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Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Shields Township and Lake Bluff, and parts of North Chicago.

Shields Township’s School Grade B+ better than 74% of Illinois school districts

Students
877
Schools
2
Spent per student
$26,375
IL $21,567
Students per teacher
11:1
Debt
$12.2M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65

  • Its letter, A: results better than 93% of Illinois districts
  • Math proficiency 29 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 21 pts above the state
  • Spends 22% more per student than the IL average
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Debt of $12.2M, about $13,950 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 93% of the 887 Illinois school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
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The towns it serves, and their School Grades
B+Shields Township 41,282A+Lake Bluff 5,563

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Shields Township. Grade by grade →

PK–53 elementary schoolsThis district
6–83 middle schoolsNorth Chicago School District 187
9–12Lake Forest High SchoolLake Forest Community High School District 115

Test scores vs. IL

2020–21 · 2021–22
Math proficiency50–59%
State average 25.8% · 36 students tested
Reading / language arts51%
State average 29.9% · 574 students tested

Graduation rate 98% at Lake Forest CHSD 115, which runs the high school (state 87.6%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$26,375 per student · 22% above IL
Spending
Classroom instruction 57%Support & administration 41%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 77%State 21%Federal 2%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
868’20
863’21
858’22
881’23
877’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 74%Hispanic 14%Asian 6%Two or more races 5%Black <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools.

Lake Bluff Elem Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lake Bluff
A+
572 students11:1
Lake Bluff Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lake Bluff
A
305 students10:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Libertyville Community High School District 128Green Oaks, Libertyville Township, Waukegan
$33,792per student
Oak Grove School District 68Green Oaks, Libertyville Township
$25,292per student
Lake Forest Community High School District 115Lake Forest, West Deerfield Township
$43,306per student
Lake Forest School District 67Lake Forest, West Deerfield Township
$31,053per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Illinois.