Is Kimball Hill Elementary School a good school?

Kimball Hill Elementary School ranks 1124 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Kimball Hill Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 488 students attended Kimball Hill Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Kimball Hill Elementary School?

Students at Kimball Hill Elementary School are 44% White, 43% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Kimball Hill Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Kimball Hill Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Carl Sandburg Junior High School High : Rolling Meadows High School

Kimball Hill Elementary School

Summary:

Kimball Hill Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 483 students. The school is part of the Palatine CCSD 15 district, which is ranked 375 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Kimball Hill Elementary School has seen mixed performance over the years, with strengths in certain student subgroups and Science proficiency, but lower overall academic achievement and a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism compared to its peers. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated, ranging from 753 out of 1,948 Illinois elementary schools in 2020-2021 to 1,554 out of 2,044 in 2016-2017, and its SchoolDigger rating has also varied from 1 to 3 stars. While the school has performed better for Hispanic students and English Language Learners, its proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are below the district and state averages, at 33.1% and 20.1% respectively. However, the school's performance in Science is stronger, with 57.9% of students proficient or better.

Compared to nearby schools in the Palatine CCSD 15 district, such as Winston Campus Elementary and Pleasant Hill Elementary School, Kimball Hill Elementary School's performance is generally lower. However, the school performs better than some schools outside the district, such as Juliette Low Elementary School in Community Cons School District 59, which has lower proficiency rates and a lower statewide ranking. The school's high chronic absenteeism rate, which has increased from 3.3% in 2019-2020 to 26.0% in 2022-2023, may be a contributing factor to its lower academic performance compared to its peers.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

2905 Meadow Dr
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008-1801

(847) 963-5200

District: Palatine CCSD 15

SchoolDigger Rank:
1124^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,181

Students who attend Kimball Hill Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Carl Sandburg Junior High School
High:	Rolling Meadows High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.5

Number of students: 488

Racial breakdown:

White:

44.3%

Hispanic:

43.2%

Asian:

5.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 42.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Kimball Hill Elementary School ranks worse than 54.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 11^th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Palatine CCSD 15 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.21. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (44.3%), Hispanic (43.2%), Asian (5.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 42.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kimball Hill Elementary School is 11.5, which is the 6^th best among 15 elementary schools in the Palatine CCSD 15 School District. (See more...)

Compare Kimball Hill Elementary School employs 42.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kimball Hill Elementary School is $16,181, which is the 8^th highest among 15 elementary schools in the Palatine CCSD 15 School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kimball Hill Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Kimball Hill Elementary School 1124^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Kimball Hill Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

Male students:

Hispanic students:

White students:

Palatine CCSD 15:

SchoolDigger ranks Palatine CCSD 15 375^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Kimball Hill Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Kimball Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	79.27	370^th	2020	81.7%
2004	81.28	293^rd	2030	85.6%
2005	79.57	326^th	2022	83.9%
2006	79.70	313^th	2086	85.0%
2007	79.52	299^th	2095	85.7%
2008	65.82	867^th	2092	58.6%
2009	65.66	880^th	2120	58.5%
2010	58.77	1084^th	2139	49.3%
2011	52.63	1222^nd	2147	43.1%
2012	53.72	1197^th	2166	44.7%
2013	53.19	1103^rd	2167	49.1%
2014	56.91	945^th	2093	54.8%
2016	43.91	1083^rd	2046	47.1%
2017	24.80	1554^th	2044	24.0%
2018	32.07	1372^nd	2037	32.6%
2019	38.41	1232^nd	2086	40.9%
2021	55.16	753^rd	1948	61.3%
2022	57.97	779^th	2082	62.6%
2023	40.89	1156^th	2077	44.3%
2024	41.21	1124^th	2067	45.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Kimball Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.80	658^th	718	8.4%
2019	20.29	720^th	743	3.1%
2021	59.53	111^th	537	79.3%
2022	57.90	207^th	768	73.0%
2023	29.67	640^th	788	18.8%
2024	47.30	344^th	826	58.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Kimball Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.98	159^th	763	79.2%
2022	90.42	47^th	1113	95.8%
2023	55.54	389^th	1156	66.3%
2024	46.30	529^th	1195	55.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kimball Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.34	1468^th	1765	16.8%
2019	27.97	1436^th	1816	20.9%
2021	62.42	376^th	1514	75.2%
2022	75.05	240^th	1763	86.4%
2023	52.52	752^nd	1808	58.4%
2024	58.67	582^nd	1793	67.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Kimball Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.35	1412^th	1964	28.1%
2019	32.44	1336^th	2019	33.8%
2021	52.16	709^th	1680	57.8%
2022	56.77	747^th	1970	62.1%
2023	41.58	1066^th	1957	45.5%
2024	38.72	1110^th	1942	42.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Kimball Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.97	1185^th	1972	39.9%
2019	44.99	1033^rd	2019	48.8%
2021	54.90	642^nd	1707	62.4%
2022	58.33	722^nd	1977	63.5%
2023	39.37	1118^th	1984	43.6%
2024	43.22	1015^th	1959	48.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Kimball Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.37	860^th	938	8.3%
2019	19.54	873^rd	955	8.6%
2021	65.09	143^rd	742	80.7%
2022	55.98	345^th	954	63.8%
2023	42.67	519^th	970	46.5%
2024	39.47	552^nd	959	42.4%

