Best Middle Schools in Illinois

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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)
173474003637	261	Dwight D Eisenhower Junior High School	Public	7-8	800 Hassell Rd	Hoffman Estates	60169	Cook County	Schaumburg CCSD 54	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 357-5500	617	54	11.4		178 (28.8%)	62 (10.0%)	234 (37.9%)	126 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.6%)	$16,620			$575			$16,045	77.4	67.7	355	94
170801000408	262	Byron Middle School	Public	6-8	325 N Colfax St	Byron	61010	Ogle County	Byron CUSD 226	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 234-5491	350	31	11.4	24.9%	306 (87.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	$16,701			$373			$16,328	77.4	73.9	288	26
172721002885	263	Lincoln Middle School	Public	6-8	700 W Lincoln St	Mount Prospect	60056	Cook County	Mount Prospect School District 57	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 394-7350	780	54	14.5		603 (77.3%)	7 (0.9%)	66 (8.5%)	62 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.4%)	$15,580			$540			$15,039	77.3	86.7	150	113
170993001143	264	Ward J Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2701 S Shields Ave	Chicago	60616	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-9050	515	33	15.8	79.4%	27 (5.2%)	36 (7.0%)	49 (9.5%)	399 (77.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$17,022			$3,010			$14,012	77.1	75.7	266	2
170993004954	265	Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences	Public	PK, KG-8	1940 W 18th St	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-7215	277	23	12.3	79.1%	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	273 (98.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,259			$3,390			$20,869	77.1	79.3	230	35
170993000868	266	Chicago World Language Academy	Public	K-8	1340 W Harrison St	Chicago	60607	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-7000	451	31	14.5	40.8%	52 (11.5%)	145 (32.2%)	143 (31.7%)	87 (19.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)	$17,292			$2,440			$14,852	76.8	77.3	248	18
171038001254	267	Oliver McCracken Middle School	Public	6-8	8000 E Prairie Rd	Skokie	60076	Cook County	Skokie School District 73-5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 673-1220	347	33	10.5	31.1%	123 (35.4%)	31 (8.9%)	43 (12.4%)	110 (31.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.2%)	$27,662			$1,088			$26,574	76.8	83.7	180	87
172655005715	268	Monticello Middle School	Public	6-8	2015 E Washington St	Monticello	61856	Piatt County	Monticello CUSD 25	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 762-8511	379	27	14.1	23.7%	347 (91.6%)	10 (2.6%)	6 (1.6%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	$11,797			$329			$11,468	76.8	71.5	309	41
173027006236	269	Murphy Junior High School	Public	6-8	26923 W Grande Park Blvd	Plainfield	60585	Will County	Cusd 308	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 608-5100	713	49	14.5	19.8%	352 (49.4%)	94 (13.2%)	119 (16.7%)	104 (14.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (5.8%)	$14,709			$576			$14,133	76.4	75.2	275	6
173540003696	270	Saratoga Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4040 N Division St	Morris	60450	Grundy County	Saratoga CCSD 60C	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 942-5970	772	63	12.3	37.2%	528 (68.4%)	41 (5.3%)	124 (16.1%)	11 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	63 (8.2%)	$14,548			$692			$13,855	76.3	85.3	164	106

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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.