Spaulding Elementary School

Set in Gurnee, Illinois, Spaulding Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, run under Gurnee SD 56. It instructs 450 students across grades pre-K through 2.

Gurnee SD 56 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,836 students; Spaulding Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Spaulding Elementary School records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Black, 17% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $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), Spaulding Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Oakdale Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spaulding Elementary School has shrank 9%, going from 493 students in 2018 to 450 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 28% to 17% over that span.

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