Public schools in Crystal Lake, IL

Crystal Lake has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 11,653 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47 runs 12 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Crystal Lake's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Crystal LakeDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47127,109$16,871
Chsd 15535,405$23,700
Prairie Grove Consolidated School District 462813$19,692

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Crystal Lake, 3,855 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Crystal Lake Central High School1,44316.9not reportedChsd 155
Crystal Lake South High School1,27916.5not reportedChsd 155
Prairie Ridge High School1,13316.4not reportedChsd 155

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Crystal Lake, 2,720 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hannah Beardsley Middle School82914.1not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Lundahl Middle School79713.3not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Richard F Bernotas Middle School73711.4not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Prairie Grove Junior High School35710.8not reportedPrairie Grove Consolidated

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Crystal Lake, 5,078 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
North Elementary School63812.9not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Coventry Elementary School62913.1not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Prairie Grove Elementary School55213.0not reportedPrairie Grove Consolidated
West Elementary School52014.5not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Husmann Elementary School51814.6not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Indian Prairie Elementary School49612.6not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Woods Creek Elementary School48912.1not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Canterbury Elementary School48612.9not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
South Elementary School39010.9not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated
Glacier Ridge Elementary School3609.9not reportedCrystal Lake Consolidated

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Crystal Lake's public schools compare with Illinois's

The median Crystal Lake school has 13.0 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Illinois median of 13.1. 24% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 54% across the state. Its median school enrolls 552 students (state 374).

Crystal Lake against Illinois, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Crystal LakeIllinois
Median students per teacher13.013.1
Median school size (students)552374
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)24%54%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%53%
Charter schools0%3.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Crystal Lake schools and the 3,817 Illinois schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Crystal Lake

  1. Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47Runs 12 of Crystal Lake's 17 public schools and spent $16,871 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$16,871
  2. Crystal Lake Central High School, the largest high school in Crystal Lake1,443 students in 2024-25, 16.9 per teacher.1,443
  3. Compare Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47 with Chsd 155Crystal Lake's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IllinoisIllinois's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Crystal Lake addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Illinois

  1. Chicago629 schools
  2. Aurora47 schools
  3. Rockford44 schools
  4. Naperville41 schools
  5. Peoria33 schools
  6. Joliet31 schools
  7. Springfield31 schools
  8. Plainfield29 schools

Questions about schools in Crystal Lake

  1. How many public schools are in Crystal Lake, IL?
    17 public schools with an address in Crystal Lake were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 11,653 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Crystal Lake?
    Crystal Lake Central High School, with 1,443 students in 2024-25 (Chsd 155).
  3. Which districts run Crystal Lake's schools?
    Crystal Lake Consolidated School District 47 (12 schools), Chsd 155 (3 schools), Prairie Grove Consolidated School District 46 (2 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .