An equity score of 49/100 ranks Lake Forest Chsd 115 #127 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $40,042 per pupil, Lake Forest Chsd 115 ranks #5 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,438
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$40,042
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Forest Chsd 115 operates 1 public schools serving 1,438 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $40,042 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 85 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 76.9% local, 20.5% state, and 2.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 49/100, ranked #127 of 759 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 194.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 9.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.4% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino, 5.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lake Forest High School, enrolling 1,359 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lake Forest High School accounts for 94.5% of all Lake Forest Chsd 115 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lake Forest Chsd 115 a distant remainder — means Lake Forest Chsd 115-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Lake Forest Chsd 115 student-counselor ratio is 194:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Lake Forest Chsd 115 chronic absenteeism rate is 9.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.