Deerfield Public Schools District 109

Listed by NCES as Deerfield SD 109 (district ID 1711980)

Public school district · Lake County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1711980

Deerfield Public Schools District 109 spent $26,414 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 92% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $18,127). Its 6 schools enrolled 2,714 students in 2024-25; 24.1% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $27,393 per student, up 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Deerfield Public Schools District 109 in enrollment (2,626 to 2,798 students) and Deerfield Public Schools District 109 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Deerfield Public Schools District 109, FY23Deerfield Public Schools District 109 $26,414; Grayslake Community High School $25,157; Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 $24,872; Chsd 117 $23,628; Woodridge SD 68 $22,210; Chicago Heights SD 170 $21,859; Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 $16,479; Frankfort CCSD 157C $15,049; Highland CUSD 5 $12,907; Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 $12,591; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k15k20k25k30kDeerfield Public Schools Distr…$26,414Grayslake Community High School$25,157Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233$24,872Chsd 117$23,628Woodridge SD 68$22,210Chicago Heights SD 170$21,859Antioch Community Consolidated…$16,479Frankfort CCSD 157C$15,049Highland CUSD 5$12,907Waterloo Community Unit School…$12,591State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Deerfield Public Schools District 109, FY23Deerfield Public Schools District 109 $26,414; Grayslake Community High School $25,157; Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 $24,872; Chsd 117 $23,628; Woodridge SD 68 $22,210; Chicago Heights SD 170 $21,859; Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 $16,479; Frankfort CCSD 157C $15,049; Highland CUSD 5 $12,907; Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 $12,591; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k15k20k25k30kDeerfield Public Schools District 1…$26,414Grayslake Community High School$25,157Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233$24,872Chsd 117$23,628Woodridge SD 68$22,210Chicago Heights SD 170$21,859Antioch Community Consolidated Scho…$16,479Frankfort CCSD 157C$15,049Highland CUSD 5$12,907Waterloo Community Unit School Dist…$12,591State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Deerfield Public Schools District 109, FY23Deerfield Public Schools District 109 $26,414; Grayslake Community High School $25,157; Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 $24,872; Chsd 117 $23,628; Woodridge SD 68 $22,210; Chicago Heights SD 170 $21,859; Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 $16,479; Frankfort CCSD 157C $15,049; Highland CUSD 5 $12,907; Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 $12,591; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30kDeerfield Public Schools District 109$26,414Grayslake Community High School$25,157Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233$24,872Chsd 117$23,628Woodridge SD 68$22,210Chicago Heights SD 170$21,859Antioch Community Consolidated School Distr…$16,479Frankfort CCSD 157C$15,049Highland CUSD 5$12,907Waterloo Community Unit School District #5$12,591State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Deerfield Public Schools District 109, FY23Deerfield Public Schools District 109 $26,414; Grayslake Community High School $25,157; Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 $24,872; Chsd 117 $23,628; Woodridge SD 68 $22,210; Chicago Heights SD 170 $21,859; Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 $16,479; Frankfort CCSD 157C $15,049; Highland CUSD 5 $12,907; Waterloo Community Unit School District #5 $12,591; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30kDeerfield Public Schools District 109$26,414Grayslake Community High School$25,157Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233$24,872Chsd 117$23,628Woodridge SD 68$22,210Chicago Heights SD 170$21,859Antioch Community Consolidated School D…$16,479Frankfort CCSD 157C$15,049Highland CUSD 5$12,907Waterloo Community Unit School District…$12,591State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$81,373,000 in revenue: 24.1% state, 74.0% local and 1.9% federal. Total spending including $8,238,000 of capital outlay was $81,781,000, or $29,967 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Deerfield Public Schools District 109 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $19,614,000; Local $60,224,000; Federal $1,535,000; total $81,373,000.
  • State$19,614,000 24%
  • Local$60,224,000 74%
  • Federal$1,535,000 2%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25

2,729 students in 2022-23, 2,715 students in 2023-24, 2,714 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Deerfield Public Schools District 109 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,729, 2023-24: 2,715, 2024-25: 2,71401k2k3k2022-232,7292023-242,7152024-252,714
Deerfield Public Schools District 109 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,729, 2023-24: 2,715, 2024-25: 2,71401k2k3k2022-232,7292023-242,7152024-252,714
Deerfield Public Schools District 109 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,729, 2023-24: 2,715, 2024-25: 2,71401k2k3k2022-232,7292023-242,7152024-252,714
Deerfield Public Schools District 109 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,729, 2023-24: 2,715, 2024-25: 2,71401k2k3k2022-232,7292023-242,7152024-252,714

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-232,729261.210.4
2023-242,715263.410.3
2024-252,714251.710.8

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Deerfield Public Schools District 109 scored proficient or above: 61% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts61%29.9%1,821

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

4 elementary schools, 1,798 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Wilmot Elementary School47711.2not reportedNot Title I
Kipling Elementary School45211.9not reportedTargeted program
Walden Elementary School44511.9not reportedTargeted program
South Park Elementary School42412.1not reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

2 middle schools, 916 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Alan B Shepard Middle School4769.6not reportedTargeted program
Charles J Caruso Middle School4408.9not reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Deerfield Public Schools District 109

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Deerfield Public Schools District 109

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentDeerfield Public Schools District 109 ranks 31 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($26,414).#31 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisDeerfield Public Schools District 109 is the number 144 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 2,729 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#144 of 865
  3. Waterloo Community Unit School District #5The next larger Illinois district: 2,768 students in fall 2022, $12,591 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,591
  4. Chicago Heights SD 170The next smaller Illinois district: 2,715 students in fall 2022, $21,859 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$21,859
  5. Compare Deerfield Public Schools District 109 with Waterloo Community Unit School District #5Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Deerfield Public Schools District 109

  1. How many schools and students are in Deerfield Public Schools District 109?
    6 schools were open in 2024-25 (4 elementary, 2 middle), enrolling 2,714 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Deerfield Public Schools District 109 spend per student?
    $26,414 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $27,393 per student, up 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Deerfield Public Schools District 109's money come from?
    $81,373,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 24.1% state, 74.0% local and 1.9% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Deerfield Public Schools District 109 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 65 of the 2,934 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 2.2%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Deerfield Public Schools District 109 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Deerfield Public Schools District 109 scored proficient or above: 61% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Deerfield Public Schools District 109's NCES district ID?
    1711980. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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