Stuart R Paddock School

Stuart R Paddock School is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in Palatine, Illinois, one of the schools within Palatine CCSD 15, enrolling 348 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Stuart R Paddock School is one of 20 schools operated by Palatine CCSD 15, a district that teaches 11,715 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Stuart R Paddock School logs that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Stuart R Paddock School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Stuart R Paddock School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stuart R Paddock School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.6%, the actual is 55.3%, a residual of -6.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Stuart R Paddock School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gray M Sanborn Elem School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stuart R Paddock School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stuart R Paddock School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 50%: 703 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 39% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.