Is John Middleton Elementary School a good school?

John Middleton Elementary School ranks 518 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend John Middleton Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 536 students attended John Middleton Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of John Middleton Elementary School?

Students at John Middleton Elementary School are 40% White, 29% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 9% African American, 8% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of John Middleton Elementary School attend?

Students who attend John Middleton Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Oliver McCracken Middle School High : Niles North High School

John Middleton Elementary School

Summary:

John Middleton Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Skokie, Illinois, serving grades 1-5 with a total enrollment of 536 students. The school is part of the Skokie School District 73-5, which is ranked 196 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

John Middleton Elementary School consistently ranks in the top 30% of Illinois elementary schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on the IAR (Illinois Assessment of Readiness) exams is generally above the state average, particularly in English Language Arts, where the school's proficiency rates are around 10-20 percentage points higher than the state average. In mathematics, the school's proficiency rates are also above the state average, though the gap is smaller compared to English Language Arts. The school's performance on the ISA (Illinois Science Assessment) is strong, with proficiency rates around 5-10 percentage points higher than the state average. John Middleton Elementary School performs particularly well for its African American and Hispanic student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% and top 20% of Illinois elementary schools, respectively.

Compared to nearby schools, John Middleton Elementary School generally outperforms the Rogers Elementary School (part of the Chicago Public Schools district) on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, the school lags behind some of the higher-performing elementary schools in the Evanston CCSD 65 district, such as Dewey Elementary and Walker Elementary, which have stronger academic results across the board. John Middleton Elementary School has a relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (around 30%), suggesting it serves a more economically advantaged student population compared to some of its neighbors.

Detail:

Public 1-5

8000 E Prairie Rd
Skokie, IL 60076-3402

(847) 673-1222

District: Skokie School District 73-5

SchoolDigger Rank:
518^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,884

Students who attend John Middleton Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Oliver McCracken Middle School
High:	Niles North High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.5

Number of students: 536

Racial breakdown:

White:

40.3%

Asian:

28.9%

Hispanic:

12.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 29.9%

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Compare Details John Middleton Elementary School ranks better than 74.9% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 72.18. (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.

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Compare Details The average total spent per student at John Middleton Elementary School is $23,884.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

John Middleton Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks John Middleton Elementary School 518^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See John Middleton Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Skokie School District 73-5:

SchoolDigger ranks Skokie School District 73-5 196^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	70.90	678^th	2020	66.4%
2004	78.92	376^th	2030	81.5%
2005	75.56	462^nd	2022	77.2%
2006	70.41	689^th	2086	67.0%
2007	68.31	773^rd	2095	63.1%
2008	76.33	487^th	2092	76.7%
2009	76.85	478^th	2120	77.5%
2010	78.26	415^th	2139	80.6%
2011	72.57	625^th	2147	70.9%
2012	78.64	411^th	2166	81.0%
2013	73.50	566^th	2167	73.9%
2014	83.61	306^th	2093	85.4%
2015	80.88	340^th	2052	83.4%
2016	86.54	242^nd	2046	88.2%
2017	86.20	236^th	2044	88.5%
2018	89.18	180^th	2037	91.2%
2019	90.40	152^nd	2086	92.7%
2021	65.95	564^th	1948	71.0%
2022	67.23	611^th	2082	70.7%
2023	74.53	472^nd	2077	77.3%
2024	72.18	518^th	2067	74.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	94.07	4^th	89	95.5%
2024	83.16	15^th	93	83.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	78.22	74^th	718	89.7%
2019	73.58	77^th	743	89.6%
2021	86.04	27^th	537	95.0%
2022	61.48	168^th	768	78.1%
2023	69.61	123^rd	788	84.4%
2024	53.11	266^th	826	67.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	76.85	93^rd	763	87.8%
2019	69.23	230^th	1194	80.7%
2021	54.66	219^th	640	65.8%
2022	64.48	244^th	1113	78.1%
2023	73.31	204^th	1156	82.4%
2024	68.71	260^th	1195	78.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	94.02	30^th	1765	98.3%
2019	94.43	26^th	1816	98.6%
2021	70.47	250^th	1514	83.5%
2022	68.43	357^th	1763	79.8%
2023	74.24	285^th	1808	84.2%
2024	79.49	191^st	1793	89.3%

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Rank History for Female students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	81.49	305^th	1964	84.5%
2019	85.96	206^th	2019	89.8%
2021	63.38	532^nd	1680	68.3%
2022	68.57	547^th	1970	72.2%
2023	71.16	480^th	1957	75.5%
2024	66.42	566^th	1942	70.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	57.24	281^st	907	69.0%
2024	49.35	346^th	886	60.9%

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Rank History for Male students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	93.12	92^nd	1972	95.3%
2019	92.31	105^th	2019	94.8%
2021	60.65	542^nd	1707	68.2%
2022	64.44	610^th	1977	69.1%
2023	74.29	435^th	1984	78.1%
2024	74.31	439^th	1959	77.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.17	177^th	242	26.9%
2019	34.57	182^nd	243	25.1%
2021	13.62	123^rd	134	8.2%
2022	11.27	212^th	226	6.2%
2023	22.95	195^th	237	17.7%
2024	15.76	197^th	219	10.0%

