Daniel Wright Jr High School

Set in Lincolnshire, Illinois, Daniel Wright Jr High School is a large middle school, one of the schools within Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103. It instructs 720 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 56% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Within Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103, which oversees 3 schools and 1,878 students, Daniel Wright Jr High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Daniel Wright Jr High School shows that the most-represented group is Asian (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 39% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 9% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Daniel Wright Jr High School has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Lake County reports that median household income runs about $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Daniel Wright Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

Laura B Sprague School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Daniel Wright Jr High School.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 666 students in 2018 compared to 720 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 53% to 39%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.