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)
170993000675	1241	Metcalfe Elementary Community Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	12339 S Normal Ave	Chicago	60628	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-5590	330	23	14.6	95.8%	1 (0.3%)	317 (96.1%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$22,134			$3,595			$18,539	14.3	9.7	1341	100
170993000737	1242	Dvorak Technology Academy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3615 W 16th St	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-1690	274	23	12.1	97.1%	0 (0.0%)	257 (93.8%)	13 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$21,075			$4,266			$16,809	14.2	14.7	1240	2
170993000697	1243	Chopin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2450 W Rice St	Chicago	60622	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-4080	273	29	9.4	92.7%	20 (7.3%)	85 (31.1%)	163 (59.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$25,750			$4,061			$21,689	14.2	13.5	1267	24
173546003698	1244	Rickover Junior High School	Public	6-8	22151 Torrence Ave	Sauk Village	60411	Cook County	Ccsd 168	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 758-1900	370	20	18.5	51.1%	10 (2.7%)	290 (78.4%)	56 (15.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	11 (3.0%)	$15,130			$2,103			$13,028	14.2	14.8	1238	6
170807000420	1245	Cairo Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	4201 Sycamore St	Cairo	62914	Alexander County	Cairo Unified School District 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 734-2187	120	11	10.8	99.2%	9 (7.5%)	102 (85.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.7%)	$29,459			$5,622			$23,837	14.2	9.4	1350	105
170993001163	1246	Woodson South Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4414 S Evans Ave	Chicago	60653	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-1280	294	20	15	82.3%	0 (0.0%)	282 (95.9%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$24,133			$4,357			$19,777	14.2	15.1	1227	19
173708003841	1247	U S Grant Middle School	Public	6-8	1800 W Monroe St	Springfield	62704	Sangamon County	Springfield School District 186	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 525-3170	529	47	11.2	65.8%	182 (34.4%)	268 (50.7%)	19 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (11.0%)	$24,861			$4,253			$20,608	14.2	16.2	1197	50
170993000633	1248	Burnham Elementary Inclusive Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	9928 S Crandon Ave	Chicago	60617	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-6530	421	32	13.1	93.6%	1 (0.2%)	401 (95.2%)	17 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$21,647			$4,200			$17,447	14.1	11.2	1315	67
170993000842	1249	Henderson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5650 S Wolcott Ave	Chicago	60636	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-9080	173	17	10.4	96.5%	3 (1.7%)	119 (68.8%)	51 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,307			$3,539			$20,768	14.1	11	1321	72
170993006437	1250	Perspectives Charter - Leadership Ac	Public, Charter	6-12	8522 S Lafayette Ave	Chicago	60620	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(773) 358-6100	684	0		89.3%	3 (0.4%)	674 (98.5%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$2,128			$241			$1,887	14.1	19.7	1118	132

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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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