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Lake Co. Schools With Best Teachers for 2020: Report
Curious which schools have the best teachers in Lake County? Here's a ranking that has the answers.
LAKE COUNTY, IL — The beginning of the school year is a good time to do a little research on how your teachers stack up against others — whether you’re sending your children to kindergarten for the first time or if they’re preparing to graduate.
Niche, which rates everything in education, has created a list of what it believes to be the schools with the best teachers in Lake County.
According to Niche.com, the rankings are based on seven factors: academic grades, parent/student surveys on teachers, teacher absenteeism, teacher salary index, teachers in their first or second year, average teacher salary and the student-teacher ratio.
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The high schools with the best teachers in Lake County, according to Niche.com, are:
- Deerfield High School
- Adlai Stevenson High School
- Highland Park High School
- Libertyville High School
- Vernon Hills High School
- Lake Forest High School
- Barrington High School
- Lake Community High School
- Grayslake Central High School
- Grayslake North High School
The Niche rankings found the top elementary and middle schools for teachers in Lake County were:
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- Barbara B. Rose Elementary School in Barrington
- Alan B. Shepherd Middle School in Deerfield
- Grove Avenue Elementary School in Barrington
- Arnett C. Lines Elementary School in Barrington
- Wilmot Elementary School in Deerfield
- Charles J. Caruso Middle School in Deerfield
- Deer Path Middle School West in Lake Forest
- Walden Elementary School in Deerfield
- Kipling Elementary School in Deerfield
- Sarah Adams Elementary School in Lake Zurich
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