The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in Science. The lowest is 62% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Frank C Whiteley Elem School
Frank C Whiteley Elementary is a regular public school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in Hoffman Estates, an established suburban community northwest of Chicago that is now in significant redevelopment. The school sits within Palatine CCSD 15, a district serving the broader Palatine-Hoffman Estates area that has undergone major structural changes over the past few years.
The school's academic profile shows mixed but measurable proficiency. In math, third graders perform above the midpoint among Cook County's elementary schools, while fourth graders also show solid results. Fifth-grade math proficiency drops notably below the halfway mark, indicating a transition point where students encounter more abstract material. In English language arts, third grade is somewhat lower, but fourth and fifth grades recover to above-county-midpoint levels. Science testing is available only for fifth grade, where performance is around the middle range. The school tests all or nearly all enrolled students, showing strong participation. State assessment criteria changed before the most recent test year, so year-to-year comparisons are not yet available.
Enrollment is stable at around 564 students across the kindergarten-through-sixth-grade span. The school serves a notably diverse student body: roughly two-fifths of students are Asian, with most of the remainder split between white students and smaller populations of Hispanic, Black, and multiracial children. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and on English learners are not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those demographics. Special education enrollment data was not reported.
Hoffman Estates itself is a car-oriented suburb built around Interstate 90 and major commercial corridors. The village has no traditional downtown but instead disperses daily life across shopping centers, business parks, and residential subdivisions. Housing values in the area have grown modestly over the past year and remain in the mid-range for Cook County. The village is in a visible growth phase: Compass Datacenters is redeveloping the former Sears headquarters into a hyperscale data center campus, Microsoft is building a data center nearby, and apartment construction is accelerating on multiple sites. That growth may reshape housing availability and property tax bases over the coming years.
The district itself has undergone substantial changes following the 2022 "Moving 15 Forward" referendum, a bond-funded capital plan that renovated twelve school buildings and added new science labs and STEM spaces. Full-day kindergarten launched across the district in the 2024-25 school year, replacing the prior half-day model. The district also reconfigured its middle schools by moving sixth grade up from elementary schools, converting Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Hoffman Estates into a middle school for the area. School attendance boundaries were redrawn and finalized for the 2024-25 school year to align with those changes. Parents with children entering kindergarten or transitioning to middle school should verify which building their address now feeds to.
Whiteley's state test performance in the mid-to-upper range suggests the school provides solid foundational instruction in elementary grades, with particular strength in grades 3 and 4. The dip in fifth-grade math is worth noting and is a question a parent may want to explore with the school—whether that reflects the curriculum transition to fraction and decimal work, teacher capacity, or other factors. The school maintains full participation in state testing and serves a diverse, stable enrollment. New families should plan around the recent boundary changes and ask specifically about any ongoing building improvements funded by the referendum.
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