Is Carpentersville Middle School a good school?

Carpentersville Middle School ranks in the bottom 12.0% of Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Carpentersville Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,169 students attended Carpentersville Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Carpentersville Middle School?

Students at Carpentersville Middle School are 88% Hispanic, 6% African American, 5% White.

What high school do graduates of Carpentersville Middle School attend?

Students who attend Carpentersville Middle School usually go on to attend Oak Ridge School

Carpentersville Middle School

Summary:

Carpentersville Middle School is a public middle school serving 1,177 students in grades 6-8 in Carpentersville, Illinois, which is part of the Community Unit School District 300. The school consistently performs below state and district averages in academic achievement, with only 17.6% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 6.2% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 41.2% and 28.4% statewide, respectively.

Carpentersville Middle School also faces significant challenges with chronic absenteeism, with a rate of 22.8% compared to the district average of 15.1% at Algonquin Middle School and the state average of 15.8% at Dundee Middle School. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 74.26% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the 49.37% at Algonquin Middle School and 29.41% at Dundee Middle School.

The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and English Language Learners, who rank in the bottom quarter of Illinois middle schools in English Language Arts. These disparities highlight the need for targeted interventions and a comprehensive review of the school's practices and resource allocation to improve outcomes for all students. Despite spending a relatively high amount per student ($14,814 in 2022-2023), Carpentersville Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Illinois middle schools, suggesting that the challenges the school faces may not be solely about funding.

Detail:

Public 6-8

100 Cleveland Ave
Carpentersville, IL 60118-1960

(847) 426-1380

District: Cusd 300

SchoolDigger Rank:
1200^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,961

Students who attend Carpentersville Middle School usually attend:

High:

Oak Ridge School

Feeder schools for Carpentersville Middle School:

Elementary:	Golfview Elementary School
	Lakewood School
	Meadowdale Elementary School
	Parkview Elementary School
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	Perry Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.2

Number of students: 1,169

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.5%

African American:

5.7%

White:

5.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 79.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Carpentersville Middle School ranks worse than 88% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Cusd 300 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.03. (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: Hispanic (87.5%), African American (5.7%), White (5.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 79.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Cusd 300 School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Carpentersville Middle School is 13.2, which is the 2^nd best among 4 middle schools in the Cusd 300 School District. (See more...)

Compare Carpentersville Middle School employs 88.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Carpentersville Middle School is $15,961, which is the 2^nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Cusd 300 School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Carpentersville Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Carpentersville Middle School 1200^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Carpentersville Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Cusd 300:

SchoolDigger ranks Cusd 300 411^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Carpentersville Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	16.55	981^st	1185	17.2%
2004	12.65	1030^th	1204	14.5%
2005	13.57	1032^nd	1209	14.6%
2006	16.08	1083^rd	1272	14.9%
2007	32.55	967^th	1287	24.9%
2008	28.61	1003^rd	1293	22.4%
2009	17.56	1121^st	1318	14.9%
2010	29.18	1028^th	1327	22.5%
2011	31.46	1035^th	1344	23.0%
2012	34.01	1002^nd	1365	26.6%
2013	17.63	1178^th	1367	13.8%
2014	24.56	1047^th	1322	20.8%
2015	42.67	670^th	1302	48.5%
2016	32.94	848^th	1294	34.5%
2017	24.56	989^th	1293	23.5%
2018	28.27	930^th	1293	28.1%
2019	26.58	989^th	1356	27.1%
2021	19.89	1025^th	1241	17.4%
2022	19.39	1120^th	1369	18.2%
2023	16.21	1199^th	1367	12.3%
2024	16.03	1200^th	1363	12.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.13	179^th	285	37.2%
2019	40.20	206^th	339	39.2%
2021	37.23	186^th	277	32.9%
2022	30.06	389^th	454	14.3%
2023	26.99	430^th	480	10.4%
2024	27.83	412^th	486	15.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	31.33	416^th	602	30.9%
2019	34.18	478^th	792	39.6%
2021	28.46	441^st	548	19.5%
2022	32.06	550^th	781	29.6%
2023	23.56	679^th	805	15.7%
2024	21.40	707^th	802	11.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.25	690^th	1161	40.6%
2019	36.31	782^nd	1217	35.7%
2021	27.61	774^th	1019	24.0%
2022	25.59	973^rd	1221	20.3%
2023	21.36	1061^st	1234	14.0%
2024	21.11	1041^st	1219	14.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	33.09	48^th	70	31.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.06	888^th	1226	27.6%
2019	26.83	954^th	1276	25.2%
2021	20.73	837^th	1017	17.7%
2022	20.09	1058^th	1286	17.7%
2023	16.43	1110^th	1275	12.9%
2024	16.69	1087^th	1251	13.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	24.28	575^th	674	14.7%
2024	25.45	550^th	639	13.9%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	22.67	7^th	8	12.5%
2022	14.50	9^th	10	10.0%
2023	13.05	12^th	12	0.0%
2024	7.39	12^th	12	0.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.08	901^st	1223	26.3%
2019	26.82	935^th	1296	27.9%
2021	17.43	922^nd	1048	12.0%
2022	20.09	1040^th	1286	19.1%
2023	16.75	1137^th	1292	12.0%
2024	16.06	1129^th	1264	10.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.75	383^rd	511	25.0%
2019	32.64	398^th	565	29.6%
2021	38.44	217^th	385	43.6%
2022	32.72	390^th	573	31.9%
2023	25.59	481^st	569	15.5%
2024	30.79	385^th	548	29.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.11	416^th	590	29.5%
2019	28.60	493^rd	639	22.8%
2021	20.88	458^th	517	11.4%
2022	20.59	590^th	662	10.9%
2023	16.61	615^th	661	7.0%
2024	17.35	584^th	643	9.2%

