Lake County Gazette

Of the ethnicities represented in Lake County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Lake County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 115,885 students attending Lake County schools, 43.7% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 34.5% of Lake County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Lake County, representing 44% of the student body.

Warren Township High School had the most diverse student body in Lake County, including American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 0.6% compared to the previous year.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Illinois has increased its state funding for public schools by $350 million, bringing the total to $8.6 billion for the upcoming year. This is in line with a 2017 law aiming to provide adequate funding to all schools by 2027.

However, experts suggest that this goal may be delayed unless education funding jumps to at least $550 million. According to a Center for Tax and Budget Accountability report, there’s currently a funding gap of about $2.3 billion.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A.J. Katzenmaier Academy	Hispanic	42.2%	346
Adlai E. Stevenson High School	White	46.6%	4,431
Adler Park School	White	69.3%	238
Alan B. Shepard Middle School	White	83%	458
Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School	Hispanic	70.8%	325
Antioch Community High School	White	75.2%	1,289
Antioch Upper Grade School	White	68.6%	888
Aptakisic Junior High School	Asian	52.2%	874
Avon Center Elementary School	Hispanic	55.5%	326
B.J. Hooper Elementary School	White	51.9%	578
Bannockburn School	White	65.1%	175
Barrington High School	White	57.4%	2,765
Beach Park Middle School	Hispanic	63.9%	714
Beulah Park Elementary School	African American	43.4%	258
Big Hollow Elementary School	White	55.9%	524
Big Hollow Middle School	White	55.5%	793
Big Hollow Primary School	White	54.7%	408
Braeside Elementary School	White	86.9%	268
Butterfield School	White	78.2%	467
Carl Sandburg Middle School	Hispanic	55%	533
Carman-Buckner Elementary School	Hispanic	79.8%	431
Charles J. Caruso Middle School	White	83.7%	442
Cherokee Elementary School	White	87.2%	336
Clearview Elementary School	Hispanic	82.5%	424
Copeland Manor Elementary School	White	84.3%	375
Country Meadows Elementary School	White	49.9%	407
Daniel Wright Junior High School	Asian	53.4%	762
Deer Path Middle School East	White	84.6%	345
Deer Path Middle School West	White	83.5%	400
Deerfield High School	White	83.1%	1,454
Earl Pritchett School	Asian	54.3%	457
East Elementary School	Hispanic	94.1%	239
Edgewood Middle School	White	80.1%	677
Edith M. Smith Middle School	Hispanic	76.6%	496
Elmwood Elementary School	Hispanic	46.8%	231
Emmons Grade School	White	85%	280
Evelyn Alexander School	Hispanic	46.4%	351
Everett Elementary School	White	78.6%	318
Fairhaven School	Hispanic	62.9%	315
Forrestal Elementary School	African American	36.2%	376
Frederick School	White	51.8%	597
Fremont Elementary School	White	63.9%	659
Fremont Intermediate School	White	67%	642
Fremont Junior High/Middle School	White	66.5%	762
Gavin Central Elementary School	White	53.7%	475
Gavin South Middle School	White	56.9%	297
Glen Flora Elementary School	Hispanic	77.2%	451
Glenwood Elementary School	Hispanic	81.4%	640
Grant Community High School	White	55.1%	1,802
Grass Lake Elementary School	White	77.4%	177
Grayslake Central High School	White	58.4%	1,372
Grayslake Middle School	White	49%	624
Grayslake North High School	White	50.7%	1,211
Greenwood Elementary School	Hispanic	73.7%	285
H.R. McCall Elementary School	Hispanic	72.4%	384
Half Day School	Asian	50.7%	596
Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School	White	54%	328
Hawthorn Elementary School North	White	50.5%	396
Hawthorn Elementary School South	Asian	41.6%	483
Hawthorn Middle School North	White	43%	614
Hawthorn Middle School South	White	42.7%	649
Hawthorn School for Young Learners	White	41.7%	235
Hawthorn School of Dual Language	Hispanic	62.3%	409
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School	White	46.6%	283
Highland Middle School	White	78.2%	749
Highland Park High School	White	61.5%	1,691
Hillcrest Elementary School	White	62.3%	620
Howe Elementary School	Hispanic	76.6%	393
Hyde Park Elementary School	Hispanic	80.4%	285
Indian Hill Elementary School	Hispanic	67.9%	442
Indian Trail Elementary School	White	83.2%	464
Isaac Fox Elementary School	White	83.4%	505
Ivy Hall Elementary School	White	43.9%	472
Jack Benny Middle School	Hispanic	76.6%	526
John R. Lewis Middle School	Hispanic	78.9%	766
