Stanton School, Fox Lake IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Stanton School

Stanton School is a middle school, grades five through eight, serving Fox Lake, a lake-oriented suburban community about an hour north of Chicago. The school enrolls a mixed student population of roughly mid-sized proportions for a middle school. The student body is predominantly white, with a meaningful share of Hispanic students and smaller numbers of Asian and multiracial students.

The school's academic picture shows proficiency rates that fall below typical middle-range performance. In math, the school's proficiency rates across its grade band cluster in the low-to-mid-20s range, with eighth grade slightly below that. English language arts performance is somewhat higher, running in the low-30s across middle grades. Science proficiency at eighth grade was roughly in the mid-30s, while fifth-grade science was substantially lower. A parent looking at these numbers should understand that only a minority of students are meeting state proficiency standards in each subject. The school does maintain high test participation rates across subjects and grades, indicating strong operational engagement with the assessment process rather than selective opt-out. Illinois recently changed cut scores for its state assessments, so direct comparison to prior years is not available in the data; a parent may want to ask the school whether this year's results reflect changes in the test itself or changes in student performance.

Enrollment is steady, with roughly 60 to 75 students in each grade from five through eight. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch rates or English learner identification counts, so the economic background and language-support profile of the student body are not visible in the available data.

Stanton sits within Fox Lake GSD 114, a two-school district that completed a significant facilities and curriculum investment following a 2020 tax referendum. That referendum locked in a sustained property-tax rate for the district and funded roof replacements, security upgrades, and salary improvements aimed at teacher retention. The district had faced teacher turnover related to compensation, and this multi-year rollout addressed that pressure. A family considering this address should know that while the district's tax commitment is stable, the underlying academic proficiency picture at Stanton will matter to their own priorities.

Fox Lake itself is a lake-recreation community with a downtown anchored by the Metra station and lakefront parks. The median home value in the area falls modestly below the state benchmark, and rents are below state average as well. New housing development is underway, including senior rentals and apartment construction, and the village is working on downtown revitalization and transit-oriented redevelopment near the Metra station. This is a place where outdoor recreation and waterfront access shape daily life more than a single employer or urban center does.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 19%

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

Grade 625%

School 25% · District 25%

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 34%

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

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

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

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 34%

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

Science

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 36%

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

This schoolFox Lake GSD 114, 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.