Gavin Central Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Ingleside, Illinois, Gavin Central Elementary School enrolls 467 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of Gavin SD 37. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 23% bigger than typical.

Within Gavin SD 37, which oversees 2 schools and 792 students, Gavin Central Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Gavin Central Elementary School reports that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 36% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Gavin Central Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Gavin Central Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 32.8%, a residual of -8.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate 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%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Gavin Central Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Grant Community High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gavin Central Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 467 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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