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)
173451003394	1351	Kennedy Middle School	Public	6-8	520 N Pierpont Ave	Rockford	61101	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 654-4880	380	27	13.9	87.6%	55 (14.5%)	242 (63.7%)	53 (13.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.6%)	$26,207			$3,054			$23,153	9.2	9	1357	6
170993000678	1352	Crown Elementary Community Acd Fine Arts Center	Public	PK, KG-8	2128 S Saint Louis Ave	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-1680	120	12	10.4	96.7%	0 (0.0%)	106 (88.3%)	12 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	$36,639			$6,769			$29,869	8.9	49.7	596	756
170993000730	1353	Leland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	512 S Lavergne Ave	Chicago	60644	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-6340	368	35	10.5	96.7%	0 (0.0%)	347 (94.3%)	15 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	$26,236			$5,158			$21,078	8.9	9.2	1353
170993000629	1354	Burke Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5356 S King Dr	Chicago	60615	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-1325	281	27	10.6	96.8%	5 (1.8%)	259 (92.2%)	11 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	$23,254			$4,864			$18,390	8.8	9.4	1349	5
173123003268	1355	Lincoln School	Public	K-8	700 Mary St	Peoria	61603	Peoria County	Peoria School District 150	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 672-6542	727	50	14.5	91.2%	84 (11.6%)	360 (49.5%)	221 (30.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	55 (7.6%)	$14,970			$2,274			$12,696	8.8	10.4	1334	21
171185004100	1356	Stephen Decatur Middle School	Public	7-8	1 Educational Park	Decatur	62526	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 362-3251	459	29	15.8	83.0%	172 (37.5%)	200 (43.6%)	17 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	66 (14.4%)	$22,355			$5,414			$16,942	8.7	9.6	1343	13
170993000695	1357	Dett Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2131 W Monroe St	Chicago	60612	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-7160	253	24	10.5	95.7%	0 (0.0%)	227 (89.7%)	20 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$28,259			$5,326			$22,934	8.2	8.2	1365	8
173123003283	1358	The Elise Ford Allen Academy	Public	K-8	1704 W Aiken Ave	Peoria	61605	Peoria County	Peoria School District 150	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 672-6574	624	40	15.5	92.9%	29 (4.6%)	551 (88.3%)	14 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	26 (4.2%)	$15,406			$2,558			$12,848	8.2	8.6	1360	2
170993000847	1359	Herzl Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3711 W Douglas Blvd	Chicago	60623	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-1480	403	36	11.3	98.0%	4 (1.0%)	380 (94.3%)	17 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$23,438			$4,566			$18,872	8.2	8.7	1359
170993005980	1360	Plato Learning Academy Elementary School	Public	K-8	5545 W Harrison St	Chicago	60644	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 413-3090	176	8	22	98.9%	0 (0.0%)	174 (98.9%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,856			$191			$22,665	7.9	13	1283	77

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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.