Lakes Community High School

Lakes Community High School operates as a sprawling secondary school in Lake Villa, Illinois, run under CHSD 117. Current enrollment sits at 1,334 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 60% above the state mean of about 834.

Across the 2 schools in CHSD 117 (2,647 students total), Lakes Community High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Lakes Community High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Lakes Community High School is one.

The closest other public school is Oakland Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakes Community High School.

Lakes Community High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,359 students in 2018 compared to 1,334 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 71% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.