Public schools in Ingleside, IL
Ingleside has 5 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 middle, 3 elementary, enrolling 2,445 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Big Hollow School District runs 3 of them.
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method
The 2 districts and agencies that run Ingleside's public schools
Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.
| District | Schools in Ingleside | District students, fall 2022 | Spending per student, FY23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hollow School District | 3 | 1,744 | $15,231 |
| Gavin SD 37 | 2 | 778 | $15,247 |
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.
2 middle schools in Ingleside, 1,069 students
| School | Students 2024‑25 | Per teacher | Free lunch | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hollow Middle School | 744 | 13.8 | not reported | Big Hollow |
| Gavin South Middle School | 325 | 12.8 | All free (CEP) | Gavin SD 37 |
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.
3 elementary schools in Ingleside, 1,376 students
| School | Students 2024‑25 | Per teacher | Free lunch | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hollow Elementary School | 522 | 12.5 | not reported | Big Hollow |
| Gavin Central Elementary School | 467 | 14.8 | All free (CEP) | Gavin SD 37 |
| Big Hollow Primary School | 387 | 11.9 | not reported | Big Hollow |
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 Ingleside's public schools compare with Illinois's
The median Ingleside school has 12.8 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Illinois median of 13.1. 40% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 54% across the state. Its median school enrolls 467 students (state 374).
| Ingleside | Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| Median students per teacher | 12.8 | 13.1 |
| Median school size (students) | 467 | 374 |
| Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22) | 40% | 54% |
| Schools where every student eats free (CEP) | 40% | 53% |
| Charter schools | 0% | 3.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 5 Ingleside 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 Ingleside
- Big Hollow School DistrictRuns 3 of Ingleside's 5 public schools and spent $15,231 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,231
- Compare Big Hollow School District with Gavin SD 37Ingleside's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
- The largest public schools in IllinoisIllinois's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
- Find the school district for an Ingleside 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.
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Questions about schools in Ingleside
How many public schools are in Ingleside, IL?
5 public schools with an address in Ingleside were open in 2024-25: 2 middle, 3 elementary, enrolling 2,445 students.Which districts run Ingleside's schools?
Big Hollow School District (3 schools), Gavin SD 37 (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