Best Middle Schools in Illinois for African American 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, African American 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!

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 548)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
173123000973	1	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%	0.33%
171570001881	2	Hickory Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	22150 S Owens Rd	Frankfort	60423	Will County	Frankfort CCSD 157C	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 469-4474	910	63	14.5		687 (75.5%)	89 (9.8%)	73 (8.0%)	25 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.0%)	$12,602			$446			$12,156	99.6%	99.2%	0.44%
170993006590	3	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	99.5%	98.5%	0.99%
170993000714	4	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	99.3%	99.8%	0.51%
170993000957	5	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	99.1%	94.4%	4.74%
172889003029	6	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	98.9%	98.2%	0.67%
170993000888	7	Poe Elementary Classical School	Public	K-8	10538 S Langley Ave	Chicago	60628	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-5525	227	14	16.8	37.4%	8 (3.5%)	191 (84.1%)	17 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (4.4%)	$22,146			$3,028			$19,118	98.7%	91.9%	6.79%
170993002031	8	Brooks College Prep Academy High School	Public	7-12	250 E 111th St	Chicago	60628	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-9930	990	56	17.8	61.2%	10 (1.0%)	789 (79.7%)	180 (18.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.6%)	$17,616			$2,637			$14,979	98.5%	90.1%	8.44%
170993005269	9	Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center	Public	PK, KG-8	8101 S La Salle St	Chicago	60620	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-0040	289	16	18	33.9%	40 (13.8%)	182 (63.0%)	13 (4.5%)	43 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	$17,964			$2,865			$15,099	98.4%	96.6%	1.73%
173822003913	10	Summit Hill Junior High School	Public	7-8	7260 W North Ave	Frankfort	60423	Will County	Summit Hill School District 161	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(815) 469-0594	640	54	11.7	21.4%	456 (71.3%)	54 (8.4%)	89 (13.9%)	27 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.2%)	$17,472			$157			$17,315	98.2%	89.7%	8.52%

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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.

Educational resources:

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

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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

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.