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Schools in Lake in the Hills · Community High School District 155, Community Unit School District 300

Lake in the Hills’s public schools outscore 74% of Illinois districts

In Lake in the Hills, 30% of tested students are proficient in math, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the four public school districts serving Lake in the Hills, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

#228of 768 Illinois townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
32%
▲ 2 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
30%
▲ 4 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
96%
▲ 8 pts vs IL 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.2K
▼ 16% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Community Unit School District 300
Students per teacher
14.3
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
38,730 students on the public path
In brief

Lake in the Hills’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 750 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Lake in the Hills’s, its schools beat 69%, lower than their 74% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on both counts

Reading proficiency is 32% and math 30% across its districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 96% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

Community High School District 155 spends $25,105 per student and Community Unit School District 300 $18,172, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

30 elementary schools, then ten middle and eight high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Lake in the Hills’s grade

B+ Test scoresA Graduation

B+: better than 74% of Illinois school districts, #228 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; graduation is the stronger of the two.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 74%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (750)Better than 69%
B+A−A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 18,241 test results and a graduating class of 1,753 could put Lake in the Hills anywhere from B+ to A−. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Lake in the Hills’s students in the tested grades sat them (15,544 in math, 20,939 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Lake in the Hills, with each school’s own grade.

30 schools teach K in Lake in the Hills’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A, so check the specific school.
Westfield Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Algonquin
B+
1,287 students14:1Rate it →
Leggee Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Huntley
A
877 students13:1Rate it →
Liberty Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Carpentersville
B+
749 students16:1Rate it →
Gary D Wright Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hampshire
B−
742 students18:1Rate it →
Gilberts Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Gilberts
B+
729 students16:1Rate it →
Chesak Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–2
643 students13:1Rate it →
North Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
B
638 students13:1Rate it →
Coventry Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
B
629 students13:1Rate it →
Lakewood School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Carpentersville
D
590 students16:1Rate it →
Parkview Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Carpentersville
C
552 students14:1Rate it →
Mackeben Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Algonquin
522 students14:1Rate it →
West Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
A−
520 students15:1Rate it →
Husmann Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
A−
518 students15:1Rate it →
Lake in the Hills Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lk In The Hls
C+
502 students15:1Rate it →
Indian Prairie Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Crystal Lake
B+
496 students13:1Rate it →
Woods Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
A−
489 students12:1Rate it →
Canterbury Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
C+
486 students13:1Rate it →
Lincoln Prairie Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lake In The Hills
B+
479 students14:1Rate it →
Big Timber Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Hampshire
451 students12:1Rate it →
Hampshire Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Hampshire
C+
446 students15:1Rate it →
Kenneth E Neubert Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Algonquin
A−
445 students12:1Rate it →
Sleepy Hollow Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Sleepy Hollow
A−
424 students14:1Rate it →
Meadowdale Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Carpentersville
C−
421 students14:1Rate it →
Algonquin Lakes Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Algonquin
A−
408 students13:1Rate it →
Eastview Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Algonquin
A−
401 students10:1Rate it →
Golfview Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Carpentersville
D
401 students13:1Rate it →
Dundee Highlands Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Dundee
B+
396 students15:1Rate it →
South Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
A−
390 students11:1Rate it →
Glacier Ridge Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Crystal Lake
A
360 students10:1Rate it →
Perry Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Carpentersville
D−
278 students11:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
K–530 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A
6–810 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC− to A−
9–128 high schoolsDepends on your addressB− to A

To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Four districts serve Lake in the Hills

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Community High School District 155Grades 9–12 · 4 schools · 5,203 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 16.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$25,105IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Community Unit School District 300Grades PK–12 · 27 schools · 20,705 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 14.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,172IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Huntley Consolidated School District 158Grades PK–12 · 9 schools · 8,401 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 14.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,513IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47Grades PK–8 · 12 schools · 6,889 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$17,506IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Community High School District 15539%
State average 29.9% · 1327 students tested
Math · 9–12, Community High School District 15541%
State average 25.8% · 1463 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Community Unit School District 30027%
State average 29.9% · 10558 students tested
Math · PK–12, Community Unit School District 30024%
State average 25.8% · 7416 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Huntley Consolidated School District 15844%
State average 29.9% · 4430 students tested
Math · PK–12, Huntley Consolidated School District 15837%
State average 25.8% · 3612 students tested
Reading · PK–8, Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 4731%
State average 29.9% · 4624 students tested
Math · PK–8, Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 4732%
State average 25.8% · 3053 students tested

