Willow Grove Early Learning Center

Willow Grove Early Learning Center is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The school counts 360 students across pre-K through kindergarten.

Willow Grove Early Learning Center is run by Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96, whose 7 schools enroll 3,419 students.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Willow Grove Early Learning Center. The largest is White students, at 46%. Smaller groups are 42% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lake County is roughly 61% White. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Willow Grove Early Learning Center operates with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1.

Willow Grove Early Learning Center is located in Lake County, where the median household income is $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Willow Grove Early Learning Center is one of 214 public schools in the county.

The nearest public school is Ivy Hall Elementary School, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

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.

Enrollment was 240 in 2020-21 and 360 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves.

Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.