The Joseph Sears School

The Joseph Sears School is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Kenilworth, Illinois, part of Kenilworth SD 38, works with 471 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so The Joseph Sears School sits 24% bigger than that benchmark.

The Joseph Sears School is a school of Kenilworth SD 38, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, The Joseph Sears School records that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 6% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting The Joseph Sears School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), The Joseph Sears School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: New Trier Township H S Winnetka, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Joseph Sears School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at The Joseph Sears School has rose 4%, going from 451 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.