Best Middle Schools in Illinois

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Illinois test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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)
170993006331	921	Horizon Sci Academy - Southwest Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5401 S Western Ave	Chicago	60609	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 498-3355	743	60	12.3	84.5%	11 (1.5%)	207 (27.9%)	524 (70.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$17,044			$2,007			$15,037	29	29.3	930	9
170993000992	922	Nightingale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5250 S Rockwell St	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-9270	964	70	13.8	92.8%	8 (0.8%)	6 (0.6%)	937 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$17,232			$3,079			$14,153	29	32.1	888	34
172592002786	923	Kolmar Elementary School	Public	K-8	4500 143rd St	Midlothian	60445	Cook County	Midlothian School District 143	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 385-6747	541	47	11.6	59.9%	121 (22.4%)	124 (22.9%)	258 (47.7%)	4 (0.7%)	8 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	23 (4.3%)	$18,080			$2,460			$15,620	29	20.4	1106	183
170993001351	924	Finkl Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2332 S Western Ave	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-5850	206	28	7.3	94.2%	9 (4.4%)	32 (15.5%)	163 (79.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	$32,780			$4,731			$28,049	28.9	24.1	1024	100
170993005489	925	Evergreen Academy Elementary School	Public	6-8	3537 S Paulina St	Chicago	60609	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-4836	204	19	11	88.7%	7 (3.4%)	10 (4.9%)	178 (87.3%)	6 (2.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$25,680			$4,337			$21,344	28.9	32.7	879	46
173664005069	926	South Fork Junior Senior High School	Public	6-12	612 Dial Street	Kincaid	62540	Christian County	South Fork School District 14	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 237-4333	155	8	19.3	59.4%	133 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.7%)	$16,217			$2,578			$13,640	28.9	28	947	21
173487003662	927	Rossville-Alvin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	350 N Chicago St	Rossville	60963	Vermilion County	Rossville-Alvin CUSD 7	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 748-6666	258	0		59.7%	219 (84.9%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (12.8%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$14,044			$900			$13,144	28.7	45.3	683	244
170993006497	928	Acero Charter - Officer Marquez Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	2916 W 47th St	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(773) 321-2200	523	33	15.8		2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	517 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,429			$2,268			$15,161	28.7	33.3	873	55
173087004788	929	Patoka Junior High School	Public	6-8	1220 Kinoka Rd	Patoka	62875	Marion County	Patoka CUSD 100	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 432-5200	48	5	9	35.4%	48 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,224			$416			$16,808	28.6	29.3	931	2
170993001022	930	Parkside Elementary Community Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	6938 S East End Ave	Chicago	60649	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-0940	236	19	12.7	91.5%	0 (0.0%)	228 (96.6%)	7 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$24,410			$4,552			$19,859	28.6	15.8	1211	281

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.