Howe Elementary School

Howe Elementary School is a primary school of modestly sized scale in Beach Park, Illinois, one of the schools within Beach Park CCSD 3, teacheing 318 students in grades K through 5.

Beach Park CCSD 3 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,996 students; Howe Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Howe Elementary School lists that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 8% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Howe Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Howe Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lake County) shows that 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. Howe Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

The closest other public school is Kenneth Murphy School, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Howe Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 381 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 66% to 81%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Howe Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.