Is Lyon Magnet Elementary School a good school?

Lyon Magnet Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.7% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Lyon Magnet Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 468 students attended Lyon Magnet Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Lyon Magnet Elementary School?

Students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School are 81% Hispanic, 14% African American, 2% White, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Lyon Magnet Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Lyon Magnet Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : John R Lewis Middle School High : Waukegan High School

Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Summary:

Lyon Magnet Elementary School is a public elementary school in Waukegan, Illinois, serving 468 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Waukegan CUSD 60 district, which is ranked 745 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being a magnet school, Lyon Magnet Elementary struggles academically, with consistently low proficiency rates on state assessments. In 2023-2024, only 7% of students were proficient or better in ELA, and 8.5% in math, significantly lower than the district and state averages. The school's performance is particularly weak for African American, Hispanic, and low-income students. Additionally, Lyon Magnet has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 31.7% to 42.7% in recent years, which may be contributing to its poor academic outcomes.

Interestingly, some nearby schools within the same district, such as Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary, are performing significantly better, with 45.8% of students proficient or better in ELA and 33.9% in math in 2023-2024. This raises questions about the effectiveness of the magnet program at Lyon Magnet Elementary and the school's ability to provide a high-quality education to its students, despite its relatively high per-student spending of $16,311 in 2022-2023.

Detail:

Public K-5

800 S Elmwood Ave
Waukegan, IL 60085-7242

(224) 303-2300

District: Waukegan CUSD 60

SchoolDigger Rank:
1866^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,333

Students who attend Lyon Magnet Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	John R Lewis Middle School
High:	Waukegan High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.9

Number of students: 468

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

81.4%

African American:

14.3%

White:

1.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lyon Magnet Elementary School ranks worse than 90.3% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 12^th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.6. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Lyon Magnet Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lyon Magnet Elementary School is $21,333. 12 elementary schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lyon Magnet Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lyon Magnet Elementary School 1866^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Lyon Magnet Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Waukegan CUSD 60:

SchoolDigger ranks Waukegan CUSD 60 745^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lyon Magnet Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	54.91	1112^th	2020	45.0%
2004	55.06	1117^th	2030	45.0%
2005	53.32	1157^th	2022	42.8%
2006	55.70	1185^th	2086	43.2%
2007	54.43	1216^th	2095	42.0%
2008	21.52	1748^th	2092	16.4%
2009	18.74	1818^th	2120	14.2%
2010	22.58	1783^rd	2139	16.6%
2011	26.50	1726^th	2147	19.6%
2012	22.31	1813^th	2166	16.3%
2013	14.44	1921^st	2167	11.4%
2014	11.61	1917^th	2093	8.4%
2015	11.52	1962^nd	2052	4.4%
2016	14.64	1841^st	2046	10.0%
2017	11.61	1911^th	2044	6.5%
2018	13.50	1869^th	2037	8.2%
2019	21.75	1671^st	2086	19.9%
2021	18.57	1625^th	1948	16.6%
2022	16.15	1810^th	2082	13.1%
2023	12.15	1962^nd	2077	5.5%
2024	14.60	1866^th	2067	9.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.40	660^th	718	8.1%
2019	45.07	371^st	743	50.1%
2021	44.47	229^th	537	57.4%
2022	38.37	473^rd	768	38.4%
2023	22.50	747^th	788	5.2%
2024	31.64	623^rd	826	24.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	27.75	903^rd	1194	24.4%
2023	20.91	1031^st	1156	10.8%
2024	52.65	447^th	1195	62.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.50	1565^th	1765	11.3%
2019	29.19	1398^th	1816	23.0%
2021	29.30	1129^th	1514	25.4%
2022	22.76	1482^nd	1763	15.9%
2023	15.36	1735^th	1808	4.0%
2024	20.56	1575^th	1793	12.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	14.17	1786^th	1964	9.1%
2019	24.14	1572^nd	2019	22.1%
2021	15.77	1503^rd	1680	10.5%
2022	17.67	1682^nd	1970	14.6%
2023	10.43	1917^th	1957	2.0%
2024	16.05	1711^th	1942	11.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	25.30	735^th	907	19.0%
2024	61.26	217^th	886	75.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	14.72	1791^st	1972	9.2%
2019	22.00	1621^st	2019	19.7%
2021	19.41	1418^th	1707	16.9%
2022	16.05	1759^th	1977	11.0%
2023	15.66	1769^th	1984	10.8%
2024	14.67	1776^th	1959	9.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.88	631^st	698	9.6%
2019	24.27	625^th	711	12.1%
2023	19.39	675^th	692	2.5%
2024	19.51	630^th	655	3.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.80	826^th	938	11.9%
2019	32.10	684^th	955	28.4%
2021	32.09	508^th	742	31.5%
2022	24.19	796^th	954	16.6%
2023	17.68	916^th	970	5.6%
2024	22.71	810^th	959	15.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Lyon Magnet Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	90	183	3	39	1	n/a	n/a	0	316
1989	97	183	3	35	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	318
1990	90	202	8	42	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	342
1991	97	211	10	39	0	n/a	n/a	0	357
1992	85	195	16	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	345
1993	69	182	15	44	0	n/a	n/a	0	310
1994	61	195	16	49	0	n/a	n/a	0	321
1995	69	185	10	259	5	n/a	n/a	0	528
1996	69	185	10	259	5	n/a	n/a	0	528
1997	61	166	10	209	0	n/a	n/a	0	446
1998	49	161	13	231	0	n/a	n/a	0	454
1999	32	150	16	265	0	n/a	n/a	0	463
2000	31	154	9	313	0	n/a	n/a	0	507
2001	35	151	15	432	0	n/a	n/a	0	633
2002	26	142	8	484	0	n/a	n/a	0	660
2003	26	142	8	484	0	n/a	n/a	0	660
2004	15	135	7	543	0	n/a	n/a	0	700
2005	5	98	2	453	1	n/a	n/a	1	560
2006	10	110	5	437	0	n/a	n/a	2	564
2007	6	90	3	437	0	n/a	n/a	6	542
2008	4	90	4	460	0	n/a	n/a	5	563
2009	4	66	2	428	0	n/a	n/a	12	512
2010	9	71	1	516	0	n/a	n/a	11	608
2011	1	59	0	527	0	0	13	0	600
2012	1	69	0	523	0	0	8	0	601
2013	1	57	0	496	0	0	4	0	558
2014	0	52	2	482	3	0	3	0	542
2015	0	57	1	473	2	0	3	0	536
2016	0	58	1	427	3	0	4	0	493
2017	1	47	0	405	2	0	6	0	461
2018	9	81	1	394	4	0	6	0	495
2019	6	73	2	405	4	0	5	0	495
2020	6	77	3	419	1	1	9	0	516
2021	7	59	2	379	3	1	4	0	455
2022	8	54	2	381	2	1	7	0	455
2023	8	67	2	381	2	1	7	0	468

