Lake in the Hills Elem School

Lake in the Hills Elem School is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Lk In The Hls, Illinois, operated by CUSD 300, caters to 502 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Across the 27 schools in CUSD 300 (20,705 students total), Lake in the Hills Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lake in the Hills Elem School shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lake in the Hills Elem School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against McHenry County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lake in the Hills Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 36.0%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for McHenry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $104,802 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake in the Hills Elem School is one of 89 public schools in McHenry County (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students).

Kenneth E Neubert Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lake in the Hills Elem School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake in the Hills Elem School has fell 6%, going from 532 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 61% to 54%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.