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 McHenry.
PK–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 proficiency25%
State average 25.8%
Reading / language arts20%
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$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.