Lake Zurich High School

Lake Zurich High School is one of the big high schools in Lake Zurich, Illinois, operated by Lake Zurich CUSD 95, with 1,839 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 121% above the state mean of about 834.

Within Lake Zurich CUSD 95, which oversees 8 schools and 5,772 students, Lake Zurich High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lake Zurich High School shows that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest comes out to 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Lake Zurich High School reports 128 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), of which Lake Zurich High School is one.

May Whitney Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Lake Zurich High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Zurich High School has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,865 students in 2018 to 1,839 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 82% to 77%.

On this page, members of the Lake Zurich High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.