Best Middle Schools in Illinois

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the IAR test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1363)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
170993001147	291	Waters Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4540 N Campbell Ave	Chicago	60625	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5090	659	44	15.1	21.2%	402 (61.0%)	12 (1.8%)	150 (22.8%)	31 (4.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (9.3%)	$16,211			$2,027			$14,184	74.2	83.3	185	106
172649002840	292	Monroe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5137 W Cisna Rd	Bartonville	61607	Peoria County	Monroe School District 70	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(309) 697-3120	292	20	14.6	43.2%	249 (85.3%)	6 (2.1%)	17 (5.8%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.1%)	$12,724			$948			$11,775	74.2	75.7	267	25
173120003250	293	Pennoyer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5200 N Cumberland Ave	Norridge	60706	Cook County	Pennoyer School District 79	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 456-9094	435	31	13.9	50.6%	303 (69.7%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (17.5%)	39 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.7%)	$14,047			$1,126			$12,920	73.9	59	454	161
171416001763	294	Elwood C C School	Public	PK, KG-8	409 N Chicago St	Elwood	60421	Will County	Elwood CCSD 203	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 423-5588	286	32	9	24.5%	171 (59.8%)	31 (10.8%)	78 (27.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$23,600			$1,292			$22,308	73.9	76.2	255	39
173022003126	295	Orland Junior High School	Public	6-8	14855 West Ave	Orland Park	60462	Cook County	Orland School District 135	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 364-4206	545	42	12.8		364 (66.8%)	40 (7.3%)	101 (18.5%)	27 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)	$16,860			$522			$16,339	73.8	69	341	46
174218005077	296	Hubble Middle School	Public	6-8	3S600 Herrick Rd	Warrenville	60555	DuPage County	Cusd 200	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 821-7900	667	54	12.3	38.5%	370 (55.5%)	29 (4.3%)	191 (28.6%)	38 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.7%)	$19,889			$973			$18,916	73.7	76.8	251	45
170522000201	297	Sam Rotolo Middle School	Public	6-8	1501 S Raddant Rd	Batavia	60510	Kane County	Batavia Unified School District 101	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 937-8700	1,114	78	14.2	20.8%	852 (76.5%)	52 (4.7%)	158 (14.2%)	19 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (2.8%)	$17,101			$607			$16,494	73.7	74.6	281	16
173621005739	298	Shiloh Middle School	Public	4-8	1 Wildcat Xing	Shiloh	62269	St. Clair County	Shiloh Village School District 85	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(618) 632-7434	326	20	16.7	29.4%	198 (60.7%)	72 (22.1%)	18 (5.5%)	13 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.7%)	$12,801			$1,092			$11,710	73.6	66	380	82
170843000462	299	Carlinville Middle School	Public	6-8	110 Illinois Ave	Carlinville	62626	Macoupin County	Carlinville CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 854-3106	283	21	13.5	47.3%	265 (93.6%)	2 (0.7%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	$12,994			$1,740			$11,254	73.6	86.7	146	153
170006505246	300	Saunemin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	39 Main St	Saunemin	61769	Livingston County	Saunemin CCSD 438	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 832-4421	120	15	8	56.7%	105 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.2%)	$23,830			$1,549			$22,281	73.5			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on IAR English Language Arts, IAR Mathematics test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Illinois State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Illinois State Board of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.