Green Bay Early Childhood Center

Green Bay Early Childhood Center is a small primary school in North Chicago, Illinois, one of the schools within North Chicago SD 187. The school educates 211 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Green Bay Early Childhood Center sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

North Chicago SD 187 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,637 students; Green Bay Early Childhood Center is among them.

On the student-mix side, Green Bay Early Childhood Center records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 29% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Green Bay Early Childhood Center records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Green Bay Early Childhood Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lake County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the broader 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%. In all, Lake County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), of which Green Bay Early Childhood Center is one.

A J Katzenmaier Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Green Bay Early Childhood Center.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 241 students in 2018 compared to 211 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 45% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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