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Community Consolidated School District 59
Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 3 towns
Serves Elk Grove Township, Mount Prospect and Elk Grove Village, and parts of Arlington Heights, Des Plaines and Rolling Meadows.
Students
5,869
Schools
15
Spent per student
$25,082
IL $21,567
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
62%
Debt
$17.4M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Community Consolidated School District 59
- School Grade C: better than 30% of Illinois districts
- Math proficiency 9 pts below the state
- Reading / language arts 10 pts below the state
- Spends 16% more per student than the IL average
- 11 students per teacher
- Debt of $17.4M, about $2,965 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Coleta.
PK–22 elementary schoolsSterling Community Unit District 5
3–52 elementary schoolsSterling Community Unit District 5
6–8Challand Middle SchoolSterling Community Unit District 5
9–12Sterling High SchoolSterling Community Unit District 5
Test scores vs. IL
2020–21Math proficiency17%
State average 25.8%
Reading / language arts21%
State average 30.7%
Graduation rate 87% at Sterling Community Unit District 5, which runs the high school (state 87.3%) · class of 2018.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$25,082 per student · 16% above IL
Spending
Classroom instruction 50%Support & administration 48%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 64%State 31%Federal 5%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
6,138’20
5,858’21
5,707’22
5,869’23
5,869’24
Down 4.4% since 2020.
Students
Hispanic 43%White 36%Asian 13%Black 4%Two or more races 3%American Indian/Alaska Native 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
15 public schools.
Salt Creek Elem School
C410 students12:1
Clearmont Elem School
B408 students12:1
John Jay Elem School
C389 students12:1
Brentwood Elem School
B−375 students11:1
Devonshire School
C+370 students12:1
Robert Frost Elem School
C359 students11:1
Forest View Elem School
B+339 students12:1
Adm Richard E Byrd Elem School
C301 students10:1
Rupley Elem School
C−280 students8:1
Juliette Low Elem School
C−274 students8:1
Ridge Family Center for Learning
B+261 students12:1
Grove Jr High School
C741 students10:1
Friendship Jr High School
B633 students11:1
Holmes Jr High School
B459 students9:1
The Early Learning Center
270 students19:1
Towns served
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
Township High School District 214Buffalo Grove, Chicago, Prospect Heights
$27,472per student
Township High School District 211Palatine Township, Palatine, Schaumburg Township
$27,540per student
Maine Township High School District 207Chicago, Maine Township, Park Ridge
$29,333per student
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21Buffalo Grove, Prospect Heights, Wheeling Township
$23,618per student
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.