NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Deerfield, IL

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7 public K-12 schools in Deerfield from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
4,151
Students
54.6/100
Avg Resource Index
10.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Deerfield has more public-school enrollment than 46% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Deerfield lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Deerfield's list includes 3 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 31-point gap between Walden Elem School and Wilmot Elem School shows the range hidden by Deerfield's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 54%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
95th percentile
Teacher staffing
96th percentile

Deerfield High School accounts for 34.6% of all Deerfield public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Deerfield-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Deerfield school enrollment varies 3.4× across entities

Deerfield school enrollment ranges from 424 students (lowest) to 1,437 students (highest), a spread of 1,013 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Deerfield student-teacher ratio is 10.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Walden Elem School 72
2. Charles J Caruso Middle School 67
3. Alan B Shepard Middle School 56
4. South Park Elem School 53
5. Deerfield High School 48
6. Kipling Elem School 45
7. Wilmot Elem School 41

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Deerfield

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 South Park Elem School 32.1/100
  2. 2 Deerfield High School 31.8/100
  3. 3 Alan B Shepard Middle School 31.1/100
  4. 4 Charles J Caruso Middle School 30.7/100
  5. 5 Walden Elem School 30.5/100

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Which Deerfield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Walden Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Deerfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 72/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Deerfield, IL? ▼

Deerfield has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,151 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.