Best Middle Schools in Illinois for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Illinois State Board of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 1219)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
170993000714	1	Young Magnet High School	Public	7-12	211 S Laflin St	Chicago	60607	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-7500	2,148	128	16.8	36.1%	538 (25.0%)	370 (17.2%)	613 (28.5%)	521 (24.3%)	6 (0.3%)	18 (0.8%)	82 (3.8%)	$16,374			$2,084			$14,289	99.9%	99.8%	0.14%
173123000973	2	Reservoir Gifted School	Public	5-8	3706 N Grand Blvd	Peoria	61614	Peoria County	Peoria School District 150	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 672-6563	277	17	16.7	26.0%	174 (62.8%)	39 (14.1%)	21 (7.6%)	10 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.9%)	$13,413			$1,306			$12,107	99.8%	99.5%	0.35%
173451006242	3	Thurgood Marshall School	Public	5-8	4664 N Rockton Ave	Rockford	61103	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 490-5400	482	26	18.3	25.1%	299 (62.0%)	21 (4.4%)	50 (10.4%)	82 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.8%)	$18,472			$609			$17,863	99.8%	99.3%	0.41%
172889003029	4	H H Conrady Junior High School	Public	6-8	7950 W 97th St	Hickory Hills	60457	Cook County	North Palos School District 117	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 233-4500	1,113	77	14.4	60.2%	814 (73.1%)	45 (4.0%)	177 (15.9%)	31 (2.8%)	12 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (3.0%)	$16,118			$877			$15,241	99.7%	98.2%	1.43%
170993000832	5	Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy	Public	K-8	3319 N Clifton Ave	Chicago	60657	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-5550	604	42	14.5	16.1%	311 (51.5%)	34 (5.6%)	128 (21.2%)	80 (13.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	47 (7.8%)	$16,594			$2,196			$14,398	99.6%	99.6%	0.04%
170993006173	6	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	99.5%	94.3%	5.23%
170993006590	7	Bronzeville Classical Elementary School	Public	K-7	8 W Root St	Chicago	60609	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-8085	395	22	17.9	17.7%	21 (5.3%)	289 (73.2%)	23 (5.8%)	33 (8.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.1%)	$18,057			$2,619			$15,438	99.4%	98.5%	0.97%
170993001083	8	Sheridan Elementary Math & Science Academy	Public	K-8	533 W 27th St	Chicago	60616	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-9120	529	30	17.9	53.5%	49 (9.3%)	74 (14.0%)	104 (19.7%)	281 (53.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.8%)	$16,207			$2,034			$14,173	99.3%	93.2%	6.17%
173204005539	9	Pleasantdale Middle School	Public	5-8	7450 Wolf Rd	Burr Ridge	60527	DuPage County	Pleasantdale School District 107	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(708) 246-3210	342	36	9.6	12.9%	235 (68.7%)	5 (1.5%)	62 (18.1%)	23 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.0%)	$21,048			$288			$20,760	99.3%	96.4%	2.86%
172771005436	10	Kennedy Junior High School	Public	6-8	2929 Green Trails Dr	Lisle	60532	DuPage County	Naperville CUSD 203	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 420-3220	931	65	14.2	10.6%	458 (49.2%)	18 (1.9%)	56 (6.0%)	352 (37.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (4.8%)	$19,499			$229			$19,270	99.2%	98.8%	0.35%

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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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Educational resources:

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.