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Schools in Heritage Lake · Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701

Heritage Lake’s public schools outscore 70% of Illinois districts

Reading proficiency in Heritage Lake’s districts is 39%, above the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the public school district serving Heritage Lake, 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.

K–12Where will my kid go?

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.

Reading proficiency
39%
▲ 9 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
22%
▼ 4 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90–94%
▲ 2–6 pts vs IL 88%
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

Heritage Lake’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 514 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Heritage Lake’s, its schools beat 56%, lower than their 70% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state in reading, below in math

Reading proficiency is 39% and math 22% in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 90–94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $14,363 per student, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

One elementary school, then one high school

From grade 9 the district’s path is Dee-Mack High School. Enrollment is down 6% since 2020–21. 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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Heritage Lake’s grade

B+ Test scoresB Graduation

B+: better than 70% of Illinois school districts. Test scores and graduation are both above the Illinois average; test scores are the stronger of the two.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 70%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (514)Better than 56%
B−A−A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 490 test results and a graduating class of 68 could put Heritage Lake anywhere from B− to A−. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Heritage Lake’s students in the tested grades sat them (469 in math, 510 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Heritage Lake, with each school’s own grade.

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

Heritage Lake’s public schools are run by Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701, which also serves Deer Creek, Deer Creek, Mackinaw and Mackinaw and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

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

Heritage Lake vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Heritage Lake’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Heritage LakeB+Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701
MackinawB+Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701

Every school in Heritage Lake

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 Heritage Lakein 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 Heritage Lake’s schools

Are Heritage Lake’s schools good?

By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Heritage Lake children attend outscore 70% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B+ Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 56%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Heritage Lake in?

Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 942 students in 3 schools (2024–25).

Where do Heritage Lake kids go to high school?

Dee-Mack High School in Mackinaw, with 293 students; its own test results earn a B.

What is Heritage Lake’s graduation rate?

90–94% of the class of 2023 in Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Heritage Lake spend per student?

$14,363 in Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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.