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What's the one class at Lake in the Hills Elem School every student should take?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855000490
Lake in the Hills Elementary School
519 Willow St, Lk In The Hls, IL 60156 · (847) 532-6900 · McHenry County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
314 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
43.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.2pp since 2023
Math
37.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 37.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 18.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Lake in the Hills Elementary School
Lake in the Hills Elementary School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake in the Hills Elementary School this school | 502 | 62.5% | 36.0% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School Spring Valley | 632 | 60.9% | 30.6% |
| Washington Elementary School Sterling | 394 | 60.9% | 41.5% |
| Harnew Elementary School Oak Lawn | 512 | 60.4% | 48.6% |
| Locust Elementary School Marengo | 501 | 55.5% | 51.9% |
| Algonquin Lakes Elementary School Algonquin | 408 | 58.1% | 56.0% |
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 Lake in the Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,057 of 1,925 | #39 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,037 of 2,077 ▲ 234 | #35 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,220 of 2,077 ▲ 215 | #39 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #544 of 2,419 | #16 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,496 of 2,035 | #40 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #680 of 2,042 | #9 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #937 of 2,132 | #2 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #1,161 of 1,461 | #19 of 31 |
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
502
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 479
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 | 502 | 33.9 | 14.8:1 | 63% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 32.9 | 15.1:1 | 58% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 495 | 33.9 | 14.6:1 | 53% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 29.5 | 18.1:1 | 41% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 40% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 34% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 840 | 38 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 22 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake in the Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (532 to 502); teachers up 15% (29.5 to 33.9).
About Lake in the Hills Elementary School
Lake in the Hills Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Lk In The Hls, Illinois. The school enrolls 502 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Lake in the Hills Elementary School is a school in CUSD 300. The district has 27 schools and 20,705 students.
More than half of the students at Lake in the Hills Elementary School are White (54%). Beyond that, enrollment is 37% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian, and 2% Black. In McHenry County overall, about 80% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lake in the Hills Elementary School scores 57%.
Its staff includes 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 63% of students at Lake in the Hills Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 35% average for public schools in McHenry County, the school's rate is higher.
The model predicts 35.4% for a school in Illinois with Lake in the Hills Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lake in the Hills Elementary School posts 36.0%.
The county, McHenry County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $104,802, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 89 public schools and about 50,123 students.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Kenneth E Neubert Elementary School, is the closest to Lake in the Hills Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lake in the Hills Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Lake in the Hills Elementary School is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Lake in the Hills Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count increased 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Lake in the Hills Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 300
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Harry D Jacobs High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Hampshire High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Westfield Community SchoolElementary · 1,287 students
- Dundee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,144 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
Other schools in Lk In The Hls
- District 158 Early Childhood CenterElementary · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Kenneth E Neubert Elementary School1.0 mi · 445
- Lincoln Prairie Elementary School1.5 mi · 479
- Indian Prairie Elementary School1.7 mi · 496
- Harry D Jacobs High School1.8 mi · 2,056
- Canterbury Elementary School2.3 mi · 486
- Crystal Lake South High School2.3 mi · 1,279
Frequently asked questions
About Lake in the Hills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lake in the Hills Elementary School?
Lake in the Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lake in the Hills Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake in the Hills Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake in the Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake in the Hills Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake in the Hills Elementary School?
At Lake in the Hills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 37% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake in the Hills Elementary School?
Lake in the Hills Elementary School is overseen by CUSD 300 in McHenry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.