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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ZURICH CUSD 95·NCES 172190004411
Sarah Adams Elementary School
555 Old Mill Grove Rd, Lake Zurich, IL 60047 · (847) 438-5986 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
115 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
78.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
70.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.1% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 73.6% | 64.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sarah Adams Elementary School
Sarah Adams Elementary School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Adams Elementary School this school | 429 | 26.8% | 72.8% |
| Seth Paine Elementary School Hawthorn Woods | 495 | 29.3% | 74.4% |
| Woods Creek Elementary School Crystal Lake | 489 | 22.7% | 54.6% |
| Prairieland Elementary School Normal | 450 | 22.2% | 60.4% |
| Kenneth E Neubert Elementary School Algonquin | 445 | 30.3% | 61.3% |
| Woodland Elementary School Edwardsville | 417 | 27.3% | 56.5% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sarah Adams Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #91 of 1,925 | #5 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #211 of 2,077 ▼ 105 | #27 of 102 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #175 of 2,077 ▼ 113 | #24 of 102 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #856 of 2,419 | #60 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #555 of 2,035 | #47 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #1,018 of 2,042 | #68 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #1,834 of 2,132 | #70 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.6% | #156 of 615 | #10 of 37 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
429
+67 (+19%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 429 | 35.7 | 12.0:1 | 27% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 30.4 | 14.0:1 | 28% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 33.6 | 12.0:1 | 20% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 29.1 | 12.7:1 | 20% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 15% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 17% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 33 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 24 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sarah Adams Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (368 to 429); teachers up 23% (29.1 to 35.7).
About Sarah Adams Elementary School
Located in Lake Zurich, Illinois, Sarah Adams Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 429 students across kindergarten through 5.
A total of 8 schools make up Lake Zurich CUSD 95, with 5,772 students enrolled.
At 72%, White students outnumber all other groups at Sarah Adams Elementary School combined. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 61%. The chance that two students picked at random at Sarah Adams Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
The school employs the equivalent of 35.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Sarah Adams Elementary School is 27%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lake County is 54%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Sarah Adams Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Sarah Adams Elementary School scores 16.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 72.8% actual versus 56.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Lake County, median household income is about $110,416, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Sarah Adams Elementary School is among the 214 public schools in Lake County.
The closest public school to Sarah Adams Elementary School is May Whitney Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 75.0%, higher than Sarah Adams Elementary School's 72.8%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 429, 19% above the 362 of 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Zurich CUSD 95
- Lake Zurich High SchoolHigh · 1,839 students
- Lake Zurich Middle - N CampusMiddle · 697 students
- May Whitney Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Lake Zurich Middle - S CampusMiddle · 599 students
- Isaac Fox Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Spencer Loomis Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
Other schools in Lake Zurich
- Lake Zurich High SchoolHigh · 1,839 students
- May Whitney Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Lake Zurich Middle - S CampusMiddle · 599 students
- Isaac Fox Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Lake Zurich CUSD 95 Young Adult CHigh
Nearby schools
- May Whitney Elementary School1.0 mi · 677
- Isaac Fox Elementary School1.1 mi · 520
- Lake Zurich High School1.2 mi · 1,839
- Lake Zurich Middle - S Campus1.2 mi · 599
- Seth Paine Elementary School2.2 mi · 495
- Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus2.7 mi · 697
Frequently asked questions
About Sarah Adams Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sarah Adams Elementary School?
Sarah Adams Elementary School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sarah Adams Elementary School serve?
Sarah Adams Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sarah Adams Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Sarah Adams Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sarah Adams Elementary School?
At Sarah Adams Elementary School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Sarah Adams Elementary School public or private?
Sarah Adams Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Zurich CUSD 95.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.