Lake County Gazette

Gavin School District 37 welcomed 773 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 0.1% increase over the previous school year.

Gavin Central Elementary School had the largest enrollment in the district with 488 students.

Gavin School District 37 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Ingleside.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Gavin Central Elementary School	488	2.7%
Gavin South Middle School	285	-4%