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lyon Magnet Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	316	20.0	15.8	n/a
1989	318	17.5	18.1	n/a
1990	342	17.0	20.1	n/a
1991	357	16.0	22.3	n/a
1992	345	17.0	20.2	n/a
1993	310	14.0	22.1	n/a
1994	321	17.0	18.9	n/a
1995	528	17.0	31.1	n/a
1996	528	17.0	31.1	n/a
1997	446	16.4	27.2	n/a
1998	454	18.0	25.2	n/a
1999	463	15.0	30.9	n/a
2000	507	26.0	19.5	n/a
2001	633	28.0	22.6	n/a
2002	660	25.0	26.4	66.7
2003	660	25.0	26.4	66.7
2004	700	26.0	26.9	60.1
2005	560	27.0	20.7	78.4
2006	564	26.0	21.7	70.1
2007	542	36.0	15.1	71.6
2008	563	26.0	21.7	75.4
2009	512	29.0	17.7	86.8
2010	608	30.0	20.2	84.8
2011	600	30.1	19.9	82.8
2012	601	31.6	18.9	53.4
2013	558	30.6	18.2	n/a
2014	542	27.0	20.0	69
2015	536	34.0	15.7	72.9
2016	493	29.0	17.0	53.8
2017	461	30.7	14.9	67.5
2018	495	29.5	16.7	70.5
2019	495	22.0	22.5	62.6
2020	516	30.0	17.2	63.6
2021	455	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	455	22.5	20.1	70.5
2023	468	33.5	13.9	66.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lyon Magnet Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	316	20.0	15.8	n/a
1989	318	17.5	18.1	n/a
1990	342	17.0	20.1	n/a
1991	357	16.0	22.3	n/a
1992	345	17.0	20.2	n/a
1993	310	14.0	22.1	n/a
1994	321	17.0	18.9	n/a
1995	528	17.0	31.1	n/a
1996	528	17.0	31.1	n/a
1997	446	16.4	27.2	n/a
1998	454	18.0	25.2	n/a
1999	463	15.0	30.9	n/a
2000	507	26.0	19.5	n/a
2001	633	28.0	22.6	n/a
2002	660	25.0	26.4	66.7
2003	660	25.0	26.4	66.7
2004	700	26.0	26.9	60.1
2005	560	27.0	20.7	78.4
2006	564	26.0	21.7	70.1
2007	542	36.0	15.1	71.6
2008	563	26.0	21.7	75.4
2009	512	29.0	17.7	86.8
2010	608	30.0	20.2	84.8
2011	600	30.1	19.9	82.8
2012	601	31.6	18.9	53.4
2013	558	30.6	18.2	n/a
2014	542	27.0	20.0	69
2015	536	34.0	15.7	72.9
2016	493	29.0	17.0	53.8
2017	461	30.7	14.9	67.5
2018	495	29.5	16.7	70.5
2019	495	22.0	22.5	62.6
2020	516	30.0	17.2	63.6
2021	455	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	455	22.5	20.1	70.5
2023	468	33.5	13.9	66.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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