Lakes Community High School

Lakes Community High School is a high school in Lake Villa, Illinois, and it is part of CHSD 117. It enrolls 1,334 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 60% bigger than the 834-student average for high schools in Illinois.

The CHSD 117 system has 2 schools and 2,647 students.

The share of White students at Lakes Community High School is 71%, a majority. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. Census figures show Lake County is about 61% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.

A staff of 85.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.6:1. Across high schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.8:1.

Among Illinois public high schools, Lakes Community High School outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.

Lake County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $110,416 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Lake County number 214, with about 118,032 students.

Oakland Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Lakes Community High School, there are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES assigns Lakes Community High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,325 to 1,334.

This page collects posts and questions about Lakes Community High School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.