Lake Bluff ESD 65

Public school district · Lake County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1721720

Lake Bluff ESD 65 spent $25,610 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 93% of the other Illinois districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $16,409). Its 2 schools enrolled 877 students in 2024-25; 20.9% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $26,375 per student, up 3.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Lake Bluff ESD 65 in enrollment (848 to 867 students) and Lake Bluff ESD 65 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Lake Bluff ESD 65, FY23Lake Bluff ESD 65 $25,610; Centralia HSD 200 $21,043; Rochelle Township High School $20,359; Rock Falls Elementary $18,477; Rantoul Township High School District 193 $18,173; New Berlin CUSD 16 $16,260; Trico CUSD 176 $15,421; Midwest Central CUSD 191 $14,675; Salt Fork CUSD 512 $14,564; Oakwood CUSD 76 $12,975; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k15k20k25k30kLake Bluff ESD 65$25,610Centralia HSD 200$21,043Rochelle Township High School$20,359Rock Falls Elementary$18,477Rantoul Township High School D…$18,173New Berlin CUSD 16$16,260Trico CUSD 176$15,421Midwest Central CUSD 191$14,675Salt Fork CUSD 512$14,564Oakwood CUSD 76$12,975State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Lake Bluff ESD 65, FY23Lake Bluff ESD 65 $25,610; Centralia HSD 200 $21,043; Rochelle Township High School $20,359; Rock Falls Elementary $18,477; Rantoul Township High School District 193 $18,173; New Berlin CUSD 16 $16,260; Trico CUSD 176 $15,421; Midwest Central CUSD 191 $14,675; Salt Fork CUSD 512 $14,564; Oakwood CUSD 76 $12,975; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k15k20k25k30kLake Bluff ESD 65$25,610Centralia HSD 200$21,043Rochelle Township High School$20,359Rock Falls Elementary$18,477Rantoul Township High School Distri…$18,173New Berlin CUSD 16$16,260Trico CUSD 176$15,421Midwest Central CUSD 191$14,675Salt Fork CUSD 512$14,564Oakwood CUSD 76$12,975State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Lake Bluff ESD 65, FY23Lake Bluff ESD 65 $25,610; Centralia HSD 200 $21,043; Rochelle Township High School $20,359; Rock Falls Elementary $18,477; Rantoul Township High School District 193 $18,173; New Berlin CUSD 16 $16,260; Trico CUSD 176 $15,421; Midwest Central CUSD 191 $14,675; Salt Fork CUSD 512 $14,564; Oakwood CUSD 76 $12,975; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k20k30kLake Bluff ESD 65$25,610Centralia HSD 200$21,043Rochelle Township High School$20,359Rock Falls Elementary$18,477Rantoul Township High School District 193$18,173New Berlin CUSD 16$16,260Trico CUSD 176$15,421Midwest Central CUSD 191$14,675Salt Fork CUSD 512$14,564Oakwood CUSD 76$12,975State median, under 1,000 students $16,409
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Lake Bluff ESD 65, FY23Lake Bluff ESD 65 $25,610; Centralia HSD 200 $21,043; Rochelle Township High School $20,359; Rock Falls Elementary $18,477; Rantoul Township High School District 193 $18,173; New Berlin CUSD 16 $16,260; Trico CUSD 176 $15,421; Midwest Central CUSD 191 $14,675; Salt Fork CUSD 512 $14,564; Oakwood CUSD 76 $12,975; State median, under 1,000 students $16,409.10k20k30kLake Bluff ESD 65$25,610Centralia HSD 200$21,043Rochelle Township High School$20,359Rock Falls Elementary$18,477Rantoul Township High School District 1…$18,173New Berlin CUSD 16$16,260Trico CUSD 176$15,421Midwest Central CUSD 191$14,675Salt Fork CUSD 512$14,564Oakwood CUSD 76$12,975State median, under 1,000 students $16,409

Where the money came from

$26,652,000 in revenue: 20.9% state, 77.1% local and 1.9% federal. Total spending including $656,000 of capital outlay was $23,820,000, or $27,762 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Lake Bluff ESD 65 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $5,579,000; Local $20,557,000; Federal $516,000; total $26,652,000.
  • State$5,579,000 21%
  • Local$20,557,000 77%
  • Federal$516,000 2%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 468 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

858 students in 2022-23, 881 students in 2023-24, 877 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Lake Bluff ESD 65 enrollment by school year2022-23: 858, 2023-24: 881, 2024-25: 87702505007501k2022-238582023-248812024-25877
Lake Bluff ESD 65 enrollment by school year2022-23: 858, 2023-24: 881, 2024-25: 87702505007501k2022-238582023-248812024-25877
Lake Bluff ESD 65 enrollment by school year2022-23: 858, 2023-24: 881, 2024-25: 87702505007501k2022-238582023-248812024-25877
Lake Bluff ESD 65 enrollment by school year2022-23: 858, 2023-24: 881, 2024-25: 87702505007501k2022-238582023-248812024-25877

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2385880.110.7
2023-2488179.611.1
2024-2587782.510.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Lake Bluff ESD 65 scored proficient or above: 51% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts51%29.9%574

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

1 elementary school, 572 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Lake Bluff Elementary School57211.0not reportedTargeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 305 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Lake Bluff Middle School30510.0not reportedTargeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Lake Bluff ESD 65

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Lake Bluff ESD 65

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentLake Bluff ESD 65 ranks 35 of 468 Illinois districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($25,610).#35 of 468
  2. Every school district in IllinoisLake Bluff ESD 65 is the number 440 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 858 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#440 of 865
  3. New Berlin CUSD 16The next larger Illinois district: 861 students in fall 2022, $16,260 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$16,260
  4. Rantoul Township High School District 193The next smaller Illinois district: 848 students in fall 2022, $18,173 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,173
  5. Compare Lake Bluff ESD 65 with New Berlin CUSD 16Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Lake Bluff ESD 65

  1. How many schools and students are in Lake Bluff ESD 65?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 middle), enrolling 877 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Lake Bluff ESD 65 spend per student?
    $25,610 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,409 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $26,375 per student, up 3.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Lake Bluff ESD 65's money come from?
    $26,652,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 20.9% state, 77.1% local and 1.9% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Lake Bluff ESD 65 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 40 of the 1,040 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 3.8%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Lake Bluff ESD 65 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Lake Bluff ESD 65 scored proficient or above: 51% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Lake Bluff ESD 65's NCES district ID?
    1721720. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

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

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