Winston Campus Middle School

Winston Campus Middle School operates as a sizable middle school in Palatine, Illinois, run under Palatine CCSD 15. Current enrollment sits at 847 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 83% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Palatine CCSD 15 comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 11,715 students; Winston Campus Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Winston Campus Middle School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment; the rest consists of 28% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, The school lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Winston Campus Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.7%; this one comes in at 28.9%, -13.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Winston Campus Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Winston Campus Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Winston Campus Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

Winston Campus Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 16%: 731 students in 2018 compared to 847 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 24% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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