Regular local school district · Lake County
Lake Bluff ESD 65, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Lake Bluff ESD 65 runs 2 public schools with 877 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 10.7 students per teacher is 3.0 lower than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 877
- Teachers (FTE)
- 82
- Students per teacher
- 10.7
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 121 E Sheridan Pl, Lake Bluff, IL 60044
- Phone
- (847)234-9400
- County
- Lake County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1721720
- State district ID
- IL-34-049-0650-02
- Total staff (FTE)
- 144
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.7
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (868), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $24.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $802,000
- State revenue
- $4.8 million
- Local revenue
- $18.9 million
- Total spending
- $21.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,171
- Salaries
- $10.5 million48.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.3%
- State: 19.8%
- Local: 77.0%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,171
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Lake Bluff ESD 65
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lake Bluff Elementary Sch | Elementary | PK to 5 | 572 | 11.0 |
| Lake Bluff Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 305 | 10.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lake County
- Waukegan CUSD 60 13,640 students
- Round Lake CUSD 116 6,103 students
- Lake Zurich CUSD 95 5,772 students
- Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125 School District 4,758 students
- Woodland CCSD 50 School District 4,563 students
- Wauconda CUSD 118 4,186 students
- North Shore SD 112 3,730 students
- Grayslake CCSD 46 School District 3,650 students
- North Chicago SD 187 3,637 students
- Warren Twp HSD 121 School District 3,537 students
- Hawthorn CCSD 73 School District 3,496 students
- Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96 School District 3,419 students
- Chsd 128 School District 3,196 students
- Twp HSD 113 School District 3,098 students
- Deerfield SD 109 2,714 students
More in Illinois
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.