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Enrollment
679
Middle
DISTRICT 749 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042003160
Walter R Sundling Middle School
1100 N Smith St, Palatine, IL 60067 · (847) 963-3700 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
319 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 223 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 228 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%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
36.8%
IL avg 51.0% . -10.5pp since 2023
Math
25.9%
IL avg 37.9% . -12.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 25.9% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 38.6% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Walter R Sundling Middle School
Walter R Sundling Middle School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter R Sundling Middle School this school | 679 | 47.0% | 36.5% |
| Carl Sandburg Middle School Rolling Meadows | 468 | 48.5% | 38.4% |
| Churchville Middle School Elmhurst | 489 | 45.0% | 54.3% |
| Kenyon Woods Middle School South Elgin | 873 | 37.8% | 45.0% |
| Canton Middle School Streamwood | 531 | 53.1% | 34.5% |
| Jackson Middle School Villa Park | 621 | 37.8% | 39.5% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Walter R Sundling Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #369 of 578 | #54 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #410 of 640 ▼ 245 | #84 of 146 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #521 of 640 ▼ 196 | #113 of 146 ▼ 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #153 of 691 | #43 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #106 of 558 | #42 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #75 of 560 | #22 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #319 of 581 | #90 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #112 of 127 | #35 of 40 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
679
+31 (+5%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 597
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 | 679 | 60.5 | 11.2:1 | 47% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 46.8 | 13.1:1 | 38% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 43.1 | 14.1:1 | 33% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 38.7 | 17.3:1 | 29% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 19% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 23% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 44 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 44 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter R Sundling Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (668 to 679); teachers up 56% (38.7 to 60.5).
About Walter R Sundling Middle School
Walter R Sundling Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Palatine, Illinois. It had 679 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students, which makes this school 47% bigger than average.
Palatine CCSD 15 enrolls 11,715 students, and its 20 schools include Walter R Sundling Middle School.
At Walter R Sundling Middle School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 45%. Other groups make up 35% White, 10% Asian, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 27% of Cook County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Walter R Sundling Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1. The school reported 47% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 19 points below the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
On the allk12 Grade, Walter R Sundling Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Illinois public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Walter R Sundling Middle School would be expected to post about 44.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.5%.
In the surrounding county, Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Walter R Sundling Middle School is about 0.7 miles from Lincoln Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Walter R Sundling Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 648 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 679 by 2024-25.
The Walter R Sundling Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Frank C Whiteley Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Gray M Sanborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 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
- Gray M Sanborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 772
- Virginia Lake Elementary School1.4 mi · 717
- Gray M Sanborn Elementary School1.4 mi · 661
- Palatine High School1.4 mi · 2,535
- Stuart R Paddock School1.5 mi · 348
- Jane Addams Elementary School1.7 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Walter R Sundling Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Walter R Sundling Middle School?
Walter R Sundling Middle School enrolls approximately 679 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Walter R Sundling Middle School serve?
Walter R Sundling Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Walter R Sundling Middle School have?
Walter R Sundling Middle School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Walter R Sundling Middle School?
Student demographics at Walter R Sundling Middle School are roughly 35% White, 45% Hispanic, 7% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Walter R Sundling Middle School in?
Walter R Sundling Middle School is part of Palatine CCSD 15.
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