Illinois State Board of education | Vice Chair of the Board Dr. Donna S. Leak (2023)
Illinois State Board of education | Vice Chair of the Board Dr. Donna S. Leak (2023)
This is a decrease of 0.7% from the previous school year.
Lake County had the third highest enrollment numbers in the state.
According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.1% boys, and 48.9% girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Lake County students was white, making up about 44.5% of all the students.
Within Lake County, Waukegan High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 4,479 students.
In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped 3% between the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last five years.
Enrollment in Lake County Schools Over 5 Years
Enrollment of Lake County Schools in 2021-22 School Year
| School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| A.J. Katzenmaier Academy | North Chicago | 338 |
| Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire | 4,352 |
| Adler Park School | Libertyville | 224 |
| Alan B. Shepard Middle School | Deerfield | 486 |
| Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School | Waukegan | 322 |
| Antioch Community High School | Antioch | 1,268 |
| Antioch Upper Grade School | Antioch | 907 |
| Aptakisic Junior High School | Buffalo Grove | 853 |
| Arnett C. Lines Elementary School | Barrington | 500 |
| Avon Center Elementary School | Round Lake Beach | 347 |
| B.J. Hooper Elementary School | Lindenhurst | 596 |
| Bannockburn School | Bannockburn | 153 |
| Barbara B. Rose Elementary School | South Barrington | 382 |
| Barrington Early Learning Center | Barrington | 198 |
| Barrington High School | Barrington | 2,791 |
| Barrington Middle School - Prairie Campus | Barrington | 988 |
| Barrington Middle School - Station Campus | Barrington | 911 |
| Beach Park Middle School | Beach Park | 698 |
| Beulah Park Elementary School | Zion | 277 |
| Big Hollow Elementary School | Ingleside | 534 |
| Big Hollow Middle School | Ingleside | 782 |
| Big Hollow Primary School | Ingleside | 395 |
| Braeside Elementary School | Highland Park | 269 |
| Butterfield School | Libertyville | 460 |
| Carl Sandburg Middle School | Mundelein | 539 |
| Carman-Buckner Elementary School | Waukegan | 464 |
| Charles J. Caruso Middle School | Deerfield | 466 |
| Cherokee Elementary School | Lake Forest | 325 |
| Clearview Elementary School | Waukegan | 441 |
| Copeland Manor Elementary School | Libertyville | 367 |
| Cotton Creek School | Island Lake | 536 |
| Country Meadows Elementary School | Long Grove | 404 |
| Countryside Elementary School | Barrington | 426 |
| Daniel Wright Junior High School | Lincolnshire | 733 |
| Deer Path Middle School East | Lake Forest | 362 |
| Deer Path Middle School West | Lake Forest | 384 |
| Deerfield High School | Deerfield | 1,460 |
| Earl Pritchett School | Buffalo Grove | 434 |
| Early Learning Center | Waukegan | 121 |
| East Elementary School | Zion | 253 |
| Edgewood Middle School | Highland Park | 689 |
| Edith M. Smith Middle School | Waukegan | 552 |
| Elmwood Elementary School | Zion | 275 |
| Emmons Grade School | Antioch | 300 |
| Evelyn Alexander School | North Chicago | 332 |
| Everett Elementary School | Lake Forest | 300 |
| Fairhaven School | Mundelein | 302 |
| Forrestal Elementary School | Great Lakes | 412 |
| Frederick School | Grayslake | 592 |
| Fremont Elementary School | Mundelein | 666 |
| Fremont Intermediate School | Mundelein | 651 |
| Fremont Junior High/Middle School | Mundelein | 776 |
| Gavin Central Elementary School | Ingleside | 472 |
| Gavin South Middle School | Ingleside | 327 |
| Glen Flora Elementary School | Waukegan | 455 |
| Glenwood Elementary School | Waukegan | 630 |
| Grant Community High School | Fox Lake | 1,815 |
| Grass Lake Elementary School | Antioch | 174 |
| Grayslake Central High School | Grayslake | 1,331 |
| Grayslake Early Childhood Center | Hainesville | 144 |
| Grayslake Middle School | Grayslake | 636 |
