Is Aptakisic Junior High School a good school?

Yes. Aptakisic Junior High School ranks in the top 6.0% of Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Aptakisic Junior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 885 students attended Aptakisic Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Aptakisic Junior High School?

Students at Aptakisic Junior High School are 54% Asian, 30% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What high school do graduates of Aptakisic Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Aptakisic Junior High School usually go on to attend Adlai E Stevenson High School

Aptakisic Junior High School

Summary:

Aptakisic Junior High School is a highly-rated public middle school located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, serving 883 students in grades 6-8. This school is part of the Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102 district, which is ranked 49th out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Aptakisic Junior High School consistently ranks among the top middle schools in Illinois, currently ranked 82nd out of 1,363 schools for the 2023-2024 school year. The school's students demonstrate exceptional academic achievement, with 70.7% proficient or better in English Language Arts and 62.7% proficient or better in Mathematics, significantly outperforming the state averages. Aptakisic also excels in supporting the academic success of various student subgroups, ranking highly for female students, male students, Asian students, multi-racial students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities. The school has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past 10 school years, demonstrating its ability to consistently deliver high-quality education.

Compared to nearby middle schools, such as Hawthorn Middle School South, MacArthur Middle School, and Jack London Middle School, Aptakisic Junior High School outperforms them in academic achievement. Additionally, Aptakisic serves a relatively diverse student population, with 5.91% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which is lower than the state average but higher than some nearby high-performing schools like Daniel Wright Junior High School. Aptakisic Junior High School's investment in resources, with a spending of approximately $17,394 per student, may contribute to its exceptional academic outcomes.

Detail:

Public 6-8

1231 Weiland Rd
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-7040

(847) 353-5506

District: Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102

SchoolDigger Rank:
82^nd of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,155

Students who attend Aptakisic Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Adlai E Stevenson High School

Feeder schools for Aptakisic Junior High School:

Elementary:	Earl Pritchett School
	Meridian School
	Tripp School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.3

Number of students: 885

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

54.4%

White:

30.4%

Hispanic:

7.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 5.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Aptakisic Junior High School ranks better than 94% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.04. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (54.4%), White (30.4%), Hispanic (7.1%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Aptakisic Junior High School is 13.3. (See more...)

Compare Aptakisic Junior High School employs 66.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Aptakisic Junior High School is $18,155.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Aptakisic Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Aptakisic Junior High School 82^nd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Aptakisic Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102:

SchoolDigger ranks Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102 49^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Aptakisic Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	83.18	174^th	1185	85.3%
2004	81.31	200^th	1204	83.4%
2005	85.38	126^th	1209	89.6%
2006	84.21	114^th	1272	91.0%
2007	85.88	77^th	1287	94.0%
2008	89.21	33^rd	1293	97.4%
2009	86.94	63^rd	1318	95.2%
2010	85.10	94^th	1327	92.9%
2011	86.86	59^th	1344	95.6%
2012	87.26	59^th	1365	95.7%
2013	87.60	115^th	1367	91.6%
2014	94.16	33^rd	1322	97.5%
2015	97.28	39^th	1302	97.0%
2016	95.82	33^rd	1294	97.4%
2017	95.11	42^nd	1293	96.8%
2018	96.75	31^st	1293	97.6%
2019	96.93	31^st	1356	97.7%
2022	95.88	44^th	1369	96.8%
2023	93.47	71^st	1367	94.8%
2024	93.04	82^nd	1363	94.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	88.32	18^th	195	90.8%
2023	85.89	20^th	194	89.7%
2024	84.90	24^th	184	87.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	99.75	1^st	285	99.6%
2019	85.84	6^th	339	98.2%
2022	93.77	5^th	454	98.9%
2023	86.61	16^th	480	96.7%
2024	81.46	22^nd	486	95.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	90.55	24^th	602	96.0%
2019	80.48	67^th	792	91.5%
2022	73.32	82^nd	781	89.5%
2023	72.49	141^st	805	82.5%
2024	75.42	145^th	802	81.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	98.91	7^th	1161	99.4%
2019	89.14	52^nd	1217	95.7%
2022	85.12	77^th	1221	93.7%
2023	71.45	222^nd	1234	82.0%
2024	74.99	183^rd	1219	85.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	96.36	27^th	1226	97.8%
2019	95.03	30^th	1276	97.6%
2022	94.06	58^th	1286	95.5%
2023	92.52	71^st	1275	94.4%
2024	92.46	73^rd	1251	94.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	75.91	75^th	674	88.9%
2024	80.09	58^th	639	90.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	95.88	33^rd	1223	97.3%
2019	97.51	23^rd	1296	98.2%
2022	96.53	29^th	1286	97.7%
2023	92.87	63^rd	1292	95.1%
2024	92.26	80^th	1264	93.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	85.07	18^th	209	91.4%
2019	81.70	19^th	201	90.5%
2022	77.62	35^th	198	82.3%
2023	74.75	40^th	192	79.2%
2024	72.26	48^th	184	73.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	82.51	63^rd	590	89.3%
2019	78.42	80^th	639	87.5%
2022	68.77	136^th	662	79.5%
2023	64.95	157^th	661	76.2%
2024	69.04	146^th	643	77.3%

