May Whitney Elem School

May Whitney Elem School is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in Lake Zurich, Illinois, run under Lake Zurich CUSD 95, serveing 677 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 78% larger than the state mean of about 381.

May Whitney Elem School is one of 8 schools operated by Lake Zurich CUSD 95, a district that serves 5,772 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, May Whitney Elem School reports that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, May Whitney Elem School shows 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting May Whitney Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lake County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, May Whitney Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.5%; May Whitney Elem School posts 74.0%, +18.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $110,416, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 May Whitney Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Lake Zurich High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around May Whitney Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), May Whitney Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 75.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at May Whitney Elem School has rose 21%, going from 558 students in 2018 to 677 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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