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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOWNSHIP HSD 211·NCES 173045003168

Wm Fremd High School

1000 S Quentin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067 · (847) 755-2610 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,689 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Illinois public high schools
  • A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A+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 high schools

Enrollment
2,689
High
DISTRICT 2,492 · STATE 834
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
162 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
628 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 964624%
Grade 1066025%
Grade 1168125%
Grade 1270226%
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
1,22245%
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
36013%
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
1114%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
87332%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
1184%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
1,34750%
Female
1,34050%

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BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Wm Fremd High School

Wm Fremd High School's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Wm Fremd High School this school2,68923.4%70.8%
Waubonsie Valley High School
Aurora
2,84920.4%62.7%
Metea Valley High School
Aurora
2,76622.2%61.9%
J B Conant High School
Hoffman Estates
2,63335.4%61.8%
Payton College Preparatory High School
Chicago
1,26033.3%89.5%
Young Magnet High School
Chicago
2,22333.3%94.6%
Matched among Illinois high 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 Wm Fremd High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn Cook County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
70.8%#9 of 573#8 of 170
Enrollment
ranked largest first
2,689#31 of 708#13 of 206
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.6:1#443 of 528#136 of 173
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
66.6%#53 of 537#21 of 180
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
23.4%#536 of 578#169 of 171
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+3.7%#145 of 191#66 of 86
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
2,689
+39 (+1%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 2,392
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252,689162.416.6:123% (628)
2023-242,657163.116.3:123% (619)
2022-232,708161.816.7:121% (556)
2020-212,650N/AN/AN/A
2017-182,594157.816.4:115% (388)
2015-162,70716016.9:114% (367)
2010-112,47716015.5:114% (335)
2000-012,70315617.3:1N/A
1990-912,39213417.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wm Fremd High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 4% (2,594 to 2,689); teachers up 3% (157.8 to 162.4).

About Wm Fremd High School

Wm Fremd High School is a high-enrollment high school in Illinois, located in Palatine. In all, 2,689 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 222% larger than the average of about 834 students for high schools in Illinois.

Township HSD 211 has 5 schools and 12,458 students, and Wm Fremd High School is one of those schools.

White students account for 45% of enrollment at Wm Fremd High School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 32% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. Cook County residents are about 44% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Wm Fremd High School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

A staff of 162.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.6:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.

Among Illinois public high schools, Wm Fremd High School outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.

In Illinois, Wm Fremd High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 70.8% actual against a predicted 58.0%.

For the population of Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.

Hunting Ridge Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Wm Fremd High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 58.3%, lower than Wm Fremd High School's 70.8%.

NCES describes the area around Wm Fremd High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment at Wm Fremd High School was 2,650 in 2020-21 and 2,689 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.

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Cook County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Wm Fremd High School
District
Township HSD 211
Address
1000 S Quentin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067
Phone
(847) 755-2610
County
Cook County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
2,689
Teachers (FTE)
162
Student–teacher ratio
16.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
628 (23%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
173045003168
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Township HSD 211
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Frequently asked questions

About Wm Fremd High School
How many students attend Wm Fremd High School?
Wm Fremd High School enrolls approximately 2,689 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Wm Fremd High School serve?
Wm Fremd High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Wm Fremd High School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Wm Fremd High School.
How diverse is Wm Fremd High School?
Wm Fremd High School reports a student body of 45% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 32% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wm Fremd High School?
Wm Fremd High School is overseen by Township HSD 211 in Cook County.
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