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Lake Forest High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1285 N Mc Kinley Rd
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Phone
(847) 234-3600
District
LAKE FOREST CHSD 115
County
LAKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1467
Classroom Teachers
128

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.2% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Lake Forest High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
62%
25%
60%
26%
64%
25%
62%
25%
60%
26%
64%
25%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
11
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 345 23.5%
Grade 10 355 24.2%
Grade 11 375 25.6%
Grade 12 392 26.7%
Total 1467 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.1% 83.1% 48.7%
Black 1.8% 1.8% 17.3%
Hispanic 10.1% 10.1% 28.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.7% 4.7% 5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,591 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,286.0 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.8% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.8% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.9% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 23.0% 15.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,824 4,895,456
Single Parent Households With Children 2.7% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.6% 89.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 78.1% 36.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 57.6% 18.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.8% 17.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.9% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.3% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.3% 14.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.3% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 2.9% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $19,605 $30,132,885 56.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,148 $4,838,476 9.0%
Staff $745 $1,145,065 2.1%
General Administration $312 $479,544 0.9%
School Administration $1,619 $2,488,403 4.6%
Operation $3,158 $4,853,846 9.0%
Transportation $705 $1,083,585 2.0%
Other $1,657 $2,546,809 4.7%
Total Support $11,344 $17,435,728 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,035 $6,201,795 11.5%
Total Expenditures $34,984 $53,770,408 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,818 $20,214,612,291 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,311 $2,449,080,202 6.3%
Staff $673 $1,256,727,156 3.2%
General Administration $673 $1,256,749,375 3.2%
School Administration $942 $1,760,657,749 4.5%
Operation $1,431 $2,672,969,408 6.9%
Transportation $748 $1,398,114,051 3.6%
Other $736 $1,376,105,992 3.5%
Total Support $6,513 $12,170,558,501 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,424 $6,398,727,407 16.5%
Total Expenditures $20,756 $38,783,883,293 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%