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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 512 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON HEIGHTS SD 25·NCES 170414000099
Patton Elementary School
1616 N Patton Ave, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 · (847) 398-4288 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
35 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 11 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
81.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
77.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.3% | 77.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 62.7% |
% 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
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Patton Elementary School
Patton Elementary School's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Elementary School this school | 399 | 8.8% | 74.9% |
| Whittier Elementary School Wheaton | 433 | 9.5% | 74.1% |
| North Barrington Elementary School North Barrington | 432 | 10.6% | 76.0% |
| Emerson Elementary School Elmhurst | 429 | 9.8% | 75.6% |
| Thomas Metcalf School Normal | 459 | 7.0% | 71.5% |
| Bell-Graham Elementary School Saint Charles | 520 | 7.7% | 80.1% |
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 Patton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #65 of 1,925 | #24 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #105 of 2,077 ▲ 23 | #38 of 829 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #111 of 2,077 ▲ 78 | #49 of 829 ▲ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #1,002 of 2,419 | #427 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #457 of 2,035 | #245 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #1,379 of 2,042 | #515 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #2,096 of 2,132 | #794 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #1,022 of 1,461 | #500 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
399
-51 (-11%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 368
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 | 399 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 9% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 28.3 | 14.7:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 27.6 | 15.5:1 | 10% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 26.8 | 16.2:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 25 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (434 to 399); teachers up 27% (26.8 to 34).
About Patton Elementary School
Patton Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Enrollment stands at 399 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
Arlington Heights SD 25 counts 5,423 students in its 9 schools, and Patton Elementary School is one of them.
Roughly 82% of students at Patton Elementary School are White. Smaller groups are 9% Hispanic and 7% Asian. County-wide, 44% of Cook County residents are White. The diversity index for Patton Elementary School is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 11.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Patton Elementary School, which has 34. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Patton Elementary School is about 9%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
The model predicts 66.5% for a school in Illinois with Patton Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Patton Elementary School posts 74.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
The closest school to Patton Elementary School is Greenbrier Elementary School, located about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Patton Elementary School's average proficiency of 74.9% compares with 54.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Patton Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Patton Elementary School had a net loss of 51 students, or 11%.
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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 Arlington Heights SD 25
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Olive-Mary Stitt SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Westgate Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Ivy Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Dryden Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Other schools in Arlington Heights
- John Hersey High SchoolHigh · 2,040 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Olive-Mary Stitt SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Westgate Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Ivy Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
Other Patton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Patton Elementary. Patton Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Patton ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 904 students
- Patton Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 737 students
Nearby schools
- Greenbrier Elementary School0.9 mi · 280
- Thomas Middle School1.0 mi · 1,024
- Lake Louise Elementary School1.0 mi · 608
- Olive-Mary Stitt School1.1 mi · 671
- Winston Campus Elementary1.3 mi · 2
- Winston Campus Middle School1.4 mi · 847
Frequently asked questions
About Patton Elementary SchoolHow large is Patton Elementary School?
Patton Elementary School enrolls approximately 399 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Patton Elementary School serve?
Patton Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Patton Elementary School have?
Patton Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Patton Elementary School?
At Patton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Patton Elementary School public or private?
Patton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Arlington Heights SD 25.
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