In the 2023-24 school year, 59.8% of Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 students failed the ELA portion of the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
These students did not meet the required standards of the ELA portion of the IAR compared to the 40.2% who did.
The total number Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 students who failed their ELA assessments fell by 4.1% from the previous school year.
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Palatine.
The Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing toward state standards in English language arts and mathematics.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state’s demographic changes. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.
| School | District | Students who did not meet met standards (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Louise Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 88.2% |
| Jane Addams Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 80.9% |
| Gray M. Sanborn Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 77.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 72.7% |
| Winston Campus Junior High School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 71.2% |
| Virginia Lake Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 69.7% |
| Kimball Hill Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 66.9% |
| Stuart R. Paddock School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 63.2% |
| Willow Bend Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 62.7% |
| Winston Campus Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 62.6% |
| Central Road Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 57% |
| Frank C. Whiteley Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 56.6% |
| Carl Sandburg Junior High School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 53.6% |
| Walter R. Sundling Junior High School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 52.7% |
| Marion Jordan Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 51.5% |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 49.7% |
| Hunting Ridge Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 47.3% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 40.4% |
| Plum Grove Junior High School | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 36.5% |
