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)
171464001811	71	Ewing-Northern Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	51 N Main St	Ewing	62836	Franklin County	Ewing Northern CCSD 115	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 629-2181	236	20	12.1	51.3%	228 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$12,702			$963			$11,739	93.9	92.7	77	6
171270006009	72	Dunlap Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	13120 N State Route 91	Dunlap	61525	Peoria County	Dunlap CUSD 323	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 243-1034	564	35	16	22.3%	350 (62.1%)	59 (10.5%)	29 (5.1%)	83 (14.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.3%)	$10,451			$503			$9,948	93.8	91	103	31
172771002934	73	Lincoln Junior High School	Public	6-8	1320 Olympus Dr	Naperville	60565	DuPage County	Naperville CUSD 203	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 420-6370	766	56	13.5	14.5%	545 (71.1%)	37 (4.8%)	60 (7.8%)	76 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.7%)	$19,063			$339			$18,723	93.8	93.5	70	3
171911002197	74	Highlands Middle School	Public	5-8	1850 W Plainfield Rd	La Grange Highlands	60525	Cook County	LaGrange Highlands School District 106	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 579-6890	426	34	12.6		327 (76.8%)	5 (1.2%)	62 (14.6%)	14 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (4.0%)	$17,115			$822			$16,293	93.6	94.3	56	18
170033005766	75	Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School	Public	7-8	2499 County Road 2100 E	Thomasboro	61878	Champaign County	Prairieview-Ogden CCSD 197	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 694-4122	53	5	10.8	15.1%	50 (94.3%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,046			$385			$13,661	93.6	73.7	290	215
172037002294	76	Jasper Elementary School	Public	K-8	2030 County Road 1020 N	Fairfield	62837	Wayne County	Jasper CCSD 17	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 842-3048	175	15	12	25.7%	169 (96.6%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$11,874			$2,748			$9,126	93.6	89.1	119	43
170993000957	77	McDade Elementary Classical School	Public	K-8	8801 S Indiana Ave	Chicago	60619	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-3669	210	14	15.5	38.1%	5 (2.4%)	191 (91.0%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.8%)	$19,624			$2,835			$16,789	93.6	91.7	94	17
170993006173	78	STEM Magnet Academy Elementary	Public	K-8	1522 W Fillmore St	Chicago	60607	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-7300	395	30	13.3	43.0%	27 (6.8%)	142 (35.9%)	79 (20.0%)	131 (33.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.5%)	$17,267			$2,510			$14,756	93.4	75.1	276	198
172175002449	79	Deer Path Middle School West	Public	7-8	155 W Deerpath	Lake Forest	60045	Lake County	Lake Forest School District 67	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 604-7400	402	41	9.8		336 (83.6%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.5%)	31 (7.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.5%)	$26,066			$365			$25,702	93.3	85.2	166	87
174170004176	80	Field School	Public	6-8	2055 Landwehr Rd	Northbrook	60062	Cook County	West Northfield School District 31	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 272-6884	309	34	9		127 (41.1%)	8 (2.6%)	36 (11.7%)	107 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (10.0%)	$27,435			$566			$26,869	93.2	96.2	43	37

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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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