Lake in the Hills vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Lake in the Hills’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lake in the HillsB+Community Unit School District 300 PK–12 · Huntley Consolidated School District 158 PK–12 · Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 PK–8
Crystal LakeB+Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 PK–8 · Community High School District 155 9–12
AlgonquinB+Community Unit School District 300
HuntleyAHuntley Consolidated School District 158
CaryA−Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 PK–8 · Community High School District 155 9–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Community High School District 155 with Lake in the Hills for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Lake in the Hills

47 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Lake in the Hillsin other towns
Westfield Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Algonquin
B+
1,287 students14:1Rate it →
Liberty Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Carpentersville
B+
749 students16:1Rate it →
Gary D Wright Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hampshire
B−
742 students18:1Rate it →
Gilberts Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Gilberts
B+
729 students16:1Rate it →
Lakewood School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Carpentersville
D
590 students16:1Rate it →
Indian Prairie Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Crystal Lake
B+
496 students13:1Rate it →
Lincoln Prairie Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lake In The Hills
B+
479 students14:1Rate it →
Eastview Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Algonquin
A−
401 students10:1Rate it →
Glacier Ridge Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Crystal Lake
A
360 students10:1Rate it →
Leggee Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Huntley
A
877 students13:1Rate it →
Chesak Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–2
643 students13:1Rate it →
North Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
B
638 students13:1Rate it →
Coventry Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
B
629 students13:1Rate it →
Parkview Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Carpentersville
C
552 students14:1Rate it →
Mackeben Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Algonquin
522 students14:1Rate it →
West Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
A−
520 students15:1Rate it →
Husmann Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
A−
518 students15:1Rate it →
Lake in the Hills Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lk In The Hls
C+
502 students15:1Rate it →
Woods Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
A−
489 students12:1Rate it →
Canterbury Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
C+
486 students13:1Rate it →
Big Timber Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Hampshire
451 students12:1Rate it →
Hampshire Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Hampshire
C+
446 students15:1Rate it →
Kenneth E Neubert Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Algonquin
A−
445 students12:1Rate it →
Sleepy Hollow Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Sleepy Hollow
A−
424 students14:1Rate it →
Meadowdale Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Carpentersville
C−
421 students14:1Rate it →
Algonquin Lakes Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Algonquin
A−
408 students13:1Rate it →
Golfview Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Carpentersville
D
401 students13:1Rate it →
Dundee Highlands Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Dundee
B+
396 students15:1Rate it →
South Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Crystal Lake
A−
390 students11:1Rate it →
Perry Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Carpentersville
D−
278 students11:1Rate it →
Marlowe Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
B+
1,215 students14:1Rate it →
Dundee Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Dundee
B+
1,144 students15:1Rate it →
Carpentersville Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Carpentersville
C−
1,142 students13:1Rate it →
Hannah Beardsley Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Crystal Lake
B+
829 students14:1Rate it →
Hampshire Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Hampshire
B−
821 students15:1Rate it →
Lundahl Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Crystal Lake
B+
797 students13:1Rate it →
Richard F Bernotas Middle Sch
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Crystal Lake
A−
737 students11:1Rate it →
Heineman Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Algonquin
B
724 students13:1Rate it →
Algonquin Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Algonquin
B
370 students9:1Rate it →
Huntley High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Huntley
A
2,804 students16:1Rate it →
Dundee-Crown High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Carpentersville
B−
2,573 students15:1Rate it →
Harry D Jacobs High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Algonquin
A−
2,056 students15:1Rate it →
Hampshire High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Hampshire
B+
2,046 students17:1Rate it →
Crystal Lake Central High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Crystal Lake
B+
1,443 students17:1Rate it →
Cary-Grove Community High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Cary
A
1,348 students18:1Rate it →
Crystal Lake South High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Crystal Lake
A−
1,279 students16:1Rate it →
Prairie Ridge High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Crystal Lake
A
1,133 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Lake in the Hills’s schools

Are Lake in the Hills’s schools good?

By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Lake in the Hills children attend outscore 74% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade, #228 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 69%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Lake in the Hills in?

Community High School District 155, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 5,203 students in 4 schools (2024–25).

Where do Lake in the Hills kids go to high school?

One of 8 high schools, depending on your address: Huntley High School, Dundee-Crown High School, Harry D Jacobs High School, Hampshire High School, Crystal Lake Central High School, Cary-Grove Community High School, Crystal Lake South High School and Prairie Ridge High School.

What is Lake in the Hills’s graduation rate?

96% of the class of 2023 in Community Unit School District 300 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Lake in the Hills spend per student?

$25,105 in Community High School District 155, $18,172 in Community Unit School District 300, $18,513 in Huntley Consolidated School District 158 and $17,506 in Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.