Carl Sandburg Middle School

Set in Mundelein, Illinois, Carl Sandburg Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school, part of Mundelein ESD 75. It instructs 529 students across grades 6 through 8.

Mundelein ESD 75 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,570 students. Carl Sandburg Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Carl Sandburg Middle School reports that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 33% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Carl Sandburg Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 42.6%, a residual of -5.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $110,416, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Carl Sandburg Middle School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mundelein Cons High School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Carl Sandburg Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carl Sandburg Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 539 students in 2018 to 529 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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