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Rank History for White students at Aptakisic Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	88.11	62^nd	889	93.0%
2019	87.38	67^th	905	92.6%
2022	76.13	151^st	898	83.2%
2023	66.52	248^th	895	72.3%
2024	66.58	249^th	875	71.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Aptakisic Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	434	13	24	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	487
1989	505	10	36	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	563
1990	422	4	36	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	473
1991	461	5	33	11	2	n/a	n/a	0	512
1992	493	9	36	6	2	n/a	n/a	0	546
1993	517	8	48	16	2	n/a	n/a	0	591
1994	364	3	40	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	418
1995	408	5	47	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	465
1996	408	5	47	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	465
1997	435	4	49	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	495
1998	525	4	56	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	602
1999	566	6	64	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	659
2000	513	5	70	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	611
2001	515	3	56	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	597
2002	546	9	98	13	2	n/a	n/a	0	668
2003	546	9	98	13	2	n/a	n/a	0	668
2004	501	3	96	20	3	n/a	n/a	0	623
2005	465	0	90	28	0	n/a	n/a	0	583
2006	436	9	99	20	0	n/a	n/a	1	565
2007	425	12	89	19	34	n/a	n/a	5	584
2008	380	10	105	24	0	n/a	n/a	10	529
2009	331	8	112	18	1	n/a	n/a	13	483
2010	342	13	107	24	1	n/a	n/a	3	490
2011	326	14	89	24	1	0	10	0	464
2012	331	6	92	19	2	0	10	0	460
2013	312	10	95	23	1	1	10	0	452
2014	291	10	114	25	0	1	12	0	453
2015	284	9	122	33	1	0	13	0	462
2016	302	11	145	40	1	0	13	0	512
2017	283	9	186	31	0	0	13	0	522
2018	265	6	199	23	0	0	14	0	507
2019	365	9	317	40	0	0	24	0	755
2020	372	8	384	58	1	0	30	0	853
2021	353	5	418	61	1	0	32	0	870
2022	314	11	428	67	0	0	43	0	863
2023	290	20	457	64	0	0	52	0	883
2024	269	20	481	63	1	0	51	0	885

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Aptakisic Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	487	38.5	12.6	n/a
1989	563	41.0	13.7	n/a
1990	473	38.0	12.4	n/a
1991	512	39.0	13.1	n/a
1992	546	41.2	13.2	n/a
1993	591	38.7	15.3	n/a
1994	418	32.5	12.9	n/a
1995	465	33.5	13.9	n/a
1996	465	33.5	13.9	n/a
1997	495	34.0	14.6	n/a
1998	602	37.5	16.1	n/a
1999	659	43.2	15.3	n/a
2000	611	43.1	14.2	n/a
2001	597	44.8	13.3	n/a
2002	668	45.0	14.8	3.1
2003	668	45.0	14.8	3.1
2004	623	46.5	13.4	5
2005	583	47.5	12.3	4.5
2006	565	40.5	14.0	3.7
2007	584	41.0	14.2	5.4
2008	529	36.0	14.7	4.2
2009	483	40.0	12.1	7
2010	490	39.0	12.5	9.4
2011	464	39.0	11.8	8.6
2012	460	38.0	12.1	8.5
2013	452	44.5	10.1	8.4
2014	453	37.0	12.2	10.2
2015	462	36.0	12.8	11
2016	512	39.0	13.1	8.6
2017	522	39.0	13.3	10.5
2018	507	39.9	12.7	10.3
2019	755	55.6	13.5	8.3
2020	853	60.7	14.0	8.6
2021	870	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	863	62.9	13.7	5.9
2023	883	64.8	13.6	n/a
2024	885	66.5	13.3	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Aptakisic Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	487	38.5	12.6	n/a
1989	563	41.0	13.7	n/a
1990	473	38.0	12.4	n/a
1991	512	39.0	13.1	n/a
1992	546	41.2	13.2	n/a
1993	591	38.7	15.3	n/a
1994	418	32.5	12.9	n/a
1995	465	33.5	13.9	n/a
1996	465	33.5	13.9	n/a
1997	495	34.0	14.6	n/a
1998	602	37.5	16.1	n/a
1999	659	43.2	15.3	n/a
2000	611	43.1	14.2	n/a
2001	597	44.8	13.3	n/a
2002	668	45.0	14.8	3.1
2003	668	45.0	14.8	3.1
2004	623	46.5	13.4	5
2005	583	47.5	12.3	4.5
2006	565	40.5	14.0	3.7
2007	584	41.0	14.2	5.4
2008	529	36.0	14.7	4.2
2009	483	40.0	12.1	7
2010	490	39.0	12.5	9.4
2011	464	39.0	11.8	8.6
2012	460	38.0	12.1	8.5
2013	452	44.5	10.1	8.4
2014	453	37.0	12.2	10.2
2015	462	36.0	12.8	11
2016	512	39.0	13.1	8.6
2017	522	39.0	13.3	10.5
2018	507	39.9	12.7	10.3
2019	755	55.6	13.5	8.3
2020	853	60.7	14.0	8.6
2021	870	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	863	62.9	13.7	5.9
2023	883	64.8	13.6	n/a
2024	885	66.5	13.3	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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