LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr

LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in Waukegan, Illinois, one of the schools within LEARN John and Kathy Schreiber Ch, hosting 519 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 36% above typical.

LEARN John and Kathy Schreiber Ch is the operating authority for LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr logs that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 9% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Lake County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 23.1%; this one delivers 45.6%, a residual of +22.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household earnings sit near $110,416, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Glen Flora Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 19.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a public charter, LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Chrtr has rose 33%, going from 391 students in 2018 to 519 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 73% to 88%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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