Indian Hill Elem School

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Round Lake Heights, Illinois, Indian Hill Elem School hosts 529 students from grades 3 through 5, overseen by Round Lake CUSD 116. That puts it 39% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Round Lake CUSD 116, which oversees 9 schools and 6,473 students, Indian Hill Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Indian Hill Elem School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 12% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Indian Hill Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $110,416, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Indian Hill Elem School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

Nearest neighbor: Round Lake Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Indian Hill Elem School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.2%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Indian Hill Elem School has climbed 11%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 529 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 64% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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