Arlington Heights Schools and Taxing Districts

Author’s note: This page compiles public data from school districts, the Village of Arlington Heights, the Illinois Report Card and public reference sources. Figures are labeled with their year and source, and I’ll update the page as new data is released. If you spot an error or have a tip, please let me know. — Joe Bjorklund

Arlington Heights is not served by a single school district. Depending on your address, your property tax bill may fund one of several elementary districts and one of two high school districts. That patchwork matters for the Bears stadium debate, because the districts that cover the Arlington Park site are not the ones most residents think of first.

Which districts cover the Arlington Park site?

The December 2024 memorandum of understanding that set the Arlington Park property’s assessed value was signed by the village, the Bears’ development entity (CBFC Development LLC) and three school districts:

Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 (elementary and middle)
Palatine-Schaumburg Township High School District 211
Township High School District 214

Arlington Heights School District 25, the village’s best-known elementary district, is not a party to that agreement. The village posts the MOU and an FAQ about it on its Arlington Park project page. To confirm the exact districts on any parcel, look up the property index number on the Cook County Treasurer’s or Clerk’s tax bill tools.

Elementary districts

Parts of Arlington Heights are served by elementary Districts 25, 21, 23, 15 and 59, with District 57 covering small portions of the village (per public reference sources).

Arlington Heights School District 25 covers most of the village, with seven elementary schools (Dryden, Greenbrier, Ivy Hill, Olive-Mary Stitt, Patton, Westgate and Windsor) and two middle schools (South and Thomas).
Wheeling CCSD 21, Prospect Heights District 23, Palatine CCSD 15 and Elk Grove-area CCSD 59 serve other parts of the village.

High school districts

Township High School District 214, headquartered in Arlington Heights, runs six high schools: Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove, John Hersey, Prospect, Rolling Meadows and Wheeling. It reported 11,909 students in 2022-23 and serves Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, Wheeling and Des Plaines. John Hersey High School is the only public high school located within the village.
Palatine-Schaumburg District 211 serves portions of Arlington Heights, including the Arlington Park area, through Palatine High School.

Community college, library and parks

Harper College (Community College District 512), in neighboring Palatine, serves Arlington Heights residents.
Arlington Heights Memorial Library, founded in 1896, operates its main library at 500 N. Dunton Ave., in a building opened in 1968 and expanded in 1978 and 1994.
Arlington Heights Park District, founded in 1925, runs 58 parks. See Parks, Downtown and Things to Do.

Why the districts matter in the stadium debate

School districts collect the largest share of a typical suburban Cook County property tax bill. That is why Districts 15, 211 and 214 fought the Bears over the site’s assessed value in 2023 and 2024, and why any state legislation that freezes, replaces or exempts the stadium’s property taxes directly affects their budgets. The 2024 agreement fixes the site’s value at $124.7 million only for tax years 2025 through 2027.

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