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Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042003152
Stuart R Paddock School
225 W Washington St, Palatine, IL 60067 · (847) 963-5800 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
60 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 28 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
59%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
63.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +26.3pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +22.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.1% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 35.1% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Stuart R Paddock School
Stuart R Paddock School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart R Paddock School this school | 348 | 17.2% | 55.3% |
| Wayne Elementary School Wayne | 391 | 18.2% | 58.9% |
| Kingsley Elementary School Naperville | 415 | 16.4% | 72.9% |
| Countryside Elementary School Barrington | 375 | 12.5% | 68.8% |
| Robert Clow Elementary School Naperville | 343 | 12.8% | 71.0% |
| Prairieview Elementary School Downers Grove | 380 | 18.2% | 55.3% |
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 Stuart R Paddock School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #437 of 1,925 | #128 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #456 of 2,077 ▲ 194 | #145 of 829 ▲ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #570 of 2,077 ▲ 328 | #194 of 829 ▲ 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #1,269 of 2,419 | #524 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #737 of 2,035 | #350 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #602 of 2,042 | #222 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #2,007 of 2,132 | #759 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -50.5% | #15 of 1,461 | #10 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
348
-253 (-42%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 658
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 | 348 | 27.8 | 12.5:1 | 17% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 38.2 | 16.0:1 | 35% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 39.4 | 15.1:1 | 32% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 39.2 | 17.9:1 | 43% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 42% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 779 | 37 | 21.1:1 | 35% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 699 | 36 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 658 | 31 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stuart R Paddock School.
Since 2017-18: students down 50% (703 to 348); teachers down 29% (39.2 to 27.8).
About Stuart R Paddock School
Stuart R Paddock School is an elementary school in Palatine, Illinois, reachable at (847) 963-5800. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 348 students.
Stuart R Paddock School is among 20 schools run by Palatine CCSD 15, which serves 11,715 students.
Of every 100 students at Stuart R Paddock School, about 59 are White. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. Cook County's residents are about 44% White, 15 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Stuart R Paddock School has 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.5:1. The school's 12.5:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 17%. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
On the allk12 Grade, Stuart R Paddock School lands at B-, ahead of 50% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Test results at Stuart R Paddock School are 6.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (55.3% actual, 61.6% predicted).
The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Stuart R Paddock School among them.
Gray M Sanborn Elementary School is the nearest public school to Stuart R Paddock School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Stuart R Paddock School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Stuart R Paddock School is ahead of the 52.3% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data put enrollment at 601 in 2020-21 and 348 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Palatine
- Wm Fremd High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Palatine High SchoolHigh · 2,535 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
Nearby schools
- Gray M Sanborn Elementary School0.7 mi · 661
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School0.8 mi · 435
- Marion Jordan Elementary School1.2 mi · 503
- Wm Fremd High School1.3 mi · 2,689
- Hunting Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 639
- Winston Campus Middle School1.4 mi · 847
Frequently asked questions
About Stuart R Paddock SchoolHow many students attend Stuart R Paddock School?
Stuart R Paddock School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Stuart R Paddock School serve?
Stuart R Paddock School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Stuart R Paddock School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Stuart R Paddock School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stuart R Paddock School?
At Stuart R Paddock School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Stuart R Paddock School?
Stuart R Paddock School is overseen by Palatine CCSD 15 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.