Grant Community High School

Set in Fox Lake, Illinois, Grant Community High School is a big senior high, overseen by Grant CHSD 124. It educates 1,769 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 112% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Grant Community High School sits inside Grant CHSD 124, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Grant Community High School shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 31% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 118 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Grant Community High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.7%; this one delivers 39.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household earnings sit near $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), of which Grant Community High School is one.

Stanton School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grant Community High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grant Community High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,796 students in 2018 compared to 1,769 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 62% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.