| Grayslake North High School | Grayslake | 1,266 |
| Greenbay Elementary School | North Chicago | 164 |
| Greenwood Elementary School | Waukegan | 281 |
| Grove Avenue Elementary School | Barrington | 464 |
| H.R. McCall Elementary School | Waukegan | 391 |
| Half Day School | Lincolnshire | 595 |
| Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School | Vernon Hills | 339 |
| Hawthorn Elementary School North | Vernon Hills | 420 |
| Hawthorn Elementary School South | Vernon Hills | 509 |
| Hawthorn Middle School North | Vernon Hills | 611 |
| Hawthorn Middle School South | Vernon Hills | 657 |
| Hawthorn School of Dual Language | Vernon Hills | 383 |
| Hawthorn Townline Elementary School | Vernon Hills | 290 |
| Highland Middle School | Libertyville | 760 |
| Highland Park High School | Highland Park | 1,760 |
| Hillcrest Elementary School | Antioch | 604 |
| Hough Street Elementary School | Barrington | 259 |
| Howe Elementary School | Beach Park | 354 |
| Hyde Park Elementary School | Waukegan | 271 |
| Indian Hill Elementary School | Round Lake Heights | 449 |
| Indian Trail Elementary School | Highland Park | 455 |
| Isaac Fox Elementary School | Lake Zurich | 521 |
| Ivy Hall Elementary School | Buffalo Grove | 451 |
| Jack Benny Middle School | Waukegan | 561 |
| John R. Lewis Middle School | Waukegan | 774 |
| John S. Clark Elementary School | Waukegan | 231 |
| Kenneth Murphy School | Beach Park | 333 |
| Kildeer Countryside Elementary School | Long Grove | 448 |
| Kipling Elementary School | Deerfield | 442 |
| Lake Bluff Elementary School | Lake Bluff | 544 |
| Lake Bluff Middle School | Lake Bluff | 313 |
| Lake Forest High School | Lake Forest | 1,454 |
| Lake Zurich High School | Lake Zurich | 1,767 |
| Lake Zurich Middle School - North Campus | Hawthorn Woods | 685 |
| Lake Zurich Middle School - South Campus | Lake Zurich | 595 |
| Lakes Community High School | Lake Villa | 1,276 |
| Laura B. Sprague School | Lincolnshire | 523 |
| Learn 10 Charter School | North Chicago | 264 |
| LEARN Charter - North Chicago Campus | Great Lakes | 484 |
| LEARN Charter - Waukegan Campus | Waukegan | 427 |
| Libertyville High School | Libertyville | 1,800 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Mundelein | 68 |
| Lincoln School | Mundelein | 109 |
| Little Fort Elementary School | Waukegan | 410 |
| Lotus School | Spring Grove | 364 |
| Lyon Magnet Elementary School | Waukegan | 454 |
| Magee Middle School | Round Lake | 679 |
| Matthews Middle School | Island Lake | 525 |
| May Whitney Elementary School | Lake Zurich | 660 |
| Meadowview School | Grayslake | 361 |
| Mechanics Grove Elementary School | Mundelein | 493 |
| Meridian School | Buffalo Grove | 652 |
| Miguel Juarez Middle School | Waukegan | 749 |
| Millburn Elementary School | Old Mill Creek | 684 |
| Millburn Middle School | Lindenhurst | 387 |
| Mundelein Consolidated High School | Mundelein | 2,145 |
| Neal Math Science Academy | North Chicago | 543 |
| New Tech High - Zion-Benton East | Zion | 355 |
| Newport Elementary School | Wadsworth | 231 |
| North Barrington Elementary School | North Barrington | 432 |
| North Chicago Community High School | North Chicago | 803 |
| North Elementary School | Waukegan | 474 |
| North Prairie Junior High School | Winthrop Harbor | 239 |
| Northwood Middle School | Highland Park | 491 |
| Oak Crest School | Beach Park | 277 |
| Oak Grove Elementary School | Libertyville | 906 |
| Oak Terrace Elementary School | Highwood | 426 |
| Oakdale Elementary School | Waukegan | 422 |
| Oakland Elementary School | Lake Villa | 569 |
| Olive C. Martin School | Lake Villa | 510 |
| Park East School | Round Lake | 318 |
| Park West School | Round Lake | 381 |
| Peter J. Palombi School | Lake Villa | 818 |
| Pleviak Elementary School | Lake Villa | 381 |
| Prairie Crossing Charter School | Grayslake | 425 |
| Prairie Elementary School | Buffalo Grove | 417 |
| Prairie Trail School | Wadsworth | 394 |
| Prairieview School | Hainesville | 330 |
| Ravinia Elementary School | Highland Park | 253 |
