Pleasant Hill Elem School

Located at 434 W Illinois Ave, in Palatine, Illinois, Pleasant Hill Elem School is a reasonably sized primary school that educates 435 students (grades K through 5), operated by Palatine CCSD 15.

Across the 20 schools in Palatine CCSD 15 (11,715 students total), Pleasant Hill Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Hill Elem School records that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasant Hill Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.8%, the actual is 67.3%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Pleasant Hill Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wm Fremd High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pleasant Hill Elem School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pleasant Hill Elem School's enrollment has contracted 30% since 2018, when it stood at 625 (now 435). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 41% to 32%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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