Best Middle Schools in Illinois

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JUST IN! Illinois IAR test scores and updated rankings for the 2023-24 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

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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)
170993000936	1361	Manierre Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1420 N Hudson Ave	Chicago	60610	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-8456	250	21	11.9	96.8%	0 (0.0%)	239 (95.6%)	10 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$22,989			$4,766			$18,223	7.9	8.3	1363	2
170993000923	1362	Kelvyn Park High School	Public	7-12	4343 W Wrightwood Ave	Chicago	60639	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-4200	514	43	12	88.7%	16 (3.1%)	41 (8.0%)	450 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	$21,971			$4,117			$17,854	7.6	9.6	1345	17
171185005629	1363	Hope Academy	Public	K-8	955 N Illinois St	Decatur	62521	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 362-3280	563	28	20.1	87.7%	116 (20.6%)	350 (62.2%)	20 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (13.7%)	$20,116			$3,825			$16,292	7.5	8.5	1362	1

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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.