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The fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment in Lake County, Illinois

This ranking covers the fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment in Lake County, Illinois, drawn from 34 qualifying public middle schools. Zion Central Middle School leads the list at -39.9%, against a median of -14.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lake County, Illinois

Best Enrollment change

-39.9%

Median Enrollment change

-14.1%

FASTEST DECLINING · LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Zion Central Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	549	330	-39.9%
2	West Oak Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Diamond Lake SD 76	426	280	-34.3%
3	Robert E Abbott Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	776	585	-24.6%
4	Park West School	Round Lake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	420	321	-23.6%
5	Woodland Middle School	Gurnee, IL	Woodland CCSD 50	1,991	1,541	-22.6%
6	Jack Benny Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	607	475	-21.7%
7	Miguel Juarez Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	830	651	-21.6%
8	Deer Path Middle Sch West	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	459	361	-21.4%
9	Edith M Smith Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	626	493	-21.2%
10	John R Lewis Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	906	721	-20.4%
11	Wauconda Middle School	Wauconda, IL	Wauconda CUSD 118	634	506	-20.2%
12	Hawthorn Middle School South	Vernon Hills, IL	Hawthorn CCSD 73	756	609	-19.4%
13	Stanton School	Fox Lake, IL	Fox Lake GSD 114	315	255	-19.0%
14	Highland Middle School	Libertyville, IL	Libertyville SD 70	857	701	-18.2%
15	Viking School	Gurnee, IL	Gurnee SD 56	556	461	-17.1%
16	Charles J Caruso Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	529	440	-16.8%
17	Millburn Middle School	Lindenhurst, IL	Millburn CCSD 24	452	388	-14.2%
18	Round Lake Middle School	Round Lake Heights, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	911	783	-14.1%
19	Deer Path Middle Sch East	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	423	375	-11.3%
20	Magee Middle School	Round Lake, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	717	642	-10.5%
21	Antioch Upper Grade School	Antioch, IL	Antioch CCSD 34	968	875	-9.6%
22	North Prairie Jr High	Winthrop Harbor, IL	Winthrop Harbor SD 1	259	240	-7.3%
23	Lake Bluff Middle School	Lake Bluff, IL	Lake Bluff ESD 65	326	305	-6.4%
24	Grayslake Middle School	Grayslake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	682	641	-6.0%
25	Big Hollow Middle School	Ingleside, IL	Big Hollow SD 38	788	744	-5.6%
26	Beach Park Middle School	Beach Park, IL	Beach Park CCSD 3	757	715	-5.5%
27	Matthews Middle School	Island Lake, IL	Wauconda CUSD 118	476	451	-5.3%
28	Gavin South Middle School	Ingleside, IL	Gavin SD 37	343	325	-5.2%
29	Hawthorn Middle School North	Vernon Hills, IL	Hawthorn CCSD 73	654	627	-4.1%
30	Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus	Hawthorn Woods, IL	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	715	697	-2.5%
31	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Mundelein ESD 75	539	529	-1.9%
32	Alan B Shepard Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	484	476	-1.7%
33	Woodlawn Middle School	Long Grove, IL	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	640	632	-1.3%
34	Fremont Jr High/Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Fremont SD 79	700	692	-1.1%

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