Is Big Hollow Middle School a good school?

Big Hollow Middle School ranks 467 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Big Hollow Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 765 students attended Big Hollow Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Big Hollow Middle School?

Students at Big Hollow Middle School are 53% White, 29% Hispanic, 8% African American, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Big Hollow Middle School attend?

Students who attend Big Hollow Middle School usually go on to attend Grant Community High School

Big Hollow Middle School

Summary:

Big Hollow Middle School is a public middle school located in Ingleside, Illinois, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 803 students. The school is part of the Big Hollow School District 38, which is ranked 405 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Big Hollow Middle School consistently performs above the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency, with 54.7% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024 compared to the state average of 41.2%. However, the school struggles in Mathematics, with only 20.5% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school's performance in Science is strong, with 55.5% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, exceeding the state average of 53.2%. The school has a relatively strong performance among African American and Disabled student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% and top 26% of Illinois middle schools, respectively, in 2023-2024. However, the school struggles with Asian, Hispanic, and White student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25-35% of Illinois middle schools in 2023-2024.

Big Hollow Middle School generally performs better than the nearby Magee Middle School and Round Lake Middle School, which are both part of the lower-performing Round Lake CUSD 116 district. However, the school lags behind some of the higher-performing nearby schools, such as Johnsburg Junior High School, McHenry Middle School, and Park West School, which have stronger academic performance and lower chronic absenteeism rates.

Detail:

Public 5-8

26051 W Nippersink Rd
Ingleside, IL 60041-8785

(847) 740-5322

District: Big Hollow School District 38

SchoolDigger Rank:
467^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,769

Students who attend Big Hollow Middle School usually attend:

High:

Grant Community High School

Feeder schools for Big Hollow Middle School:

Elementary:	Big Hollow Elementary School
	Big Hollow Primary School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.3

Number of students: 765

Racial breakdown:

White:

53.2%

Hispanic:

29.2%

African American:

7.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 37.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Big Hollow Middle School ranks better than 65.7% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.81. (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: White (53.2%), Hispanic (29.2%), African American (7.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 37.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Big Hollow Middle School is 15.3. (See more...)

Compare Big Hollow Middle School employs 50 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Big Hollow Middle School is $13,769.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Big Hollow Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Big Hollow Middle School 467^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Big Hollow Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Big Hollow School District 38:

SchoolDigger ranks Big Hollow School District 38 405^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Big Hollow Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	70.64	371^st	1185	68.7%
2004	65.53	465^th	1204	61.4%
2005	66.71	469^th	1209	61.2%
2006	59.59	587^th	1272	53.9%
2007	71.01	366^th	1287	71.6%
2008	64.19	545^th	1293	57.8%
2009	57.13	667^th	1318	49.4%
2010	49.87	788^th	1327	40.6%
2011	51.55	750^th	1344	44.2%
2012	54.87	714^th	1365	47.7%
2013	48.72	720^th	1367	47.3%
2014	51.64	662^nd	1322	49.9%
2015	55.16	486^th	1302	62.7%
2016	49.96	596^th	1294	53.9%
2017	62.42	413^th	1293	68.1%
2018	55.83	519^th	1293	59.9%
2019	54.27	565^th	1356	58.3%
2021	48.36	539^th	1241	56.6%
2022	37.30	800^th	1369	41.6%
2023	52.46	561^st	1367	59.0%
2024	58.81	467^th	1363	65.7%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	33.40	126^th	195	35.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	39.51	269^th	454	40.7%
2023	36.23	309^th	480	35.6%
2024	47.45	186^th	486	61.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.16	235^th	602	61.0%
2019	30.68	556^th	792	29.8%
2021	37.93	301^st	548	45.1%
2022	35.73	461^st	781	41.0%
2023	33.83	493^rd	805	38.8%
2024	43.62	365^th	802	54.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	49.22	527^th	1161	54.6%
2019	39.49	733^rd	1217	39.8%
2021	33.54	685^th	1019	32.8%
2022	30.16	882^nd	1221	27.8%
2023	41.82	678^th	1234	45.1%
2024	56.35	427^th	1219	65.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.17	487^th	1226	60.3%
2019	54.83	523^rd	1276	59.0%
2021	47.55	479^th	1017	52.9%
2022	39.98	715^th	1286	44.4%
2023	53.75	490^th	1275	61.6%
2024	63.08	387^th	1251	69.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	49.30	241^st	674	64.2%
2024	59.87	166^th	639	74.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.47	525^th	1223	57.1%
2019	50.94	563^rd	1296	56.6%
2021	42.12	530^th	1048	49.4%
2022	35.01	780^th	1286	39.3%
2023	49.31	574^th	1292	55.6%
2024	52.36	512^th	1264	59.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.09	153^rd	209	26.8%
2022	18.71	178^th	198	10.1%
2023	36.81	131^st	192	31.8%
2024	38.79	123^rd	184	33.2%

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Rank History for African American students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.20	146^th	511	71.4%
2019	38.29	331^st	565	41.4%
2022	31.16	413^th	573	27.9%
2023	46.93	246^th	569	56.8%
2024	62.86	130^th	548	76.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.96	303^rd	590	48.6%
2019	38.93	379^th	639	40.7%
2021	40.63	284^th	517	45.1%
2022	26.72	516^th	662	22.1%
2023	41.39	359^th	661	45.7%
2024	45.55	305^th	643	52.6%

