Best Middle Schools in Illinois for Homeless Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Illinois!

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, Homeless students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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

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.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Homeless vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 70)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
170850000476	1	Carmi White County Junior High School	Public	7-8	800 W Main St	Carmi	62821	White County	Carmi-White County CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 382-4661	214	14	15.5	65.0%	205 (95.8%)	4 (1.9%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$11,074			$2,578			$8,496	98.6%	83.1%	15.45%
171540001846	2	Floyd Henson Junior High School	Public	6-8	609 N Stanford Rd	Flora	62839	Clay County	Flora CUSD 35	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 662-8394	289	22	13.1	54.7%	267 (92.4%)	3 (1.0%)	7 (2.4%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$11,278			$1,296			$9,981	97.1%	86.4%	10.72%
171366001663	3	Eldorado Middle School	Public	6-8	1907 1st St	Eldorado	62930	Saline County	Eldorado CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 273-8056	231	20	11.3	73.2%	219 (94.8%)	2 (0.9%)	6 (2.6%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$14,717			$1,977			$12,739	95.7%	68.1%	27.63%
171329001584	4	Richland County Middle School	Public	6-8	1099 N Van St	Olney	62450	Richland County	Richland County CUSD 1	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 395-4372	472	32	14.7	56.4%	436 (92.4%)	3 (0.6%)	15 (3.2%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	$12,969			$2,514			$10,455	94.3%	71.4%	22.90%
170561000241	5	West Junior High School	Public	7-8	840 Royal Heights Rd	Belleville	62226	St. Clair County	Belleville School District 118	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 234-8200	422	30	13.9	76.3%	121 (28.7%)	241 (57.1%)	24 (5.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	32 (7.6%)	$18,809			$2,860			$15,948	92.9%	52.3%	40.55%
172734002898	6	Zadok Casey Middle School	Public	6-8	1829 Broadway St	Mount Vernon	62864	Jefferson County	Mount Vernon School District 80	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 244-8060	419	30	13.7	76.1%	205 (48.9%)	141 (33.7%)	11 (2.6%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (13.8%)	$15,161			$3,345			$11,816	91.4%	23.2%	68.24%
171314001552	7	Gemini Middle School	Public	6-8	8955 N Greenwood Ave	Niles	60714	Cook County	East Maine School District 63	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 827-1181	1,075	90	11.9	63.9%	304 (28.3%)	60 (5.6%)	274 (25.5%)	303 (28.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	132 (12.3%)	$17,066			$795			$16,270	90.0%	69.3%	20.74%
170993001124	8	Tilton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	223 N Keeler Ave	Chicago	60624	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-6746	234	20	11.7	98.7%	1 (0.4%)	212 (90.6%)	21 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,114			$6,359			$17,754	88.6%	16.7%	71.92%
170993000615	9	Haley Elementary Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	11411 S Eggleston Ave	Chicago	60628	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-5340	440	30	14.6	96.6%	1 (0.2%)	417 (94.8%)	21 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,834			$3,843			$17,991	87.1%	23.0%	64.11%
171065001279	10	Collinsville Middle School	Public	7-8	9649 Collinsville Rd	Collinsville	62234	Madison County	Collinsville CUSD 10	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 343-2100	950	64	14.9	64.9%	506 (53.3%)	120 (12.6%)	261 (27.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (6.3%)	$14,753			$1,841			$12,912	85.7%	42.2%	43.53%

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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.