Diamond Lake School

Diamond Lake School is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Mundelein, Illinois, overseen by Diamond Lake SD 76, works with 262 students in grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Within Diamond Lake SD 76, which oversees 3 schools and 810 students, Diamond Lake School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Diamond Lake School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 23% White, 6% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Diamond Lake School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Diamond Lake School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, census data for Lake County shows median household income runs about $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Diamond Lake School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

Nearest neighbor: West Oak Intermediate School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Diamond Lake School.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 271 students in 2018 compared to 262 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 68% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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