Deer Path Middle School West

My oldest child had a good education and supportive teachers. My youngest child was bullied so badly she had difficulty in high school. Luckily she had an outstanding counselor who helped her graduate in 3 years with honors and was accepted to University of Il undergrad as well as its Law School. Parents, PLEASE advocate for your children!!!!

DPM isn't the best school ever, but most definitely not the worst either. The school itself is nicely maintained and is clean. It is updated and provide a good workspace. There are things here that you won't find at other middle schools, like the Spark Lab, a place where students can create hands-on like a workshop. The libraries at this school are better than the public library in my opinion. Lunch is provided daily if you don't want to take lunch from home. Every day you can buy a cooked meal called the meal of the day that includes milk. Just be prepared to pay the outrageous prices. $4.25! Are you kidding? Most public schools give free lunches. They don't give many healthy choices either, stacking their shelves high with cookies, gummies, chips, and sodas, which aren't healthy whatsoever. The lunch ladies work very very hard and I am not bashing them at all, I appreciate them a lot. However, the quality of the food is literally ridiculous. It is disgusting and if I was a parent, I wouldn't blame my children for not eating their lunches at school. They look and taste gross, packed high in sodium and saturated fats. Students are given a variety of languages to learn. The teachers are well trained but in my experience, are sometimes harsh and many of the teachers here pick favorites and yell at the people they don't like. I know every student says this, but there is an overload of homework. The average workload a day consists of reading for an hour, 2 pages of math homework, 2 sheets of a language homework, and usually something to do in Social Studies or Science. There is usually one project due for one class at least every week. However, I will say the teachers are trying with the best they have. The best part about this school is its curriculum. It is challenging and is way above other schools. Most students are proficient, and there only have been very few who haven't passed a grade. The worst part about this school is Lake Forest. The students who attend this school come from rich and powerful families that influence the school a lot. Basically a board of about 25 families control this school. The students here are worse, bratty, spoiled, misbehaved children who need a whole lot of discipline. Overall, I say save your money and don't enroll in private school because it's not worth it. I give my experience here a 6.

I would rather have gotten no education whatsoever instead of going here.

and give a lot of trouble to small families that are not rich and are trying to live in a good neighborhood. The do that because the police is right next to them, which are also dirty bad police officers. I lived in Lake Forest for 5 years, and had one child only who's life was destroyed by them. If anyone are planning to move to Lake Forest that have young children and need to know good and ugly I have a story to tell just give me a call 310-880-6919. I am current living in California.