem School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.6%; Lake Louise Elem School posts 24.3%, -16.3 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Lake Louise Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Greenbrier Elem School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Louise Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Louise Elem School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lake Louise Elem School's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 744 (now 608). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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