Round Lake Senior High School

Round Lake Senior High School operates as a well-populated high school in Round Lake, Illinois, part of Round Lake CUSD 116. Current enrollment sits at 2,194 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 163% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Round Lake CUSD 116 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 6,473 students; Round Lake Senior High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Round Lake Senior High School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%; the rest is composed of 9% White, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 155 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 85% of students at Round Lake Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Round Lake Senior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.8%.

In the area at large, Lake County reports that median household income runs about $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), Round Lake Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Magee Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Round Lake Senior High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 19.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Round Lake Senior High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 2,157 (now 2,194). White enrollment moved from 13% to 9% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Round Lake Senior High School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.