Virginia Lake Elem School

Virginia Lake Elem School operates as a high-enrollment K-5 school in Palatine, Illinois, run under Palatine CCSD 15. Current enrollment sits at 717 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 88% above the state mean of about 381.

Palatine CCSD 15 runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 11,715 students. Virginia Lake Elem School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Virginia Lake Elem School lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 32% White, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Virginia Lake Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.7%.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Virginia Lake Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Palatine High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Virginia Lake Elem School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

Virginia Lake Elem School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Virginia Lake Elem School has shrank 4%, going from 745 students in 2018 to 717 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 19% to 32%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.