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)
170000903323	171	Pinckneyville Middle School	Public	5-8	700 E Water St	Pinckneyville	62274	Perry County	Pinckneyville School District 50	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 357-2724	228	16	14.2	39.0%	206 (90.4%)	3 (1.3%)	9 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	7 (3.1%)	$13,157			$2,239			$10,918	85.2	90	114	57
170954000562	172	Channahon Junior High School	Public	7-8	24917 W Sioux Dr	Channahon	60410	Will County	Channahon School District 17	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 467-4314	266	16	16.5	16.9%	208 (78.2%)	6 (2.3%)	43 (16.2%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$17,386			$1,536			$15,851	85.1	91.4	97	75
170993000965	173	Mitchell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2233 W Ohio St	Chicago	60612	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-7655	388	30	13.1	27.6%	206 (53.1%)	29 (7.5%)	127 (32.7%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.1%)	$18,966			$2,374			$16,593	85	85.7	162	11
174136004150	174	Wayne City Attendance Center	Public	PK, KG-8	408 E Mill St	Wayne City	62895	Wayne County	Wayne City CUSD 100	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 895-3103	349	26	13.6	50.4%	339 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$12,187			$1,584			$10,604	84.9	84.6	173	1
173474003420	175	Lincoln Prairie School	Public	K-8	500 Hillcrest Blvd	Hoffman Estates	60169	Cook County	Schaumburg CCSD 54	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(847) 357-5955	352	31	11.3		164 (46.6%)	20 (5.7%)	50 (14.2%)	86 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.1%)	$19,244			$917			$18,327	84.9	86.8	145	30
170993001010	176	Oriole Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	5424 N Oketo Ave	Chicago	60656	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-1201	589	41	14.3	26.3%	352 (59.8%)	11 (1.9%)	166 (28.2%)	41 (7.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.1%)	$17,448			$2,334			$15,114	84.8	85.1	167	9
170993005979	177	LaSalle II Lang Academy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1148 N Honore St	Chicago	60622	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-0490	582	41	14.2	36.4%	162 (27.8%)	115 (19.8%)	246 (42.3%)	24 (4.1%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	30 (5.2%)	$18,794			$2,483			$16,311	84.8	86.6	151	26
171593005958	178	Fremont Junior High/Middle School	Public	6-8	28871 N Fremont Center Rd	Mundelein	60060	Lake County	Fremont School District 79	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 566-9384	709	50	14		468 (66.0%)	17 (2.4%)	133 (18.8%)	69 (9.7%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	16 (2.3%)	$16,013			$497			$15,516	84.8	82.5	194	16
172619002794	179	Millstadt Consolidated School	Public	3-8	211 W Mill St	Millstadt	62260	St. Clair County	Millstadt CCSD 160	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 476-1681	460	34	13.6	20.4%	424 (92.2%)	13 (2.8%)	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$12,039			$955			$11,083	84.7	68.6	346	167
172427001557	180	Manhattan Junior High School	Public	6-8	15606 W Smith Rd	Manhattan	60442	Will County	Manhattan School District 114	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 478-6090	603	38	15.7	14.6%	509 (84.4%)	16 (2.7%)	61 (10.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.5%)	$11,073			$476			$10,597	84.7	80.6	218	38

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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.