Glenwood Elementary School

As a sprawling K-5 school in Waukegan, Illinois, Glenwood Elementary School instructs 577 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Waukegan CUSD 60. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 51% above typical.

Waukegan CUSD 60 runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 13,640 students. Glenwood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Glenwood Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 13% Black, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Glenwood Elementary School logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Lake County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Glenwood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.4%.

In the surrounding community, 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), Glenwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Whittier Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenwood Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 21.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 745 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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