B J Hooper Elem School

B J Hooper Elem School operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Lindenhurst, Illinois, part of Lake Villa CCSD 41. Current enrollment sits at 545 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so B J Hooper Elem School sits 43% bigger than that benchmark.

Lake Villa CCSD 41 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,388 students; B J Hooper Elem School is among them.

On demographics, B J Hooper Elem School shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 38% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, B J Hooper Elem School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting B J Hooper Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, B J Hooper Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), B J Hooper Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Millburn Middle School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), B J Hooper Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 672 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.