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Rank History for African American students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	75.18	76^th	692	89.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.93	65^th	938	93.1%
2019	94.89	12^th	955	98.7%
2022	60.89	260^th	954	72.7%
2023	66.28	216^th	970	77.7%
2024	69.91	181^st	959	81.1%

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Rank History for White students at John Middleton Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.26	130^th	1463	91.1%
2019	87.75	98^th	1462	93.3%
2021	52.92	570^th	1308	56.4%
2022	56.53	592^nd	1425	58.5%
2023	55.55	600^th	1419	57.7%
2024	59.14	533^rd	1392	61.7%

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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 John Middleton Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	294	8	112	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	444
1989	277	8	133	31	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	449
1990	275	17	159	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	473
1991	276	15	159	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	475
1992	321	25	145	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	522
1993	313	22	170	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	537
1994	365	11	156	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	573
1995	349	23	181	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	595
1996	349	23	181	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	595
1997	336	28	191	46	0	n/a	n/a	0	601
1998	335	28	197	53	0	n/a	n/a	0	613
1999	333	35	190	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	603
2000	327	39	170	39	0	n/a	n/a	0	575
2001	310	39	160	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	557
2002	317	37	159	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	555
2003	317	37	159	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	555
2004	325	40	159	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	571
2005	306	50	160	51	1	n/a	n/a	0	568
2006	291	66	165	46	1	n/a	n/a	0	569
2007	257	57	167	53	1	n/a	n/a	0	535
2008	242	61	171	55	2	n/a	n/a	3	534
2009	230	62	160	59	2	n/a	n/a	1	514
2010	224	55	168	53	1	n/a	n/a	7	508
2011	215	53	171	60	1	0	21	0	521
2012	216	61	173	60	2	1	22	0	535
2013	219	61	165	60	1	1	30	0	537
2014	207	50	169	61	1	1	24	0	513
2015	208	42	163	68	1	1	22	0	505
2016	217	43	174	70	3	1	28	0	536
2017	213	36	165	72	2	0	36	0	524
2018	198	33	172	71	2	1	41	0	518
2019	202	46	186	54	1	1	47	0	537
2020	204	45	184	62	1	2	58	0	556
2021	201	45	183	70	1	3	56	0	559
2022	208	44	173	71	3	2	45	0	546
2023	216	50	155	66	1	2	43	3	536

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 John Middleton Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	444	32.6	13.6	n/a
1989	449	34.0	13.2	n/a
1990	473	31.8	14.8	n/a
1991	475	33.8	14.0	n/a
1992	522	34.2	15.2	n/a
1993	537	34.3	15.7	n/a
1994	573	33.5	17.1	n/a
1995	595	37.7	15.8	n/a
1996	595	37.7	15.8	n/a
1997	601	36.7	16.4	n/a
1998	613	35.7	17.2	n/a
1999	603	36.0	16.8	n/a
2000	575	37.7	15.3	n/a
2001	557	42.7	13.0	n/a
2002	555	37.3	14.9	17.8
2003	555	37.3	14.9	17.8
2004	571	34.8	16.4	22.6
2005	568	35.8	15.9	21
2006	569	35.6	16.0	21.8
2007	535	33.0	16.2	21.5
2008	534	29.0	18.4	21.8
2009	514	35.4	14.5	24.8
2010	508	35.3	14.3	26.9
2011	521	35.2	14.7	29.2
2012	535	35.6	15.0	31.2
2013	537	45.4	11.8	34.3
2014	513	39.6	12.9	32.2
2015	505	39.0	12.9	42.4
2016	536	41.0	13.0	39.2
2017	524	42.5	12.3	31.9
2018	518	39.5	13.1	34.6
2019	537	43.5	12.3	33.5
2020	556	45.2	12.2	34
2021	559	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	546	45.0	12.1	28
2023	536	46.5	11.5	29.9

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 John Middleton Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	444	32.6	13.6	n/a
1989	449	34.0	13.2	n/a
1990	473	31.8	14.8	n/a
1991	475	33.8	14.0	n/a
1992	522	34.2	15.2	n/a
1993	537	34.3	15.7	n/a
1994	573	33.5	17.1	n/a
1995	595	37.7	15.8	n/a
1996	595	37.7	15.8	n/a
1997	601	36.7	16.4	n/a
1998	613	35.7	17.2	n/a
1999	603	36.0	16.8	n/a
2000	575	37.7	15.3	n/a
2001	557	42.7	13.0	n/a
2002	555	37.3	14.9	17.8
2003	555	37.3	14.9	17.8
2004	571	34.8	16.4	22.6
2005	568	35.8	15.9	21
2006	569	35.6	16.0	21.8
2007	535	33.0	16.2	21.5
2008	534	29.0	18.4	21.8
2009	514	35.4	14.5	24.8
2010	508	35.3	14.3	26.9
2011	521	35.2	14.7	29.2
2012	535	35.6	15.0	31.2
2013	537	45.4	11.8	34.3
2014	513	39.6	12.9	32.2
2015	505	39.0	12.9	42.4
2016	536	41.0	13.0	39.2
2017	524	42.5	12.3	31.9
2018	518	39.5	13.1	34.6
2019	537	43.5	12.3	33.5
2020	556	45.2	12.2	34
2021	559	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	546	45.0	12.1	28
2023	536	46.5	11.5	29.9

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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