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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROUND LAKE CUSD 116·NCES 173499003664
Indian Hill Elementary School
1920 Lotus Dr, Round Lake Heights, IL 60073 · (847) 270-9970 · Lake County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest 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
13.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
447 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 165 | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 181 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 183 | 35% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
22.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 | 22.8% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 12.9% | 3.7% |
% 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
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Indian Hill Elementary School
Indian Hill Elementary School's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hill Elementary School this school | 529 | 84.5% | 16.9% |
| Village Elementary School Round Lake | 433 | 83.4% | 23.7% |
| Round Lake Beach Elementary School Round Lake Beach | 491 | 89.0% | N/A |
| Channing Memorial Elementary School Elgin | 491 | 83.5% | 15.7% |
| W J Murphy Elementary School Round Lake Park | 414 | 83.6% | N/A |
| Carman-Buckner Elementary School Waukegan | 509 | 82.3% | 12.6% |
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 Indian Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #1,703 of 1,925 | #60 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #1,907 of 2,077 ▲ 27 | #96 of 102 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #1,861 of 2,077 ▼ 19 | #88 of 102 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #434 of 2,419 | #18 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,147 of 2,035 | #84 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #1,161 of 2,042 | #78 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #412 of 2,132 | #9 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #244 of 615 | #15 of 37 |
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
529
+82 (+18%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 409
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 | 529 | 38.5 | 13.7:1 | 84% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 33.7 | 13.5:1 | 87% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 34.7 | 12.8:1 | 82% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 30.9 | 15.4:1 | 67% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 48% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 64% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 27 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 15 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (475 to 529); teachers up 25% (30.9 to 38.5).
About Indian Hill Elementary School
Families in Round Lake Heights, Illinois, are served by Indian Hill Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 529 students in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 39% higher.
Within Round Lake CUSD 116, Indian Hill Elementary School is one of 9 schools. The district enrolls 6,473 students.
More than half of enrollment at Indian Hill Elementary School is Hispanic: 76%. The next largest groups are 12% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 51 points above the 25% share among Lake County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
With 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is close to this figure. Roughly 84% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Lake County average 54%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Indian Hill Elementary School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Indian Hill Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.9% is 5.8 points below the 22.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Lake County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $110,416 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Lake County has 214 public schools with about 118,032 students, including Indian Hill Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Indian Hill Elementary School is closest to Round Lake Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Indian Hill Elementary School is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 82 students, from 447 to 529.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Round Lake CUSD 116
- Round Lake Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,194 students
- Round Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 783 students
- Magee Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Raymond Ellis Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Round Lake Beach Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
Other schools in Round Lake Heights
- Round Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 783 students
Other Indian Hill Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Indian Hill Elementary. Indian Hill Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Indian Hill Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 539 students
- INDIAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 489 students
- Indian Hill Elementary SchoolGRAND BLANC, MI · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Round Lake Middle School0.1 mi · 783
- Raymond Ellis Elementary School1.0 mi · 617
- Round Lake Beach Elementary School1.1 mi · 491
- William L Thompson School1.4 mi · 488
- Round Lake Senior High School1.6 mi · 2,194
- Magee Middle School1.9 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Indian Hill Elementary School?
Indian Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Indian Hill Elementary School serve?
Indian Hill Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Indian Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Indian Hill Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Indian Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Indian Hill Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 76% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Indian Hill Elementary School in?
Indian Hill Elementary School is part of Round Lake CUSD 116.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.