Deerfield School District 109 welcomed 2,709 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This represents a 0.1% increase over the previous school year.
Wilmot Elementary School had the largest enrollment in the district with 477 students.
Deerfield School District 109 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Deerfield.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
| School | Enrollment | Change from Previous Year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Wilmot Elementary School | 477 | -1% |
| Charles J. Caruso Middle School | 439 | 2.8% |
| South Park Elementary School | 424 | -2.1% |
| Alan B. Shepard Middle School | 475 | 3.3% |
| Walden Elementary School | 442 | -0.9% |
| Kipling Elementary School | 452 | -1.5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
