Wilmot Elem School

Wilmot Elem School operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Deerfield, Illinois, operated by Deerfield SD 109. Current enrollment sits at 477 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Wilmot Elem School sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

Deerfield SD 109 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,714 students. Wilmot Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Wilmot Elem School reports that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder looks like 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Wilmot Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, census data for Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Wilmot Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Charles J Caruso Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wilmot Elem School.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilmot Elem School has edged down 6%, going from 510 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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