Willow Bend Elem School

Willow Bend Elem School operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, part of Palatine CCSD 15. Current enrollment sits at 519 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Willow Bend Elem School sits 36% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Palatine CCSD 15, which oversees 20 schools and 11,715 students, Willow Bend Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Willow Bend Elem School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% White, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, Willow Bend Elem School records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Willow Bend Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Willow Bend Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Rolling Meadows High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Willow Bend Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.6%.

Willow Bend Elem School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Willow Bend Elem School's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 519). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 10% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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