| Raymond Ellis Elementary School | Round Lake Beach | 541 |
| Red Oak Elementary School | Highland Park | 230 |
| River Trail School | Gurnee | 467 |
| Robert Crown School | Wauconda | 849 |
| Robert E. Abbott Middle School | Waukegan | 692 |
| Rockland Elementary School | Libertyville | 286 |
| Rondout Elementary School | Lake Forest | 136 |
| Roslyn Road Elementary School | Barrington | 444 |
| Round Lake Beach Elementary School | Round Lake Beach | 423 |
| Round Lake Middle School | Round Lake Heights | 819 |
| Round Lake Senior High School | Round Lake | 2,187 |
| Sarah Adams Elementary School | Lake Zurich | 360 |
| Seth Paine Elementary School | Hawthorn Woods | 423 |
| Sheridan Elementary School | Lake Forest | 216 |
| Sherwood Elementary School | Highland Park | 413 |
| South Park Elementary School | Deerfield | 421 |
| Spaulding Elementary School | Gurnee | 459 |
| Spencer Loomis Elementary School | Hawthorn Woods | 469 |
| Stanton School | Fox Lake | 307 |
| Sunny Hill Elementary School | Carpentersville | 279 |
| Tripp School | Buffalo Grove | 535 |
| Twin Groves Middle School | Buffalo Grove | 599 |
| Vernon Hills High School | Vernon Hills | 1,496 |
| Viking School | Gurnee | 545 |
| Village Elementary School | Round Lake | 348 |
| W.C. Petty Elementary School | Antioch | 410 |
| W.J. Murphy Elementary School | Round Lake Park | 435 |
| Walden Elementary School | Deerfield | 452 |
| Warren Township High School | Gurnee | 3,651 |
| Washington Elementary School | Mundelein | 469 |
| Washington Elementary School | Waukegan | 413 |
| Wauconda Grade School | Wauconda | 437 |
| Wauconda High School | Wauconda | 1,388 |
| Wauconda Middle School | Wauconda | 532 |
| Waukegan High School | Waukegan | 4,479 |
| Wayne Thomas Elementary School | Highland Park | 333 |
| West Elementary School | Zion | 344 |
| West Oak Intermediate School | Mundelein | 263 |
| West Oak Middle School | Mundelein | 295 |
| Westfield School | Winthrop Harbor | 326 |
| Whittier Elementary School | Waukegan | 454 |
| William L. Thompson School | Lake Villa | 508 |
| Willow Grove Early Learning Center | Buffalo Grove | 347 |
| Wilmot Elementary School | Deerfield | 473 |
| Woodland Elementary School | Gages Lake | 1,317 |
| Woodland Intermediate School | Gurnee | 1,196 |
| Woodland Middle School | Gurnee | 1,695 |
| Woodland Primary School | Gages Lake | 609 |
| Woodlawn Middle School | Long Grove | 667 |
| Woodview School | Grayslake | 403 |
| Zion Central Middle School | Zion | 361 |
| Zion-Benton Township High School | Zion | 2,146 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Learn 10 Charter School - North Chicago Campus• Miguel Juarez Middle School• Oak Crest School• William L. Thompson School• Bannockburn School• Zion Central Middle School• Meadowview School• Stanton School• B.j. Hooper Elementary School• Hawthorn School of Dual Language• Carman-Buckner Elementary School• Butterfield School• Seth Paine Elementary School• Grove Avenue Elementary School• New Tech High - Zion-Benton East• Woodview School• Hough Street Elementary School• Adler Park School• Evelyn Alexander School• Lake Zurich Middle - S. Campus• Lyon Magnet Elementary School• Country Meadows Elementary School• Kildeer Countryside Elementary School• Grant Community High School• Early Learning Center• W.j. Murphy Elementary School• Oakdale Elementary School• Clearview Elementary School• Rondout Elementary School• Elmwood Elementary School• Sheridan Elementary School• May Whitney Elementary School• Robert E. Abbott Middle School• Twin Groves Middle School• Millburn Elementary School• Alan B. Shepard Middle School• Ivy Hall Elementary School• Robert Crown School• Glenwood Elementary School• Lake Zurich Middle - N. Campus• Hawthorn Townline Elementary School• Oakdale Elementary School• North Elementary School• Wilmot Elementary School• Isaac Fox Elementary School• Round Lake High School• Hillcrest Elementary School• Fremont Jr High/Middle School• Lake Forest High School• West Oak Intermediate School• South Park