Learn 10 Charter School, North Chicago IL

Original Research by School Decision on Learn 10 Charter School

LEARN 10 is a small charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in North Chicago, a Lake County industrial suburb shaped by military installations, a large teaching hospital, a pharmaceutical headquarters, and a university campus. The school enrolls roughly three hundred students, with a peer population that is evenly split between Hispanic and Black families and includes a smaller share of White and Asian students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, and the school does not report data on students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent may want to look into those details directly with the school.

North Chicago itself is a working-class, renter-heavy community where institutional and military life rather than commercial downtown anchors daily activity. Naval Station Great Lakes sits on a large lakeside campus; the VA/DoD hospital and Rosalind Franklin University occupy their own significant campuses; and AbbVie has its pharmaceutical headquarters here. The city's housing market, assessed at a moderate price point relative to state and national benchmarks, has seen steady demand and modest appreciation. A major pharmaceutical investment announced in early 2026 is expected to bring hiring and economic activity through the end of the decade, and the city has initiated a mixed-use downtown redevelopment project on a long-vacant site.

LEARN 10's test results reflect weak performance across both English language arts and mathematics. The school's overall proficiency rate places it in the bottom quartile among districts in Lake County. In mathematics, proficiency ranges widely by grade: third grade performed at roughly one-third proficiency, fourth grade at about half, fifth grade at a much lower level, sixth and seventh grades in single digits, and eighth grade around one-quarter. In ELA, results are similarly uneven, with third grade at roughly two-fifths proficiency, falling to lower levels by sixth grade and recovering slightly by seventh, then dropping sharply in eighth grade. Science proficiency was available only for fifth and eighth grades, both in the low to mid-teen range. Parents may want to ask the school about the specific instructional strategies, curriculum choices, and student support systems driving these patterns, and whether there are grade-level cohort effects or shifting student populations that explain the variation.

The school participates in the High Reliability Schools framework that the broader North Chicago School District has adopted, which emphasizes structured culture, consistent teaching, and equitable curriculum across buildings. The district recently adopted a new high-quality K-5 ELA curriculum with tiered supports for students below grade level, and has moved back toward elected school board governance after more than a decade under state control, restoring parent and community voice. A new purpose-built elementary facility opened at Naval Station Great Lakes in May 2026, serving the military-connected population there.

The school's enrollment is stable and includes students across the full K-8 span, with no significant grade-level gaps. However, the combination of flat or declining proficiency results across the board, with particularly sharp drops in the upper grades and in mathematics, suggests that students are not reaching grade-level benchmarks by the time they leave the school. A parent should feel welcome to request specifics on tutoring, intervention, parent involvement pathways, and what the school sees as its primary academic priorities.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 331%

School 31% · District 22% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 21% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 12% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 68%

School 8% · District 12% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 78%

School 8% · District 17% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 823%

School 23% · District 18% · ▲ 5 pts above district

even with state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 25% · ▲ 19 pts above district

even with state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 22% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 29% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 34% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 738%

School 38% · District 28% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 30% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 40 pts below state median · ▼ 46 pts below county median

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 15% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 35 pts below county median

Grade 818%

School 18% · District 24% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 39 pts below county median

This schoolNorth Chicago SD 187, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.