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Community Consolidated School District 59
Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 3 towns
Serves Elk Grove, 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 McHenry.
K–55 elementary schoolsMcHenry Community Consolidated School District 15
6–82 middle schoolsMcHenry Community Consolidated School District 15
9–12McHenry Community High SchoolMcHenry Community High School District 156
Test scores vs. IL
2020–21Math proficiency17%
State average 25.8%
Reading / language arts21%
State average 30.7%
Graduation rate 95% at McHenry Community High School District 156, 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, Palatine, Schaumburg
$27,540per student
Maine Township High School District 207Chicago, Maine, Park Ridge
$29,333per student
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21Buffalo Grove, Prospect Heights, Wheeling
$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.