Deerfield High School

As a substantial high school in Deerfield, Illinois, Deerfield High School hosts 1,437 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Twp HSD 113. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Deerfield High School sits 72% larger than that benchmark.

Within Twp HSD 113, which oversees 2 schools and 3,098 students, Deerfield High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Deerfield High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

In terms of school funding signals, Deerfield High School reports 124 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Lake County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), of which Deerfield High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bannockburn School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Deerfield High School's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,622 (now 1,437). White enrollment moved from 88% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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