Village Elementary School

Village Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school in Round Lake, Illinois, operated by Round Lake CUSD 116. The school hosts 433 students in grades 3 through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Village Elementary School records that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 12% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lake County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Village Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.4%, the actual is 23.7%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Lake County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), of which Village Elementary School is one.

Magee Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Village Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

Village Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Village Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 428 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 17% to 12% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Village Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.