Park West School

Park West School, a low-enrollment middle school in Round Lake, Illinois, operated by Grayslake CCSD 46, instructs 321 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Park West School sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Grayslake CCSD 46 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,650 students; Park West School is among them.

Demographically, Park West School reports that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 26% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Park West School reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Lake County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Park West School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.5%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of -0.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $110,416, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Park West School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Park East School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Park West School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Park West School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Park West School's enrollment has declined 24% since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 321). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 51% to 46%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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