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Rank History for White students at Kimball Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.94	958^th	1463	34.5%
2019	46.50	800^th	1462	45.3%
2021	46.26	654^th	1308	50.0%
2022	44.24	807^th	1425	43.4%
2023	35.87	962^nd	1419	32.2%
2024	26.82	1073^rd	1392	22.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a citizen
Saturday, September 11, 2021

I was among the first graduating class, attending first thru sixth grade at Kimball Hill in 1960. Things have changed there since it was the only school in Rolling Meadows. The only "diversity" in those days was whether you were Catholic, Protestant or Jewish. Rolling Meadows consisted of roughly 100 homes. My father ran for Mayor in the city's mayoral election. Close Quote

by a parent on FaceBook
Thursday, January 27, 2011

As a citizen and a former student & a Parent, I would have to say the school then and now needs a better system for educating Special Education kids and not hiding behind the poor manners of not spending the districts money wisely on the testing needs that children need most.

Instead they make up stories of how many times they can disagree with Parent's and Doctor's who end up suing the district only because their children deserve the Special services that schools are supposed to provide in the first place for children with the special needs!!!

If I would have been given an IEP, I would have accelerated farther then I am today. Kimball Hill School is not all it is cracked up to be! Take it from someone who has been there and is still fighting them not for me but now for my child!

Unfortunately, I have not been able to move out of this town and my child has to suffer in the fight because they will not give my child an IEP. In which case I have been fighting them for 3 years now. Soon my child will be in Middle School and I will then be fighting that school as well. I will win this time! And I will have the last word!!! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Kimball Hill Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	518	3	4	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	551
1989	518	3	10	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	549
1990	524	n/a	7	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	553
1991	556	3	8	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	584
1992	547	7	8	70	0	n/a	n/a	0	632
1993	549	5	8	99	0	n/a	n/a	0	661
1994	596	5	3	122	0	n/a	n/a	0	726
1995	626	6	12	137	2	n/a	n/a	0	783
1996	626	6	12	137	2	n/a	n/a	0	783
1997	633	7	4	121	0	n/a	n/a	0	765
1998	602	6	11	167	4	n/a	n/a	0	790
1999	600	7	15	176	5	n/a	n/a	0	803
2000	558	7	15	159	4	n/a	n/a	0	743
2001	538	13	12	175	5	n/a	n/a	0	743
2002	497	15	15	204	1	n/a	n/a	0	732
2003	497	15	15	204	1	n/a	n/a	0	732
2004	442	15	18	211	2	n/a	n/a	0	688
2005	412	18	15	199	2	n/a	n/a	0	646
2006	387	11	15	204	8	n/a	n/a	1	626
2007	349	10	18	180	5	n/a	n/a	3	565
2008	333	10	17	184	6	n/a	n/a	5	555
2009	327	10	16	199	7	n/a	n/a	6	565
2010	308	9	12	222	6	n/a	n/a	2	559
2011	289	2	16	247	0	0	11	0	565
2012	268	4	10	243	1	0	13	0	539
2013	269	6	7	258	2	0	13	0	555
2014	283	6	8	305	1	0	15	0	618
2015	275	4	13	315	0	0	12	0	619
2016	265	8	13	323	0	0	11	0	620
2017	266	9	15	351	0	1	12	0	654
2018	259	8	19	326	1	1	5	0	619
2019	257	6	21	293	1	0	6	0	584
2020	241	5	22	293	2	0	11	0	574
2021	225	6	17	192	2	1	12	0	455
2022	217	8	29	171	2	1	19	0	447
2023	222	5	31	193	2	2	28	0	483
2024	216	7	26	211	2	2	24	0	488