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Rank History for White students at Big Hollow Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.00	511^th	889	42.5%
2019	42.31	524^th	905	42.1%
2021	34.43	528^th	813	35.1%
2022	25.93	690^th	898	23.2%
2023	42.59	496^th	895	44.6%
2024	50.19	420^th	875	52.0%

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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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by a student
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Kids are allowed to swear and get away with it. Bulling goes on constantly. Administration only cares about the popular students. Some of the teachers are okay. The rest aren't. If your child has any hint of a learning problem, they don't get help at all. I had to help 2 friends of mine with their homework because of lack of help from teachers. I had to teach myself work from the grade above mine. Just so I could help. Students pass around the answers to test and homework all the time. Even the "good" kids give their friends the answers, and swear like sailors. All in all some good people, mostly bad. You can see some girls bras. The school doesn't do anything, yet you get in trouble for wearing hats. Their priorities are completely messed up. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Big Hollow Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	125	1	3	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	134
1990	145	1	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	148
1991	131	1	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	136
1992	116	0	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	121
1993	120	1	1	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	127
1994	129	1	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	135
1995	146	3	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	155
1996	146	3	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	155
1997	143	3	2	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	153
1998	159	4	0	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	172
1999	175	2	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	185
2000	186	1	0	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	196
2001	197	3	3	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	212
2002	170	2	8	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	193
2003	170	2	8	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	193
2004	194	6	7	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	230
2005	197	10	5	32	8	n/a	n/a	0	252
2006	169	6	13	44	3	n/a	n/a	7	242
2007	275	18	34	59	1	n/a	n/a	10	397
2008	274	14	34	78	2	n/a	n/a	29	431
2009	289	13	39	72	0	n/a	n/a	38	451
2010	314	17	41	86	0	n/a	n/a	35	493
2011	353	13	38	100	0	0	26	0	530
2012	356	22	40	103	0	0	29	0	550
2013	500	43	58	130	0	0	30	0	761
2014	552	39	52	112	2	1	5	0	763
2015	562	40	47	128	0	1	18	0	796
2016	514	33	40	146	0	1	18	0	752
2017	512	40	38	154	0	1	25	0	770
2018	488	45	43	180	0	1	31	0	788
2019	474	40	40	198	2	1	34	0	789
2020	493	46	45	194	1	0	34	0	813
2021	458	47	53	199	3	0	27	0	787
2022	464	46	42	201	5	3	27	0	788
2023	446	53	41	222	7	3	31	0	803
2024	407	60	36	223	5	1	33	0	765

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 Big Hollow Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	134	9.0	14.8	n/a
1990	148	10.0	14.8	n/a
1991	136	10.0	13.6	n/a
1992	121	10.0	12.1	n/a
1993	127	10.0	12.7	n/a
1994	135	10.0	13.5	n/a
1995	155	10.0	15.5	n/a
1996	155	10.0	15.5	n/a
1997	153	12.0	12.8	n/a
1998	172	11.0	15.6	n/a
1999	185	14.7	12.6	n/a
2000	196	16.0	12.3	n/a
2001	212	15.1	14.0	n/a
2002	193	16.0	12.1	8.8
2003	193	16.0	12.1	8.8
2004	230	18.0	12.8	9.1
2005	252	17.0	14.8	5.2
2006	242	13.0	18.6	7.2
2007	397	23.0	17.3	8.5
2008	431	24.0	18.0	11.7
2009	451	35.0	12.9	14
2010	493	38.8	12.6	19
2011	530	40.8	12.9	23
2012	550	41.0	13.4	24.7
2013	761	50.1	15.1	25.8
2014	763	37.0	20.6	26.3
2015	796	39.0	20.4	29.9
2016	752	39.0	19.2	29.1
2017	770	37.8	20.3	29.1
2018	788	43.2	18.2	29.1
2019	789	50.3	15.6	30.5
2020	813	52.5	15.4	28.7
2021	787	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	788	53.4	14.7	24.9
2023	803	51.0	15.7	32.3
2024	765	50.0	15.3	37.9

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 Big Hollow Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	134	9.0	14.8	n/a
1990	148	10.0	14.8	n/a
1991	136	10.0	13.6	n/a
1992	121	10.0	12.1	n/a
1993	127	10.0	12.7	n/a
1994	135	10.0	13.5	n/a
1995	155	10.0	15.5	n/a
1996	155	10.0	15.5	n/a
1997	153	12.0	12.8	n/a
1998	172	11.0	15.6	n/a
1999	185	14.7	12.6	n/a
2000	196	16.0	12.3	n/a
2001	212	15.1	14.0	n/a
2002	193	16.0	12.1	8.8
2003	193	16.0	12.1	8.8
2004	230	18.0	12.8	9.1
2005	252	17.0	14.8	5.2
2006	242	13.0	18.6	7.2
2007	397	23.0	17.3	8.5
2008	431	24.0	18.0	11.7
2009	451	35.0	12.9	14
2010	493	38.8	12.6	19
2011	530	40.8	12.9	23
2012	550	41.0	13.4	24.7
2013	761	50.1	15.1	25.8
2014	763	37.0	20.6	26.3
2015	796	39.0	20.4	29.9
2016	752	39.0	19.2	29.1
2017	770	37.8	20.3	29.1
2018	788	43.2	18.2	29.1
2019	789	50.3	15.6	30.5
2020	813	52.5	15.4	28.7
2021	787	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	788	53.4	14.7	24.9
2023	803	51.0	15.7	32.3
2024	765	50.0	15.3	37.9

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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