Photo: author: Joseph E. Lobocki · CC BY 2.0Living in Rolling Meadows, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Rolling Meadows: Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 and Township High School District 214. The closest ER is Northwest Community Hospital 1, 1.8 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Rolling Meadows, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Rolling Meadows.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Rolling Meadows. Its homes paid an average of 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $107 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 20% of Commonwealth Edison’s home customers do, and Commonwealth Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Rolling Meadows water system
The Rolling Meadows water system supplies almost all of Rolling Meadows. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Northwest Suburban Municipal Jawa as seller) and serves 23,329 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 63% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL0312730.
6 home internet providers serve Rolling Meadows
100% of 5,806 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 20% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Astound Broadband | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,500/50 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber | 91% | 5,000/5,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 82% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 29% | 1,000/75 |
| E-vergent | Fixed wireless | 7% | 60/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Rolling Meadows
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Rolling Meadows, from the town’s own site.
Rolling Meadows Recycling Center
3200 Central Road, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- Brown kraft paper bags
- Telephone books
- Catalogs
- Office paper
- Junk mail
- Envelopes (any type)
- Corrugated cardboard
- Chipboard
- Frozen food paper packages
- Juice boxes
- Glass (amber, clear, green)
- Aluminum cans
From cityrm.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated May 19, 2026, October 1, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Rolling Meadows is in two districts that split the grades: Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 and Township High School District 214.
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Apr 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Rolling Meadows spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Rolling Meadows residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Rolling Meadows | ZIP’s residents in Rolling Meadows |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60008 | Rolling Meadows, IL | 94% | 100% |
| 60067 | Palatine, IL | 6% | 4% |
A few homes fall in 60005.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Rolling Meadows
Who supplies Rolling Meadows’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Rolling Meadows water system (EPA ID IL0312730). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.8 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Rolling Meadows?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Rolling Meadows?
Xfinity, Astound Broadband, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, E-vergent (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Rolling Meadows?
60008 (94%), 60067 (6%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Rolling Meadows in?
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 and Township High School District 214. Parts of the city are in Township High School District 211 and Community Consolidated School District 59 and Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54.
How do I register to vote in Rolling Meadows?
In Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the Cook County Clerk. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Rolling Meadows’ own website (cityrm.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.