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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 531 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042003159
Willow Bend Elementary School
4700 Barker Ave, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 · (847) 963-7300 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
259 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 48 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
65%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
47.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
37.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 28.0% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Willow Bend Elementary School
Willow Bend Elementary School's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Bend Elementary School this school | 519 | 49.9% | 39.4% |
| Glenbrook Elementary School Streamwood | 480 | 52.5% | 44.9% |
| Hitch Elementary School Chicago | 495 | 50.1% | 40.4% |
| Otter Creek Elementary School Elgin | 437 | 46.5% | 36.6% |
| Woodland Primary School Gages Lake | 657 | 45.4% | N/A |
| Horizon Elementary School Hanover Park | 436 | 48.4% | 41.3% |
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 Willow Bend Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #931 of 1,925 | #252 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,046 of 2,077 ▼ 157 | #307 of 829 ▼ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #1,102 of 2,077 ▼ 221 | #362 of 829 ▼ 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #479 of 2,419 | #234 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,219 of 2,035 | #540 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #342 of 2,042 | #141 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #1,303 of 2,132 | #607 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #548 of 1,461 | #314 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
519
-467 (-47%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 502
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 | 519 | 37.3 | 13.9:1 | 50% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 975 | 41.1 | 23.7:1 | 46% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 955 | 39.8 | 24.0:1 | 46% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 986 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 35.7 | 17.7:1 | 20% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 24% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 23% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 28 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 31 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow Bend Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (631 to 519); teachers up 5% (35.7 to 37.3).
About Willow Bend Elementary School
Students in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, attend Willow Bend Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 519 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Palatine CCSD 15 oversees Willow Bend Elementary School and 19 other schools, with 11,715 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Willow Bend Elementary School, at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 37% White, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. Willow Bend Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Willow Bend Elementary School is 50%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Willow Bend Elementary School's results are 3.3 points below predicted: 39.4% against 42.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The nearest other public school, Rolling Meadows High School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Willow Bend Elementary School places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment records show 986 in 2020-21 and 519 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Willow Bend Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Rolling Meadows
- Rolling Meadows High SchoolHigh · 1,956 students
- Plum Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- Central Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
- Kimball Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 468 students
- John G Conyers Learning AcademyElementary
Other Willow Bend Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Willow Bend Elementary. Willow Bend Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Willow Bend Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 749 students
Nearby schools
- Rolling Meadows High School0.2 mi · 1,956
- Central Road Elementary School0.5 mi · 620
- Carl Sandburg Middle School0.8 mi · 468
- Kimball Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 524
- Westgate Elementary School1.4 mi · 633
- Juliette Low Elementary School1.7 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Willow Bend Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Willow Bend Elementary School?
Willow Bend Elementary School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Willow Bend Elementary School serve?
Willow Bend Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Willow Bend Elementary School have?
Willow Bend Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Willow Bend Elementary School?
Student demographics at Willow Bend Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Willow Bend Elementary School?
Willow Bend Elementary 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.