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Schools in Deer Creek

Deer Creek’s public schools

Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Deer Creek. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 95% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
39%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.4K
▼ 33% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.0
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
725 students on the public path
In brief

Deer Creek’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Deer Creek’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High places highest (better than 70%); Dee-Mack High School lowest (60%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Deer Creek, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Dee-Mack Primary/Jr Highin MackinawB+
9–12Dee-Mack High Schoolin MackinawB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 942 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 13.0 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,363IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading39%
State average 29.9% · 510 students tested
Math22%
State average 25.8% · 469 students tested

Deer Creek vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Deer Creek’s borders.

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Deer Creek—Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701

Every school in Deer Creek

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Deer Creekin other towns
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Mackinaw
B+
432 students14:1Rate it →
Dee-Mack High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Mackinaw
B
293 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Deer Creek’s schools

Are Deer Creek’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Deer Creek. Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Deer Creek. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Deer Creek in?

Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701.

Where do Deer Creek kids go to high school?

Dee-Mack High School.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.