Hyde Park Elem School

Hyde Park Elem School is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Waukegan, Illinois, one of the schools within Waukegan CUSD 60, with 295 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hyde Park Elem School reports that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 78% of students at Hyde Park Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hyde Park Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 32.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household income runs about $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. Hyde Park Elem School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

Nearest neighbor: Miguel Juarez Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hyde Park Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hyde Park Elem School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 16.6%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 290 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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