H R McCall Elem School

H R McCall Elem School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Waukegan, Illinois, run under Waukegan CUSD 60. The school caters to 396 students in grades K through 5.

Within Waukegan CUSD 60, which oversees 22 schools and 13,640 students, H R McCall Elem School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, H R McCall Elem School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment; the rest consists of 15% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at H R McCall Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, H R McCall Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.2%, the actual is 35.6%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. H R McCall Elem School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oak Crest School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts H R McCall Elem School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 24.2%.

H R McCall Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 454 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 9% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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