Lake County Gazette

Lake County schools welcomed 114,709 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 3.3% from the previous school year, when there were 118,672 students enrolled in the county.

Lake County had the third highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.2% identified as male, and 48.8% as female.

The most represented ethnicity among Lake County students was white, making up about 42.6% of all the students.

Within Lake County, Adlai E. Stevenson High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 4,573 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
A.J. Katzenmaier Academy	North Chicago	312
Adlai E. Stevenson High School	Lincolnshire	4,573
Adler Park School	Libertyville	221
Alan B. Shepard Middle School	Deerfield	460
Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School	Waukegan	369
Antioch Community High School	Antioch	1,262
Antioch Upper Grade School	Antioch	910
Aptakisic Junior High School	Buffalo Grove	877
Avon Center Elementary School	Round Lake Beach	335
B.J. Hooper Elementary School	Lindenhurst	559
Bannockburn School	Bannockburn	169
Barrington High School	Barrington	2,726
Beach Park Middle School	Beach Park	672
Beulah Park Elementary School	Zion	255
Big Hollow Elementary School	Ingleside	518
Big Hollow Middle School	Ingleside	756
Big Hollow Primary School	Ingleside	410
Braeside Elementary School	Highland Park	275
Butterfield School	Libertyville	525
Carl Sandburg Middle School	Mundelein	528
Carman-Buckner Elementary School	Waukegan	485
Charles J. Caruso Middle School	Deerfield	427
Cherokee Elementary School	Lake Forest	337
Clearview Elementary School	Waukegan	414
Copeland Manor Elementary School	Libertyville	371
Country Meadows Elementary School	Long Grove	431
Daniel Wright Junior High School	Lincolnshire	744
Deer Path Middle School East	Lake Forest	363
Deer Path Middle School West	Lake Forest	381
Deerfield High School	Deerfield	1,395
Earl Pritchett School	Buffalo Grove	475
East Elementary School	Zion	267
Edgewood Middle School	Highland Park	657
Edith M. Smith Middle School	Waukegan	483
Elmwood Elementary School	Zion	225
Emmons Grade School	Antioch	274
Evelyn Alexander School	North Chicago	324
Everett Elementary School	Lake Forest	307
Fairhaven School	Mundelein	288
Forrestal Elementary School	Great Lakes	386
Frederick School	Grayslake	590
Fremont Elementary School	Mundelein	708
Fremont Intermediate School	Mundelein	637
Fremont Junior High/Middle School	Mundelein	704
Gavin Central Elementary School	Ingleside	488
Gavin South Middle School	Ingleside	285
Glen Flora Elementary School	Waukegan	457
Glenwood Elementary School	Waukegan	586
Grant Community High School	Fox Lake	1,778
Grass Lake Elementary School	Antioch	176
Grayslake Central High School	Grayslake	1,331
Grayslake Middle School	Grayslake	632
Grayslake North High School	Grayslake	1,162
Greenwood Elementary School	Waukegan	312
H.R. McCall Elementary School	Waukegan	377
Half Day School	Lincolnshire	604
Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School	Vernon Hills	305
Hawthorn Elementary School North	Vernon Hills	390
Hawthorn Elementary School South	Vernon Hills	498
Hawthorn Middle School North	Vernon Hills	589
Hawthorn School for Young Learners	Vernon Hills	215
Hawthorn School of Dual Language	Vernon Hills	402
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School	Vernon Hills	296
Highland Middle School	Libertyville	712
Highland Park High School	Highland Park	1,665
Hillcrest Elementary School	Antioch	603
Howe Elementary School	Beach Park	334
Hyde Park Elementary School	Waukegan	270
Indian Hill Elementary School	Round Lake Heights	437
Indian Trail Elementary School	Highland Park	479
Isaac Fox Elementary School	Lake Zurich	488
Ivy Hall Elementary School	Buffalo Grove	498
Jack Benny Middle School	Waukegan	504
John R. Lewis Middle School	Waukegan	752
John S. Clark Elementary School	Waukegan	240
Kenneth Murphy School	Beach Park	357
Kildeer Countryside Elementary School	Long Grove	452
Kipling Elementary School	Deerfield	459
Lake Bluff Elementary School	Lake Bluff	587
Lake Bluff Middle School	Lake Bluff	287
