Millburn Elem School

Located at 18550 W Millburn Rd, in Old Mill Creek, Illinois, Millburn Elem School is a well-populated elementary campus that educates 711 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Millburn CCSD 24. That puts it 87% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Millburn CCSD 24 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,099 students. Millburn Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Millburn Elem School records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Millburn Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.7%; this one delivers 63.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Lake County shows median household income runs about $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. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Millburn Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Millburn Middle School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Millburn Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 733 students in 2018 compared to 711 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 73% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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