Patton Elem School

Patton Elem School, a moderately sized primary school in Arlington Heights, Illinois, one of the schools within Arlington Heights SD 25, educates 399 students, covering grades K through 5.

Arlington Heights SD 25 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,423 students; Patton Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Patton Elem School logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Patton Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Patton Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Patton Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Greenbrier Elem School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Patton Elem School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 434 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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