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Spaulding Elementary School, Gurnee, IL

CEP schoolSpaulding Elementary School is a public elementary school in Gurnee, part of Gurnee SD 56. It enrolled 450 students in 2024-25, with 15.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
450
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
15.0
Grades
PK to 2

This school's ratio is 1.8 higher than the district figure of 13.2. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.0
District13.2
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
2000 Belle Plaine Ave, Gurnee, IL 60031
Phone
(847)662-3701
District
Gurnee SD 56
County
Lake County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
171780002075
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
26258.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Gurnee SD 56

Elementary schools elsewhere in Gurnee

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.