C+
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 4 towns
Serves Wheeling, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling and Prospect Heights, and parts of Arlington Heights and Mount Prospect.
Students
6,298
Schools
13
Spent per student
$23,618
IL $21,567
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
60%
Debt
$86.6M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21
- School Grade C+: better than 43% of Illinois districts
- Reading / language arts 11 pts below the state
- Spends 10% more per student than the IL average
- 12 students per teacher
- Debt of $86.6M, about $13,747 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 proficiency25%
State average 25.8%
Reading / language arts20%
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$23,618 per student · 10% above IL
Spending
Classroom instruction 57%Support & administration 40%Other 3%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 66%State 27%Federal 7%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
6,054’20
5,832’21
6,001’22
6,205’23
6,298’24
Up 4% since 2020.
Students
Hispanic 46%White 35%Asian 11%Two or more races 4%Black 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
13 public schools.
Eugene Field Elem School
C613 students16:1
Joyce Kilmer Elem School
C590 students14:1
Booth Tarkington Elem School
B540 students14:1
Robert Frost Elem School
C+532 students14:1
Mark Twain Elem School
D−524 students13:1
Henry W Longfellow Elem School
A−510 students15:1
Walt Whitman Elem School
C−378 students11:1
J W Riley Elem School
A−319 students10:1
Edgar A Poe Elem School
B317 students9:1
Cooper Middle School
B+732 students13:1
Jack London Middle School
B−628 students10:1
Oliver W Holmes Middle School
C615 students11:1
Nathaniel Hawthorne EC School
0 students0:1
Towns served
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15Palatine, Palatine, Rolling Meadows
$20,542per student
Township High School District 211Palatine, Palatine, Rolling Meadows
$27,540per student
Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125Lincolnshire, Long Grove, Vernon Hills
$31,024per student
Northfield Township High School District 225Glenview, Northbrook, Northfield
$34,073per 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.