John S. Clark Elementary School	Hispanic	69.9%	239
Kenneth Murphy School	Hispanic	50.7%	349
Kildeer Countryside Elementary School	White	54.9%	459
Kipling Elementary School	White	86.1%	452
LEARN Charter - North Chicago Campus	Hispanic	59.6%	500
LEARN Charter - Waukegan Campus	Hispanic	86.2%	421
Lake Bluff Elementary School	White	75%	567
Lake Bluff Middle School	White	71.1%	287
Lake Forest High School	White	76.8%	1,429
Lake Zurich High School	White	78.4%	1,782
Lake Zurich Middle School - North Campus	White	73.8%	692
Lake Zurich Middle School - South Campus	White	82.3%	603
Lakes Community High School	White	75.2%	1,248
Lakeview School	African American	46.8%	252
Laura B. Sprague School	White	45%	536
Learn 10 Charter School	Hispanic	52.1%	282
Libertyville High School	White	73.4%	1,767
Little Fort Elementary School	Hispanic	75.5%	420
Lotus School	White	61.4%	355
Lyon Magnet Elementary School	Hispanic	81.3%	466
Magee Middle School	Hispanic	80.2%	656
Matthews Middle School	White	53.3%	503
May Whitney Elementary School	White	73.3%	712
Meadowview School	White	57.3%	410
Mechanics Grove Elementary School	Hispanic	55.9%	508
Meridian School	Asian	61.5%	657
Miguel Juarez Middle School	Hispanic	85.7%	669
Millburn Elementary School	White	64.4%	710
Millburn Middle School	White	71.3%	390
Mundelein Consolidated High School	Hispanic	47.4%	2,190
Neal Math Science Academy	Hispanic	37.5%	504
New Tech High - Zion-Benton East	Hispanic	56.4%	383
Newport Elementary School	Hispanic	54.4%	239
North Barrington Elementary School	White	78.1%	442
North Chicago Community High School	Hispanic	42.4%	825
North Elementary School	Hispanic	79.7%	464
North Prairie Junior High School	White	45.1%	246
Northwood Middle School	Hispanic	50.5%	525
Oak Crest School	Hispanic	58.8%	289
Oak Grove Elementary School	White	57.5%	921
Oak Terrace Elementary School	Hispanic	62.2%	373
Oakdale Elementary School	Hispanic	79%	404
Oakland Elementary School	White	66.7%	562
Olive C. Martin School	Hispanic	44.3%	528
Park East School	White	42.7%	323
Park West School	White	47.2%	341
Peter J. Palombi School	White	53.1%	803
Pleviak Elementary School	Hispanic	77.4%	402
Prairie Crossing Charter School	White	69%	429
Prairie Elementary School	Asian	52.9%	450
Prairie Trail School	Hispanic	48%	406
Prairieview School	White	42.4%	363
Ravinia Elementary School	White	85.6%	257
Raymond Ellis Elementary School	Hispanic	86.5%	542
Red Oak Elementary School	Hispanic	50.9%	212
River Trail School	Hispanic	56.3%	460
Robert Crown School	White	67.5%	834
Robert E. Abbott Middle School	Hispanic	89.3%	629
Rockland Elementary School	White	75.7%	288
Rondout Elementary School	White	70.1%	144
Roslyn Road Elementary School	White	71.1%	457
Round Lake Beach Elementary School	Hispanic	82.2%	393
Round Lake Middle School	Hispanic	79.6%	794
Round Lake Senior High School	Hispanic	79.1%	2,195
Sarah Adams Elementary School	White	80.8%	390
Seth Paine Elementary School	White	71.3%	442
Sheridan Elementary School	White	92.6%	257
Sherwood Elementary School	White	77.4%	381
Shiloh Park Middle School	Hispanic	59.6%	399
South Park Elementary School	White	81%	441
Spaulding Elementary School	Hispanic	45.5%	468
Spencer Loomis Elementary School	White	72.3%	459
Stanton School	White	66%	285
Tripp School	Asian	58.2%	509
Twin Groves Middle School	Asian	51.3%	618
Vernon Hills High School	White	52.6%	1,467
Viking School	Hispanic	46%	507
Village Elementary School	Hispanic	66.4%	345
W.C. Petty Elementary School	White	74.4%	434
W.J. Murphy Elementary School	Hispanic	75.2%	443
Walden Elementary School	White	85.4%	452
Warren Township High School	Hispanic	37.4%	3,608
Washington Elementary School	Hispanic	48.2%	440
Washington Elementary School	Hispanic	88.3%	400
Wauconda Grade School	Hispanic	48%	442
Wauconda High School	White	58.4%	1,417
Wauconda Middle School	White	66.5%	519
Waukegan High School	Hispanic	81.6%	4,290
Wayne Thomas Elementary School	White	77.3%	370
West Elementary School	Hispanic	65.6%	381
West Oak Intermediate School	Hispanic	72.3%	242
West Oak Middle School	Hispanic	67.9%	299
Westfield School	White	46.7%	317
Whittier Elementary School	Hispanic	87.1%	427
William L. Thompson School	White	48.2%	469
Willow Grove Early Learning Center	Asian	43%	400
Wilmot Elementary School	White	82.4%	476
Woodland Elementary School	Hispanic	40.1%	1,415
Woodland Intermediate School	White	37.7%	969
Woodland Middle School	Hispanic	36.9%	1,657
Woodland Primary School	Hispanic	40.4%	617
Woodlawn Middle School	White	49.1%	664
Woodview School	White	67.2%	411
Zion Central Middle School	Hispanic	61.2%	304
Zion-Benton Township High School	Hispanic	52.3%	2,058