Schools · West Deerfield
West Deerfield, IL schools
West Deerfield’s public schools score well above Illinois’s averages: 63% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A+
West Deerfield’s School Grade: A+
The public schools West Deerfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 96% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A+Test scoresA-Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 96%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (76)Better than 80%
Towns in Lake County (18)Better than 89%
High confidence. Built on 3,774 tested students and a graduating class of 882; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Illinois only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Illinois with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Township High School District 113)63%
State average 30.7%
Reading (Lake Forest School District 67)48%
State average 30.7%
Reading (Lake Forest Community High School District 115)68%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–8, Deerfield School District 109)63%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades 9–12, Township High School District 113)60%
State average 25.8%
Math (Lake Forest School District 67)53%
State average 25.8%
Math (Lake Forest Community High School District 115)66%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–8, Deerfield School District 109)62%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
882
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Four districts serve West Deerfield
Township High School District 113Grades 9–12 · 2 schools · 3,098 students
$38,822 per studentIL $21,567A+Lake Forest School District 67Grades PK–8 · 5 schools · 1,652 students
$31,053 per studentIL $21,567ALake Forest Community High School District 115Grades 9–12 · 1 school · 1,359 students
$43,306 per studentIL $21,567A+Deerfield School District 109Grades PK–8 · 6 schools · 2,714 students
$27,393 per studentIL $21,567A+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 12 schools in West Deerfield
Showing 1–12 of 12 schools
Wilmot Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 477 students
A+PublicKipling Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 452 students
A+PublicWalden Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 445 students
A+PublicSouth Park Elem SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 424 students
A+PublicCherokee Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 343 students
A+PublicEverett Elem SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 308 students
APublicBannockburn SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 165 students
A+PublicAlan B Shepard Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 476 students
A+PublicCharles J Caruso Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 440 students
A+PublicDeerfield High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,437 students
A+PublicDEERFIELD MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivateFUSION ACADEMY LF: CHICAGO- LAKE FOREST
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.