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The public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Lake County, Illinois

44 public middle schools in Lake County, Illinois appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Deer Path Middle Sch West leads the list at 8.6:1, against a median of 11.5:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lake County, Illinois

Best Students/teacher

8.6:1

Median Students/teacher

11.5:1

LOWEST RATIO · LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Deer Path Middle Sch West	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	Middle	361	8.6:1
2	Charles J Caruso Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	Middle	440	8.9:1
3	Stanton School	Fox Lake, IL	Fox Lake GSD 114	Middle	255	9.4:1
4	Alan B Shepard Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	Middle	476	9.6:1
5	Deer Path Middle Sch East	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	Middle	375	9.9:1
6	Lake Bluff Middle School	Lake Bluff, IL	Lake Bluff ESD 65	Middle	305	10.0:1
7	North Prairie Jr High	Winthrop Harbor, IL	Winthrop Harbor SD 1	Middle	240	10.0:1
8	Magee Middle School	Round Lake, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	Middle	642	10.2:1
9	West Oak Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Diamond Lake SD 76	Middle	280	10.3:1
10	Round Lake Middle School	Round Lake Heights, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	Middle	783	10.4:1
11	Highland Middle School	Libertyville, IL	Libertyville SD 70	Middle	701	10.5:1
12	Northwood Middle School	Highland Park, IL	North Shore SD 112	Middle	540	10.5:1
13	Miguel Juarez Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	651	10.7:1
14	Lake Zurich Middle - S Campus	Lake Zurich, IL	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	Middle	599	10.8:1
15	Daniel Wright Jr High School	Lincolnshire, IL	Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103	Middle	720	11.0:1
16	Edgewood Middle School	Highland Park, IL	North Shore SD 112	Middle	663	11.1:1
17	Zion Central Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	Middle	330	11.2:1
18	Edith M Smith Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	493	11.2:1
19	Hawthorn Middle School South	Vernon Hills, IL	Hawthorn CCSD 73	Middle	609	11.2:1
20	John R Lewis Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	721	11.3:1
21	Hawthorn Middle School North	Vernon Hills, IL	Hawthorn CCSD 73	Middle	627	11.3:1
22	Matthews Middle School	Island Lake, IL	Wauconda CUSD 118	Middle	451	11.5:1
23	Woodland Middle School	Gurnee, IL	Woodland CCSD 50	Middle	1,541	11.6:1
24	Viking School	Gurnee, IL	Gurnee SD 56	Middle	461	11.8:1
25	Wauconda Middle School	Wauconda, IL	Wauconda CUSD 118	Middle	506	11.9:1
26	Robert E Abbott Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	585	11.9:1
27	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Mundelein ESD 75	Middle	529	12.2:1
28	Park West School	Round Lake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	Middle	321	12.3:1
29	Jack Benny Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	475	12.5:1
30	Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus	Hawthorn Woods, IL	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	Middle	697	12.7:1
31	Gavin South Middle School	Ingleside, IL	Gavin SD 37	Middle	325	12.8:1
32	Millburn Middle School	Lindenhurst, IL	Millburn CCSD 24	Middle	388	12.9:1
33	Antioch Upper Grade School	Antioch, IL	Antioch CCSD 34	Middle	875	13.0:1
34	Shiloh Park Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	Middle	358	13.5:1
35	Big Hollow Middle School	Ingleside, IL	Big Hollow SD 38	Middle	744	13.8:1
36	Grayslake Middle School	Grayslake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	Middle	641	13.9:1
37	Fremont Jr High/Middle School	Mundelein, IL	Fremont SD 79	Middle	692	14.0:1
38	Aptakisic Junior High School	Buffalo Grove, IL	Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102	Middle	940	14.1:1
39	Frederick School	Grayslake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	Middle	667	14.5:1
40	Beach Park Middle School	Beach Park, IL	Beach Park CCSD 3	Middle	715	14.6:1
41	Peter J Palombi School	Lake Villa, IL	Lake Villa CCSD 41	Middle	844	14.7:1
42	Twin Groves Middle School	Buffalo Grove, IL	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	Middle	625	14.8:1
43	Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	Middle	601	15.4:1
44	Woodlawn Middle School	Long Grove, IL	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	Middle	632	15.6:1

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