Lotus School

Lotus School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Spring Grove, Illinois, operated by Fox Lake GSD 114. Current enrollment sits at 345 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Fox Lake GSD 114 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 600 students; Lotus School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lotus School reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Lotus School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 57% of students at Lotus School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lotus School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lake County) records that median household earnings sit near $110,416, 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 Lotus School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Grass Lake Elem School, around 2.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lotus School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 28%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.