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Lake Forest School District 67

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 3 towns

Serves Shields Township, West Deerfield Township and Lake Forest, and parts of Vernon Township and Moraine Township.

Shields Township’s School Grade B+ better than 74% of Illinois school districts

Students
1,652
Schools
5
Spent per student
$31,053
IL $21,567
Students per teacher
10:1
Debt
$7.4M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Lake Forest School District 67

  • Its letter, A: results better than 92% of Illinois districts
  • Math proficiency 27 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 14 pts above the state
  • Spends 44% more per student than the IL average
  • 10 students per teacher
  • Debt of $7.4M, about $4,459 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 92% of the 887 Illinois school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
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The towns it serves, and their School Grades
B+Shields Township 41,282A+West Deerfield Township 32,111ALake Forest 19,731

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Shields Township. Grade by grade →

PK–53 elementary schoolsLake Bluff Elementary School District 65
6–83 middle schoolsNorth Chicago School District 187
9–12Lake Forest High SchoolLake Forest Community High School District 115

Test scores vs. IL

2020–21 · 2021–22
Math proficiency53%
State average 25.8% · 882 students tested
Reading / language arts44%
State average 29.9% · 1,038 students tested

Graduation rate 98% at Lake Forest CHSD 115, which runs the high school (state 87.6%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$31,053 per student · 44% above IL
Spending
Classroom instruction 58%Support & administration 40%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 75%State 23%Federal 2%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,643’20
1,595’21
1,666’22
1,657’23
1,652’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 85%Two or more races 6%Hispanic 5%Asian 4%Black <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

5 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools.

Sheridan Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Lake Forest
A+
265 students11:1
Cherokee Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Lake Forest
A
343 students10:1
Everett Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Lake Forest
A
308 students11:1
Deer Path Middle Sch East
Middle · Grades 5–6 · Lake Forest
A
375 students10:1
Deer Path Middle Sch West
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Lake Forest
A
361 students9:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Libertyville Community High School District 128Green Oaks, Libertyville Township, Mettawa
$33,792per student
Township High School District 113Bannockburn, Highland Park, Highwood
$38,822per student
Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125Ela Township, Lincolnshire, Mettawa
$31,024per student
Lake Forest Community High School District 115Lake Bluff, North Chicago
$43,306per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Illinois.