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Enrollment
677
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ZURICH CUSD 95·NCES 172190002462
May Whitney Elementary School
200 Church St, Lake Zurich, IL 60047 · (847) 438-2351 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
188 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
80.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.1% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.1% | 59.9% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like May Whitney Elementary School
May Whitney Elementary School's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Whitney Elementary School this school | 677 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
| Conley Elementary School Algonquin | 598 | 23.4% | 63.8% |
| Martin Elementary School Lake in the Hills | 776 | 28.1% | 58.8% |
| Chesak Elementary School Lake in the Hills | 643 | 26.9% | N/A |
| Walkers Grove Elementary School Plainfield | 634 | 21.8% | 74.0% |
| Mackeben Elementary School Algonquin | 522 | 22.8% | N/A |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where May Whitney Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #80 of 1,925 | #4 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #130 of 2,077 ▲ 27 | #15 of 102 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #135 of 2,077 ▲ 10 | #17 of 102 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #150 of 2,419 | #8 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #622 of 2,035 | #59 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #930 of 2,042 | #65 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #1,822 of 2,132 | #69 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.3% | #109 of 615 | #9 of 37 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
677
+183 (+37%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 677 | 55.5 | 12.2:1 | 28% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 52.7 | 13.0:1 | 26% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 49.7 | 13.2:1 | 20% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 18% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 17% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 38 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 28 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for May Whitney Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (558 to 677); teachers up 39% (40 to 55.5).
About May Whitney Elementary School
May Whitney Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school located in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 677 students. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 78% bigger than average.
Lake Zurich CUSD 95 runs May Whitney Elementary School along with 7 other schools, enrolling 5,772 students in total.
White students make up a majority at May Whitney Elementary School, at 68%. Next come 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 4% multiracial. May Whitney Elementary School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 55.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 12.2:1 here. Around 28% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 26 points below the 54% average for public schools in Lake County.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, May Whitney Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, May Whitney Elementary School is in the top 10% of Illinois schools: 74.0% actual against 55.5% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lake County, the median household income is $110,416, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. May Whitney Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from May Whitney Elementary School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Lake Zurich High School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, May Whitney Elementary School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 677 students in 2024-25, 183 more than the 494 it had in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Zurich CUSD 95
- Lake Zurich High SchoolHigh · 1,839 students
- Lake Zurich Middle - N CampusMiddle · 697 students
- Lake Zurich Middle - S CampusMiddle · 599 students
- Isaac Fox Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Spencer Loomis Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Seth Paine Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
Other schools in Lake Zurich
- Lake Zurich High SchoolHigh · 1,839 students
- Lake Zurich Middle - S CampusMiddle · 599 students
- Isaac Fox Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Sarah Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 429 students
- Lake Zurich CUSD 95 Young Adult CHigh
Nearby schools
- Lake Zurich High School0.4 mi · 1,839
- Sarah Adams Elementary School1.0 mi · 429
- Seth Paine Elementary School1.2 mi · 495
- Lake Zurich Middle - S Campus1.7 mi · 599
- Isaac Fox Elementary School1.7 mi · 520
- Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus1.8 mi · 697
Frequently asked questions
About May Whitney Elementary SchoolHow large is May Whitney Elementary School?
May Whitney Elementary School enrolls approximately 677 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does May Whitney Elementary School serve?
May Whitney Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at May Whitney Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at May Whitney Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (56 FTE teachers).
How diverse is May Whitney Elementary School?
May Whitney Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is May Whitney Elementary School public or private?
May Whitney Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Zurich CUSD 95.
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