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LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus
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Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus
Located at 3131 Sheridan Rd, in Great Lakes, Illinois, LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that serves 503 students (grades K through 8), part of North Chicago SD 187. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus sits 32% bigger than that benchmark.
North Chicago SD 187 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,637 students. LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus is one of those campuses.
On demographics, LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest is composed of 23% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.4%; this one delivers 44.0%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Lake County shows median household income runs about $110,416, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Lake County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), of which LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus is one.
Nearest neighbor: LEARN 10 Charter School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 16.2%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. As a public charter, LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Over the past 7-year window. LEARN Chtr Sch 6 N Chicago Campus's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 503). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 47% to 61%.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Lake County at a glance
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