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Rank History for White students at Carpentersville Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.21	581^st	889	34.6%
2019	39.44	557^th	905	38.5%
2021	27.69	593^rd	813	27.1%
2022	13.73	830^th	898	7.6%
2023	21.71	764^th	895	14.6%
2024	19.06	743^rd	875	15.1%

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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 Carpentersville Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	785	56	13	98	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	952
1989	804	59	17	119	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	999
1990	801	76	15	168	4	n/a	n/a	0	1064
1991	845	79	8	184	0	n/a	n/a	0	1116
1992	800	88	5	220	0	n/a	n/a	0	1113
1993	734	93	15	262	0	n/a	n/a	0	1104
1994	692	94	13	279	1	n/a	n/a	0	1079
1995	643	114	7	352	2	n/a	n/a	0	1118
1996	643	114	7	352	2	n/a	n/a	0	1118
1997	631	103	7	398	3	n/a	n/a	0	1142
1998	570	121	11	429	5	n/a	n/a	0	1136
1999	523	114	10	458	6	n/a	n/a	0	1111
2000	506	113	15	492	6	n/a	n/a	0	1132
2001	466	122	21	573	9	n/a	n/a	0	1191
2002	235	87	15	437	3	n/a	n/a	0	777
2003	235	87	15	437	3	n/a	n/a	0	777
2004	210	98	6	502	2	n/a	n/a	0	818
2005	142	85	4	438	4	n/a	n/a	2	675
2006	110	68	9	431	1	n/a	n/a	8	627
2007	93	71	6	513	2	n/a	n/a	9	694
2008	85	83	6	508	1	n/a	n/a	6	689
2009	102	88	13	501	0	n/a	n/a	18	722
2010	75	74	5	446	0	n/a	n/a	22	622
2011	69	86	5	486	2	0	12	0	660
2012	69	98	5	524	1	0	11	0	708
2013	67	99	5	558	1	0	13	0	743
2014	66	93	2	614	1	0	12	0	788
2015	56	79	1	694	0	0	12	0	842
2016	49	78	1	684	1	0	10	0	823
2017	91	111	9	1000	1	0	13	0	1225
2018	88	116	10	1034	1	0	10	0	1259
2019	79	98	5	1032	2	1	14	0	1231
2020	81	78	3	999	1	0	15	0	1177
2021	94	114	10	1087	2	1	17	0	1325
2022	84	96	8	1032	3	2	12	0	1237
2023	71	76	8	1004	5	2	11	0	1177
2024	60	67	6	1023	4	1	8	0	1169

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 Carpentersville Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	952	54.2	17.5	n/a
1989	999	54.1	18.4	n/a
1990	1064	57.1	18.6	n/a
1991	1116	60.6	18.4	n/a
1992	1113	61.0	18.2	n/a
1993	1104	66.0	16.7	n/a
1994	1079	66.0	16.3	n/a
1995	1118	71.0	15.7	n/a
1996	1118	71.0	15.7	n/a
1997	1142	72.5	15.8	n/a
1998	1136	75.7	15.0	n/a
1999	1111	72.7	15.3	n/a
2000	1132	75.0	15.1	n/a
2001	1191	80.0	14.9	n/a
2002	777	59.0	13.2	63.3
2003	777	59.0	13.2	63.3
2004	818	48.3	16.9	69.2
2005	675	46.0	14.7	77.3
2006	627	41.7	15.0	84
2007	694	52.0	13.3	89.2
2008	689	48.0	14.4	90.3
2009	722	55.4	13.0	84.1
2010	622	54.4	11.4	92.3
2011	660	48.9	13.4	91.2
2012	708	47.8	14.7	89.8
2013	743	61.9	11.9	91.9
2014	788	52.5	15.0	93.3
2015	842	56.0	15.0	91.9
2016	823	58.0	14.1	83.4
2017	1225	93.4	13.1	86
2018	1259	95.9	13.1	81.7
2019	1231	99.0	12.4	81.5
2020	1177	92.9	12.6	80.6
2021	1325	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1237	95.4	12.9	65.8
2023	1177	89.1	13.2	74.3
2024	1169	88.2	13.2	79.8

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 Carpentersville Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	952	54.2	17.5	n/a
1989	999	54.1	18.4	n/a
1990	1064	57.1	18.6	n/a
1991	1116	60.6	18.4	n/a
1992	1113	61.0	18.2	n/a
1993	1104	66.0	16.7	n/a
1994	1079	66.0	16.3	n/a
1995	1118	71.0	15.7	n/a
1996	1118	71.0	15.7	n/a
1997	1142	72.5	15.8	n/a
1998	1136	75.7	15.0	n/a
1999	1111	72.7	15.3	n/a
2000	1132	75.0	15.1	n/a
2001	1191	80.0	14.9	n/a
2002	777	59.0	13.2	63.3
2003	777	59.0	13.2	63.3
2004	818	48.3	16.9	69.2
2005	675	46.0	14.7	77.3
2006	627	41.7	15.0	84
2007	694	52.0	13.3	89.2
2008	689	48.0	14.4	90.3
2009	722	55.4	13.0	84.1
2010	622	54.4	11.4	92.3
2011	660	48.9	13.4	91.2
2012	708	47.8	14.7	89.8
2013	743	61.9	11.9	91.9
2014	788	52.5	15.0	93.3
2015	842	56.0	15.0	91.9
2016	823	58.0	14.1	83.4
2017	1225	93.4	13.1	86
2018	1259	95.9	13.1	81.7
2019	1231	99.0	12.4	81.5
2020	1177	92.9	12.6	80.6
2021	1325	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1237	95.4	12.9	65.8
2023	1177	89.1	13.2	74.3
2024	1169	88.2	13.2	79.8

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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