Deer Path Middle Sch East

Deer Path Middle Sch East operates as a tight-knit middle school in Lake Forest, Illinois, part of Lake Forest SD 67. Current enrollment sits at 375 students spanning grades 5 through 6.

Within Lake Forest SD 67, which oversees 5 schools and 1,652 students, Deer Path Middle Sch East is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Deer Path Middle Sch East reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lake County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Lake County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), of which Deer Path Middle Sch East is one.

The closest other public school is Deer Path Middle Sch West, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deer Path Middle Sch East has edged down 11%, going from 423 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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