Photo: author: Joseph E. Lobocki · CC BY 2.0Rolling Meadows’s public schools outscore 77% of Illinois districts
On the state math tests, 40% of Rolling Meadows’s students scored proficient, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Rolling Meadows, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Rolling Meadows’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 1116 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Rolling Meadows’s, its schools beat 82%, higher than their 77% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 37% and math 40% across its districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 92% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 spends $20,542 per student and Township High School District 214 $27,472, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
14 elementary schools, then five middle and 11 high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Rolling Meadows’s grade
A−: better than 77% of Illinois school districts, #198 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Rolling Meadows, with each school’s own grade.
Parts of Rolling Meadows (3% and 3% of its land) are served by Community Consolidated School District 59 and Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Rolling Meadows
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Rolling Meadows vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Rolling Meadows’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Rolling Meadows | A− | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 PK–8 · Township High School District 214 9–12 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Schaumburg | A | Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 PK–8 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Palatine | A− | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 PK–8 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Arlington Heights | A | Arlington Heights School District 25 PK–8 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
| Wheeling | A− | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 PK–8 · Arlington Heights School District 25 PK–8 · Township High School District 214 9–12 |
2 of the 4 neighbors share Township High School District 211 with Rolling Meadows for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Rolling Meadows
30 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Rolling Meadows’s schools
Are Rolling Meadows’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Rolling Meadows children attend outscore 77% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #198 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 82%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Rolling Meadows in?
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15, which runs grades PK–8 and enrolls 11,321 students in 19 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Rolling Meadows are served by Community Consolidated School District 59 and Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54.
Where do Rolling Meadows kids go to high school?
One of 11 high schools, depending on your address: Wm Fremd High School, J B Conant High School, Palatine High School, Schaumburg High School, Prospect High School, Hoffman Estates High School, John Hersey High School, Buffalo Grove High School, Rolling Meadows High School, Elk Grove High School and Wheeling High School.
What is Rolling Meadows’s graduation rate?
92% of the class of 2023 in Township High School District 214 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Rolling Meadows spend per student?
$20,542 in Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15, $27,472 in Township High School District 214 and $27,540 in Township High School District 211 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Rolling Meadows families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.