Deer Park’s public schools outscore 90% of Illinois districts
Math proficiency in Deer Park’s districts is 46%, above the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Deer Park, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.
From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Deer Park’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 152 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Deer Park’s, its schools beat 75%, lower than their 90% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 51% and math 46% across its districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 93% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Township High School District 211 spends $27,540 per student and Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 $20,810, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
13 elementary schools, then four middle and seven high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. 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.
What’s behind Deer Park’s grade
A: better than 90% of Illinois school districts, #61 of 768 Illinois towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Deer Park, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Deer Park · depends on your address
May Whitney Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 677 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Lake Zurich
Barrington Early Learning Center
Grades PK · 194 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Barrington
To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Deer Park
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Deer Park vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Deer Park’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Deer Park | A | Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 PK–12 · Barrington Community Unit School District 220 PK–12 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Kildeer | A+ | Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 PK–12 · Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 PK–8 · Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 9–12 |
| Palatine | A− | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 PK–8 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
| Lake Zurich | A | Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 PK–12 · Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 9–12 |
| Cuba | A | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 PK–12 · Community High School District 155 9–12 |
| Ela | A+ | Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 PK–12 · Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 PK–8 · Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 9–12 |
| North Barrington | A | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 PK–12 · Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 PK–12 |
| Barrington | A | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 PK–12 · Township High School District 211 9–12 |
4 of the 7 neighbors share Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 with Deer Park for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Deer Park
24 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).
Questions about Deer Park’s schools
Are Deer Park’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Deer Park children attend outscore 90% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade, #61 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 75%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Deer Park in?
Township High School District 211, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 12,458 students in 5 schools (2024–25).
Where do Deer Park kids go to high school?
One of 7 high schools, depending on your address: Barrington High School, Wm Fremd High School, J B Conant High School, Palatine High School, Schaumburg High School, Hoffman Estates High School and Lake Zurich High School.
What is Deer Park’s graduation rate?
93% of the class of 2023 in Township High School District 211 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Deer Park spend per student?
$27,540 in Township High School District 211, $20,810 in Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 and $26,068 in Barrington Community Unit School District 220 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Deer Park families are saying about 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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.