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Kimball Hill Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	551	29.5	18.6	n/a
1989	549	29.6	18.5	n/a
1990	553	30.0	18.4	n/a
1991	584	32.0	18.2	n/a
1992	632	32.0	19.7	n/a
1993	661	30.0	22.0	n/a
1994	726	33.0	22.0	n/a
1995	783	34.1	23.0	n/a
1996	783	34.1	23.0	n/a
1997	765	35.5	21.5	n/a
1998	790	37.1	21.3	n/a
1999	803	39.5	20.3	n/a
2000	743	37.1	20.0	n/a
2001	743	36.5	20.4	n/a
2002	732	37.2	19.7	26.8
2003	732	37.2	19.7	26.8
2004	688	34.7	19.8	30.8
2005	646	35.2	18.4	32.5
2006	626	31.2	20.1	35.2
2007	565	31.0	18.2	35.8
2008	555	28.0	19.8	34
2009	565	33.0	17.1	34.9
2010	559	32.0	17.4	42.9
2011	565	31.0	18.2	46.2
2012	539	32.0	16.8	45.5
2013	555	57.3	9.6	54.8
2014	618	34.0	18.1	56.6
2015	619	37.0	16.7	58.6
2016	620	37.0	16.7	56.3
2017	654	34.6	18.8	58.4
2018	619	35.9	17.2	54.9
2019	584	33.4	17.4	52.2
2020	574	31.9	17.9	51.7
2021	455	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	447	35.2	12.6	38.7
2023	483	34.5	14.0	40.2
2024	488	42.3	11.5	42.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Kimball Hill Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	551	29.5	18.6	n/a
1989	549	29.6	18.5	n/a
1990	553	30.0	18.4	n/a
1991	584	32.0	18.2	n/a
1992	632	32.0	19.7	n/a
1993	661	30.0	22.0	n/a
1994	726	33.0	22.0	n/a
1995	783	34.1	23.0	n/a
1996	783	34.1	23.0	n/a
1997	765	35.5	21.5	n/a
1998	790	37.1	21.3	n/a
1999	803	39.5	20.3	n/a
2000	743	37.1	20.0	n/a
2001	743	36.5	20.4	n/a
2002	732	37.2	19.7	26.8
2003	732	37.2	19.7	26.8
2004	688	34.7	19.8	30.8
2005	646	35.2	18.4	32.5
2006	626	31.2	20.1	35.2
2007	565	31.0	18.2	35.8
2008	555	28.0	19.8	34
2009	565	33.0	17.1	34.9
2010	559	32.0	17.4	42.9
2011	565	31.0	18.2	46.2
2012	539	32.0	16.8	45.5
2013	555	57.3	9.6	54.8
2014	618	34.0	18.1	56.6
2015	619	37.0	16.7	58.6
2016	620	37.0	16.7	56.3
2017	654	34.6	18.8	58.4
2018	619	35.9	17.2	54.9
2019	584	33.4	17.4	52.2
2020	574	31.9	17.9	51.7
2021	455	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	447	35.2	12.6	38.7
2023	483	34.5	14.0	40.2
2024	488	42.3	11.5	42.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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