Best Middle Schools in Illinois

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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)
170993000817	1091	Hendricks Elementary Community Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	4316 S Princeton Ave	Chicago	60609	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-1696	181	19	9.6	96.7%	1 (0.6%)	165 (91.2%)	14 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$29,521			$5,043			$24,477	20.4	17.2	1180	89
170993000665	1092	Clissold Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2350 W 110th Pl	Chicago	60643	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-2560	476	40	11.9	46.8%	64 (13.4%)	339 (71.2%)	55 (11.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.9%)	$22,255			$3,113			$19,142	20.3	21.5	1085	7
174047004372	1093	Mt Carmel Junior High School	Public	7-8	201 N Pear St	Mount Carmel	62863	Wabash County	Wabash CUSD 348	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 262-8886	213	16	13.2	55.9%	197 (92.5%)	2 (0.9%)	10 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	$13,303			$2,709			$10,594	20.3	25.7	997	96
170993000672	1094	Cook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8150 S Bishop St	Chicago	60620	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-3315	283	21	13.4	90.5%	0 (0.0%)	265 (93.6%)	15 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$22,432			$4,145			$18,288	20.3	15.7	1213	119
173171005518	1095	Pikeland Community School	Public	3-8	601 Piper Ln	Pittsfield	62363	Pike County	Pikeland CUSD 10	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 285-9462	490	37	13.2	53.9%	460 (93.9%)	4 (0.8%)	15 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	$12,285			$2,319			$9,966	20.2	43	716	379
170648000319	1096	Bloomington Junior High School	Public	6-8	901 Colton Ave	Bloomington	61701	McLean County	Bloomington School District 87	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 827-0086	997	84	11.8	66.8%	401 (40.2%)	222 (22.3%)	185 (18.6%)	30 (3.0%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	151 (15.1%)	$16,888			$1,282			$15,606	20.1	25.9	993	103
170011205381	1097	Northlawn Junior High School	Public	5-8	202 E 1st St	Streator	61364	LaSalle County	Streator Education Service District 44	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 672-4558	606	43	14	66.7%	359 (59.2%)	32 (5.3%)	163 (26.9%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.8%)	$16,040			$3,573			$12,467	20	20.8	1097
172511006426	1098	Irving Middle School	Public	5-8	805 S 17th Ave	Maywood	60153	Cook County	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(708) 450-2015	496	42	11.8	64.3%	2 (0.4%)	300 (60.5%)	182 (36.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.2%)	$21,746			$1,203			$20,543	20	15	1233	135
171842002126	1099	Harvard Junior High School	Public	6-8	1301 Garfield St	Harvard	60033	McHenry County	Harvard CUSD 50	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 943-6466	577	50	11.6	44.7%	156 (27.0%)	3 (0.5%)	404 (70.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	$16,434			$1,097			$15,337	19.9	21.2	1091	8
172058002348	1100	Washington Junior High & Academy Prgm	Public	6-8	402 Richards St	Joliet	60433	Will County	Joliet PSD 86	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 727-5271	739	51	14.4	98.0%	25 (3.4%)	187 (25.3%)	500 (67.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.5%)	$20,459			$1,782			$18,677	19.8	34.5	854	246

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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.