McKenzie Elem School

McKenzie Elem School is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Wilmette, Illinois, one of the schools within Wilmette SD 39, enrolling 461 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

Wilmette SD 39 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,288 students; McKenzie Elem School is among them.

On demographics, McKenzie Elem School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest comes out to 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cook County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), McKenzie Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Willard Elem School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McKenzie Elem School.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 446 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 8% to 3% across the same window.

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