NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Grayslake, IL

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7 public K-12 schools in Grayslake from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
5,125
Students
46.1/100
Avg Resource Index
14.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Grayslake has more public-school enrollment than 56% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Grayslake sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Grayslake's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 18-point gap between Grayslake Central High School and Woodview School shows the range hidden by Grayslake's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 44%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
75th percentile
Teacher staffing
63rd percentile

Grayslake Central High School accounts for 26.8% of all Grayslake public-school enrollment

That concentration means Grayslake-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Grayslake school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities

Grayslake school enrollment ranges from 351 students (lowest) to 1,375 students (highest), a spread of 1,024 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Grayslake student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Grayslake is typically wider than the Grayslake-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Grayslake's 7 listed schools are charters

14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Grayslake Central High School 53
2. Prairie Crossing Charter School 51
3. Grayslake North High School 48
4. Meadowview School 48
5. Frederick School 46
6. Grayslake Middle School 42
7. Woodview School 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Grayslake

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Grayslake North High School 62.6/100
  2. 2 Meadowview School 61.5/100
  3. 3 Frederick School 61.4/100
  4. 4 Grayslake Middle School 61.2/100
  5. 5 Grayslake Central High School 60.1/100

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Which Grayslake school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Grayslake Central High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Grayslake schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Grayslake, IL? ▼

Grayslake has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,125 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.