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Half Day School
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Half Day School
Half Day School operates as a well-populated elementary-level community in Lincolnshire, Illinois, run under Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103. Current enrollment sits at 633 students spanning grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 66% larger than typical.
Half Day School is one of 3 schools operated by Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103, a district that instructs 1,878 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Half Day School logs that the largest single group is Asian at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 41% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 9% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Half Day School logs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Lake County shows median household income runs about $110,416, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Half Day School is one.
Adlai E Stevenson High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Half Day School operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. Half Day School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 611 (now 633). The White share of enrollment edged down from 50% to 41% over that span.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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