Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUKEGAN CUSD 60·NCES 174125004129
H R McCall Elementary School
3215 N McAree Rd, Waukegan, IL 60087 · (224) 303-1760 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
242 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
30.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 25.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like H R McCall Elementary School
H R McCall Elementary School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H R McCall Elementary School this school | 396 | 61.1% | 35.6% |
| Mabel O Donnell Elementary School Aurora | 360 | 63.6% | 16.8% |
| Smith Elementary School Aurora | 425 | 60.5% | 22.0% |
| Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School Waukegan | 395 | 56.7% | 47.5% |
| Greenwood Elementary School Waukegan | 318 | 61.3% | 28.2% |
| Washington Dual Language Academy Maywood | 346 | 59.2% | 44.5% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where H R McCall Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #1,068 of 1,925 | #39 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #1,251 of 2,077 ▼ 253 | #74 of 102 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,045 of 2,077 ▼ 214 | #62 of 102 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #1,024 of 2,419 | #69 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #546 of 2,035 | #45 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #1,105 of 2,042 | #73 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #975 of 2,132 | #33 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #774 of 1,461 | #32 of 71 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
396
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 396 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 61% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 21 | 18.0:1 | 66% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 32.5 | 11.8:1 | 61% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 67% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 49% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 62% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 30 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 16 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H R McCall Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (454 to 396); teachers up 14% (29 to 33).
About H R McCall Elementary School
H R McCall Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Waukegan, Illinois. It reports enrollment of 396 students in kindergarten through 5.
H R McCall Elementary School is one school in Waukegan CUSD 60, a system of 22 schools with 13,640 students.
More than half of the students at H R McCall Elementary School are Hispanic (74%). Other reported shares: 15% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% White, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 25% Hispanic among all Lake County residents. The diversity index for H R McCall Elementary School is 42%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 33 full-time-equivalent teachers at H R McCall Elementary School, giving a ratio of 12.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. A total of 242 students, or 61%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
H R McCall Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 37% of Illinois public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, H R McCall Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 35.6%. Predicted: 36.2%.
In Lake County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $110,416, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 214 public schools in the county, enrolling about 118,032, H R McCall Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, H R McCall Elementary School is closest to Oak Crest School, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts H R McCall Elementary School at 3rd of 8.
H R McCall Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 406 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 396.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
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- Oak Crest School0.9 mi · 308
- Little Fort Elementary School1.0 mi · 421
- Oakdale Elementary School1.2 mi · 505
- Jack Benny Middle School1.4 mi · 475
- Kenneth Murphy School1.4 mi · 394
- John S Clark Elementary School1.6 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About H R McCall Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at H R McCall Elementary School?
H R McCall Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does H R McCall Elementary School serve?
H R McCall Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does H R McCall Elementary School have?
H R McCall Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is H R McCall Elementary School?
H R McCall Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 74% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is H R McCall Elementary School public or private?
H R McCall Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Waukegan CUSD 60.
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