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Avon Center Elementary School

1617 IL Route 83, Round Lake Beach, IL 60073 · (847) 223-3530 · Lake County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Illinois public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools

Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
194 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7320%
Grade 17822%
Grade 26719%
Grade 37220%
Grade 47019%
Grade 510%
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
12334%
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
20256%
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
164%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
62%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
144%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
19253%
Female
16947%

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Test scores

IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)
English Language Arts
48.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.2pp since 2023
Math
36.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.3pp since 2023

What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.

IAR + ISA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2548.1%36.1%
2023-2431.9%20.8%
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Avon Center Elementary School

Avon Center Elementary School's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Avon Center Elementary School this school36153.7%38.2%
Willard Elementary School
South Elgin
37055.4%38.9%
Centennial Elementary School
Plano
35153.8%25.2%
P H Miller Elementary School
Plano
43855.9%N/A
North Elementary School
Villa Park
43456.5%44.9%
Chase Elementary School
Chicago
41554.0%39.9%
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Avon Center Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn Lake County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
38.2%#981 of 1,925#37 of 69
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
36.1%#1,084 of 2,077
▲ 65
#68 of 102
▲ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.1%#1,067 of 2,077
▲ 37
#63 of 102
▲ 3
Enrollment
ranked largest first
361#1,200 of 2,419#78 of 121
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.1:1#568 of 2,035#49 of 114
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
56.7%#694 of 2,042#42 of 114
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
53.7%#1,200 of 2,132#43 of 82
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-5.0%#1,199 of 1,461#58 of 71
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
361
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253613012.1:154% (194)
2023-2435228.912.2:155% (192)
2022-233422712.7:156% (192)
2020-21347N/AN/AN/A
2017-1838026.514.3:149% (186)
2015-163552514.2:152% (184)
2010-114103013.7:135% (143)
2000-015283415.5:1N/A
1990-915393018.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avon Center Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 5% (380 to 361); teachers up 13% (26.5 to 30).

About Avon Center Elementary School

Avon Center Elementary School is an elementary school located in Round Lake Beach, Illinois, in Lake County. The grade span is kindergarten through 4, and enrollment is 361 students.

Grayslake CCSD 46 has 9 schools and 3,650 students, and Avon Center Elementary School is one of those schools.

Hispanic students account for 56% of enrollment at Avon Center Elementary School. Smaller groups are 34% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lake County is roughly 25% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Avon Center Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.

The ratio of students to teachers is 12.1:1, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 54%. Across public schools in Lake County, the average is about the same, 54%.

Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Avon Center Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Avon Center Elementary School is 2.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (38.2% versus 40.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.

Lake County has about 714,223 residents, and median household income is about $110,416, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 214 public schools in Lake County, with a combined enrollment of about 118,032.

Of nearby public schools, Grayslake North High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Avon Center Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.

Locale data from NCES put Avon Center Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).

The student count in 2024-25 was 361, 4% above the 347 of 2020-21.

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Lake County at a glance

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Population
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students

Quick facts

School name
Avon Center Elementary School
District
Grayslake CCSD 46
Address
1617 IL Route 83, Round Lake Beach, IL 60073
Phone
(847) 223-3530
County
Lake County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–04
Total enrollment
361
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
12.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
194 (54%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
171752005313
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Grayslake CCSD 46
Other schools in Round Lake Beach
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Avon Center Elementary School
How large is Avon Center Elementary School?
Avon Center Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades KG-04.
Is Avon Center Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Avon Center Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Avon Center Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Avon Center Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Avon Center Elementary School?
Student demographics at Avon Center Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 56% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Avon Center Elementary School public or private?
Avon Center Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grayslake CCSD 46.
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