Best Public Schools in Round Lake, IL

The city of Round Lake, Illinois is home to 5 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 2 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 high school. The data reveals significant disparities in educational quality and outcomes across the Round Lake schools, with Park East School standing out as a high-performing outlier, while other schools in the Round Lake CUSD 116 district struggle with low academic proficiency and high chronic absenteeism rates.

Park East School, an elementary school in the Grayslake CCSD 46 district, is the top-performing school in the area, with 61.2% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 49% in Math, significantly outpacing the district and state averages. In contrast, Magee Middle School and Village Elementary School have particularly low proficiency rates, with less than 20% of students proficient in ELA and less than 10% in Math.

Across the district, high rates of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, ranging from 29.06% at Park West School to 85.59% at Magee Middle School, suggest that many students are coming from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, which likely contributes to the academic challenges faced by the schools. Additionally, chronic absenteeism rates are high, from 17.0% at Park West School to 38.5% at Round Lake Senior High School, pointing to potential issues with student engagement and the school climate.