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Shields

A township of 37,623 people in Lake County, Illinois
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Township in Illinois, United States
37,685Population
17.7 sq miArea
709 ftElevation

Shields Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 37,685. The Naval Station Great Lakes is located in this township.

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School Grade B-

The public schools Shields’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

#73Best public schoolsof 384 in IL
DistrictNorth Chicago SD 187Schools15

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within IL. Ratings are from neighbors.

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