Elementary School• Emmons Grade School• Viking School• Adlai Stevenson High School• Beulah Park Elementary School• Woodland Primary School• Raymond Ellis Elementary School• Grayslake Early Childhood Center• Mundelein Fremont Elementary School• Arnett C. Lines Elementary School• Cotton Creek School• Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School• Lakes Community High School• Beach Park Middle School• Washington Elementary School• Magee Middle School• Zion-Benton Township High School• Wauconda Middle School• Big Hollow Elementary School• John S. Clark Elementary School• Fairhaven School• North Barrington Elementary School• Wauconda Grade School• East Elementary School• Palombi Middle School• Sherwood Elementary School• Prairie Crossing Charter School• Warren Township High School• Grayslake Central High School• Illinois State Board of Education• Wayne Thomas Elementary School• Mundelein High School• Kenneth Murphy School• Highland Middle School• Everett Elementary School• A.j. Katzenmaier Academy• Daniel Webster Middle School• Willow Grove Early Learning Center• H.r. McCall Elementary School• Deer Path Middle School East• Big Hollow Primary School• Countryside Elementary School• Big Hollow Middle School• Greenwood Elementary School• Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School• Northwood Junior High School• Lincoln Elementary School• Braeside Elementary School• West Elementary School• Woodlawn Middle School• Grayslake Middle School• Round Lake Middle School• Indian Hill Elementary School• Kipling Elementary School• Earl Pritchett School• Barrington Middle School, Prairie Campus• Park West School• W.c. Petty Elementary School• Prairie Trail School• Millburn Middle School• Joseph J. Pleviak Elementary School• Deer Path Middle School West• Libertyville High School• Charles J. Caruso Middle School• Learn 6 North Chicago Campus• Half Day School• Westfield School• River Trail School• Fremont Intermediate School• Barrington Early Learning Center• Waukegan High School• Indian Trail Elementary School• Deerfield High School• Lake Bluff Middle School• Hyde Park Elementary School• Highland Park High School• Prairie Elementary School• Grass Lake Elementary School• Whittier Elementary School• Newport Elementary School• Matthews Middle School• North Prairie Junior High School• Grayslake North High School• Village Elementary School• Antioch Upper Grade School• Ravinia Elementary School• Learn 9 Waukegan Campus• Jack Benny Middle School• Mechanics Grove Elementary School• Barrington Middle School Station• Park East School• Woodland Intermediate School• Forrestal Elementary School• Daniel Wright Jr High School• Avon Center Elementary School• Sunny Hill Elementary School• Barrington High School• Hawthorn Middle School North• Wauconda High School• Vernon Hills High School• Hawthorn Middle School South• Spencer Loomis Elementary School• Hawthorn Elementary School South• Red Oak Elementary School• Round Lake Beach Elementary School• Tripp School• West Oak Middle School• Spaulding Elementary School• Olive C. Martin School• Sarah Adams Elementary School• Thomas Jefferson Middle School• Prairieview School• Laura B. Sprague School• Little Fort Elementary School• Lake Bluff Elementary School• Walden Elementary School• Glen Flora Elementary School• Antioch Community High School• Meridian School• Hawthorn Elementary School North• Roslyn Road Elementary School• Washington Elementary School• Gavin South Middle School• North Chicago Community High School• Frederick School• Woodland Elementary School• Lake Zurich High School• Greenbay Elementary School• Woodland Middle School• Carl Sandburg Middle School• Cherokee Elementary School• Howe Elementary School• Lotus School• Oak Grove Elementary School• Oak Terrace Elementary School• Rockland Elementary School• Aptakisic Junior High School• Copeland Manor Elementary School• Neal Math Science Academy• Barbara B. Rose Elementary School• Edgewood Middle School• Gavin Central Elementary School
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