Lyon Elem School

As a mid-sized primary school in Glenview, Illinois, Lyon Elem School serves 454 students from grades pre-K through 2, one of the schools within Glenview CCSD 34.

Glenview CCSD 34 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,287 students; Lyon Elem School is among them.

Demographically, Lyon Elem School logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Lyon Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pleasant Ridge Elem School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lyon Elem School.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Lyon Elem School's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 454). White enrollment moved from 81% to 62% across the same window.

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