Photo: Busjack · CC BY-SA 3.0Riverwoods’s public schools outscore 96% of Illinois districts
61% of students in Riverwoods’s public schools are proficient in reading, above the Illinois average (30%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Riverwoods, 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.
Riverwoods’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 33 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Riverwoods’s, its schools beat 76%, lower than their 96% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 61% and math 61% across both districts in spring 2021, against 30% and 26% statewide; 95% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Township High School District 113 spends $38,822 per student and Deerfield School District 109 $27,393, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
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 Riverwoods’s grade
A+: better than 96% of Illinois school districts, #13 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 Riverwoods, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Riverwoods
South Park Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 424 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
6th grade in Riverwoods · depends on your address
Alan B Shepard Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 476 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
Charles J Caruso Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 440 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
7th grade in Riverwoods · depends on your address
Alan B Shepard Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 476 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
Charles J Caruso Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 440 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
8th grade in Riverwoods · depends on your address
Alan B Shepard Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 476 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
Charles J Caruso Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 440 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
9th grade in Riverwoods · depends on your address
Highland Park High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,661 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Highland Park
Deerfield High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,437 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
10th grade in Riverwoods · depends on your address
Highland Park High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,661 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Highland Park
Deerfield High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,437 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
11th grade in Riverwoods · depends on your address
Highland Park High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,661 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Highland Park
Deerfield High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,437 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
12th grade in Riverwoods · depends on your address
Highland Park High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,661 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Highland Park
Deerfield High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,437 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Deerfield
Riverwoods runs its own schools through grade 8 (Deerfield School District 109). From grade 9, students attend the Township High School District 113, shared with Bannockburn, Deerfield, Highland Park, Highwood, Moraine and West Deerfield. Its elementary school is in Deerfield. Parts of Riverwoods (15%, 11%, 8% and 7% of its land) are served by Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125, Bannockburn School District 106, Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 and Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Riverwoods
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
Riverwoods vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Riverwoods’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Riverwoods | A+ | Deerfield School District 109 PK–8 · Township High School District 113 9–12 |
| Lincolnshire | A+ | Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 PK–8 · Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 9–12 |
| Buffalo Grove | A | Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 PK–8 · Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 PK–8 · Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated K–8 |
| Deerfield | A+ | Deerfield School District 109 PK–8 · Township High School District 113 9–12 |
| Bannockburn | A+ | Bannockburn School District 106 K–8 · Township High School District 113 9–12 |
2 of the 4 neighbors share Township High School District 113 with Riverwoods for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Riverwoods
8 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 Riverwoods’s schools
Are Riverwoods’s schools good?
By Illinois’s own tests, yes: the public schools Riverwoods children attend outscore 96% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A+ Schools grade, #13 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 76%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Riverwoods in?
Two districts: Deerfield School District 109 runs grades PK–8, and Township High School District 113 runs grades 9–12, shared with Bannockburn, Deerfield, Highland Park, Highwood, Moraine and West Deerfield.
Where do Riverwoods kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Highland Park High School and Deerfield High School.
What is Riverwoods’s graduation rate?
95% of the class of 2023 in Township High School District 113 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.
How much does Riverwoods spend per student?
$38,822 in Township High School District 113 and $27,393 in Deerfield School District 109 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Riverwoods 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.