Lake Forest High School	Lake Forest	1,366
Lake Zurich High School	Lake Zurich	1,776
Lake Zurich Middle School - North Campus	Hawthorn Woods	677
Lake Zurich Middle School - South Campus	Lake Zurich	613
Lakes Community High School	Lake Villa	1,265
Lakeview School	Zion	251
Laura B. Sprague School	Lincolnshire	544
Learn 10 Charter School	North Chicago	301
LEARN Charter - North Chicago Campus	Great Lakes	503
LEARN Charter - Waukegan Campus	Waukegan	476
Libertyville High School	Libertyville	1,765
Little Fort Elementary School	Waukegan	411
Lotus School	Spring Grove	355
Lyon Magnet Elementary School	Waukegan	468
Magee Middle School	Round Lake	630
Matthews Middle School	Island Lake	456
May Whitney Elementary School	Lake Zurich	732
Meadowview School	Grayslake	396
Mechanics Grove Elementary School	Mundelein	487
Meridian School	Buffalo Grove	673
Miguel Juarez Middle School	Waukegan	659
Millburn Elementary School	Old Mill Creek	700
Millburn Middle School	Lindenhurst	393
Mundelein Consolidated High School	Mundelein	2,241
Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago	525
New Tech High - Zion-Benton East	Zion	414
Newport Elementary School	Wadsworth	241
North Barrington Elementary School	North Barrington	432
North Chicago Community High School	North Chicago	818
North Elementary School	Waukegan	472
North Prairie Junior High School	Winthrop Harbor	243
Northwood Middle School	Highland Park	524
Oak Crest School	Beach Park	339
Oak Grove Elementary School	Libertyville	910
Oak Terrace Elementary School	Highwood	529
Oakdale Elementary School	Waukegan	466
Oakland Elementary School	Lake Villa	554
Olive C. Martin School	Lake Villa	521
Park East School	Round Lake	324
Park West School	Round Lake	313
Peter J. Palombi School	Lake Villa	821
Pleviak Elementary School	Lake Villa	368
Prairie Crossing Charter School	Grayslake	430
Prairie Elementary School	Buffalo Grove	449
Prairie Trail School	Wadsworth	392
Prairieview School	Hainesville	399
Ravinia Elementary School	Highland Park	273
Raymond Ellis Elementary School	Round Lake Beach	601
Red Oak Elementary School	Highland Park	205
River Trail School	Gurnee	463
Robert Crown School	Wauconda	810
Robert E. Abbott Middle School	Waukegan	584
Rockland Elementary School	Libertyville	276
Rondout Elementary School	Lake Forest	146
Roslyn Road Elementary School	Barrington	459
Round Lake Beach Elementary School	Round Lake Beach	365
Round Lake Middle School	Round Lake Heights	772
Round Lake Senior High School	Round Lake	2,146
Sarah Adams Elementary School	Lake Zurich	401
Seth Paine Elementary School	Hawthorn Woods	470
Sheridan Elementary School	Lake Forest	262
Sherwood Elementary School	Highland Park	364
Shiloh Park Middle School	Zion	303
South Park Elementary School	Deerfield	433
Spaulding Elementary School	Gurnee	492
Spencer Loomis Elementary School	Hawthorn Woods	471
Stanton School	Fox Lake	264
Tripp School	Buffalo Grove	513
Twin Groves Middle School	Buffalo Grove	593
Vernon Hills High School	Vernon Hills	1,442
Viking School	Gurnee	493
Village Elementary School	Round Lake	325
W.C. Petty Elementary School	Antioch	439
W.J. Murphy Elementary School	Round Lake Park	413
Walden Elementary School	Deerfield	446
Warren Township High School	Gurnee	3,523
Washington Elementary School	Mundelein	461
Washington Elementary School	Waukegan	368
Wauconda Grade School	Wauconda	427
Wauconda High School	Wauconda	1,436
Wauconda Middle School	Wauconda	497
Waukegan High School	Waukegan	4,239
Wayne Thomas Elementary School	Highland Park	433
West Elementary School	Zion	427
West Oak Intermediate School	Mundelein	242
West Oak Middle School	Mundelein	291
Westfield School	Winthrop Harbor	338
Whittier Elementary School	Waukegan	414
William L. Thompson School	Lake Villa	470
Willow Grove Early Learning Center	Buffalo Grove	405
Wilmot Elementary School	Deerfield	482
Woodland Elementary School	Gages Lake	1,425
Woodland Intermediate School	Gurnee	968
Woodland Middle School	Gurnee	1,544
Woodland Primary School	Gages Lake	574
Woodlawn Middle School	Long Grove	657
Woodview School	Grayslake	392
Zion Central Middle School	Zion	364
Zion-Benton Township High School	Zion	2,094