An equity score of 33/100 ranks Lake Zurich Cusd 95 #490 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,905 per pupil, Lake Zurich Cusd 95 ranks #181 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,626
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$19,905
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Zurich Cusd 95 operates 8 public schools serving 5,626 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $19,905 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 72.5% local, 23.9% state, and 3.6% 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 33/100, ranked #490 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 519.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.3% White, 10.2% Asian, 9.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is May Whitney Elem School, with a diversity index of 49.9/100.
Its largest campus is Lake Zurich High School, enrolling 1,839 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sarah Adams Elementary School, at 429 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lake Zurich High School accounts for 31.9% of all Lake Zurich Cusd 95 student enrollment
That concentration means Lake Zurich Cusd 95-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Lake Zurich Cusd 95 school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities
Lake Zurich Cusd 95 school enrollment ranges from 429 students (lowest) to 1,839 students (highest), a spread of 1,410 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Lake Zurich Cusd 95 student-counselor ratio is 520:1: well above typical (strongly associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Values this far above the benchmark warrant a closer look at the underlying sub-units rather than treating the aggregate as representative.
Lake Zurich Cusd 95 chronic absenteeism rate is 11.0%: well below typical (strongly associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 the benchmark often reflect a distinctive local circumstance rather than ordinary scale differences.