Wauconda Grade School

Wauconda Grade School is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Wauconda, Illinois, operated by Wauconda CUSD 118, enrolling 421 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Wauconda CUSD 118 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,186 students; Wauconda Grade School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Wauconda Grade School reports that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 46% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Wauconda Grade School reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wauconda Grade School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 50.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate 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%. Wauconda Grade School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wauconda Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wauconda Grade School. On composite proficiency, Wauconda Grade School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wauconda Grade School has ticked down 31%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 44% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Wauconda Grade School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.