An equity score of 29/100 ranks Lake Zurich Cusd 95 #569 of 759 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,006 per pupil, Lake Zurich Cusd 95 ranks #234 of 845 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,626
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$20,006
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 $20,006 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 845 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 29/100, ranked #569 of 759 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in 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 dominant concentration means Lake Zurich Cusd 95-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
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 (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Lake Zurich Cusd 95 chronic absenteeism rate is 11.0% — low (typically 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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.