Best Public Schools in Round Lake, IL

Round Lake has five schools—two elementary, two middle and one high school—in Round Lake CUSD 116 and Grayslake CCSD 46; the high school reports ACT results, while the four elementary and middle schools report all-grade IAR results. In 2025–26, those four schools averaged 50% in ELA and 34% in math, compared with state rates of 56% and 40%. The area’s clearest finding is a sharp divide between the two Park schools and the other two schools with all-grade IAR results.

Park East led the four IAR schools, with 74% in ELA and 63% in math—18 and 23 points above the state, respectively. Park West was close behind in ELA at 73%, and scored 44% in math. At the lower end, Magee had 26% in ELA and 13% in math, while Village had 27% and 16%; Magee’s results were 30 points below the state in ELA and 27 below in math. Science results at the same grade level also favored Park West: it scored 65% in fifth grade versus Village’s 20%, and 72% in eighth grade versus Magee’s 31%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 statewide ranking percentiles likewise placed Park East at 81 and Park West at 72, compared with 6 for Village and 3 for Magee.

Recent results show gains at some schools but no consistent area-wide improvement. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA rose 7 points at Park West, 7 at Magee and 2 at Park East, but fell 3 at Village; math was unchanged at Park West, rose 3 at Magee and 3 at Park East, and fell 3 at Village. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile rose 6 points for Park West over three years, while it fell 6 for Park East and 10 each for Magee and Round Lake Senior High. As context, all five schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for school year 2024–25: 28% at Park West and 37% at Park East, compared with 83%–89% at the other three. Magee’s student-teacher ratio was the lowest, 10.1, but its IAR results were also the lowest; the high school additionally had 37% chronic absenteeism, versus 24% statewide.