Is Abbott Middle School a good school?

Abbott Middle School ranks in the bottom 9.8% of Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Abbott Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 551 students attended Abbott Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Abbott Middle School?

Students at Abbott Middle School are 74% Hispanic, 11% White, 10% African American, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Abbott Middle School

Summary:

Abbott Middle School is a public middle school located in Elgin, Illinois, serving 551 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the School District U-46, which is ranked 578 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, Abbott Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois middle schools, currently at 1229 out of 1363, and receives a 0-star rating.

The school faces significant challenges, particularly in academic performance. Only 14.1% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 30.7% in the district and 41.2% statewide. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was even lower at 7.6%, compared to 21.7% in the district and 28.4% statewide. Abbott Middle School also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching 51.7% in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 64.97% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

When comparing Abbott Middle School to other nearby schools within the same district, such as Eastview Middle School, the performance gap is significant. Eastview Middle School outperforms Abbott Middle School across all academic measures, with proficiency rates that are over 30 percentage points higher in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. Furthermore, Abbott Middle School is in close proximity to higher-performing schools, such as Wredling Middle School and Prairie Knolls Middle School, which are part of different school districts but consistently outperform Abbott Middle School and the district average.

Detail:

Public 7-8

949 Van St
Elgin, IL 60123-6131

(847) 888-5160

District: School District U-46

SchoolDigger Rank:
1229^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,222

Feeder schools for Abbott Middle School:

Elementary:	Harriet Gifford Elementary School
	Lowrie Elementary School
	Otter Creek Elementary School
	Washington Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.2

Number of students: 551

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.0%

White:

10.7%

African American:

9.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 65%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Abbott Middle School ranks worse than 90.2% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 8 ranked middle schools in the School District U-46. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.05. (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

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Abbott Middle School is $19,222, which is the 3^rd highest among 8 middle schools in the School District U-46.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Abbott Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Abbott Middle School 1229^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Abbott Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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School District U-46:

SchoolDigger ranks School District U-46 578^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Abbott Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	39.36	777^th	1185	34.4%
2004	35.09	840^th	1204	30.2%
2005	20.85	966^th	1209	20.1%
2006	29.47	981^st	1272	22.9%
2007	39.47	898^th	1287	30.2%
2008	62.09	582^nd	1293	55.0%
2009	63.84	535^th	1318	59.4%
2010	58.11	645^th	1327	51.4%
2011	47.82	801^st	1344	40.4%
2012	50.70	787^th	1365	42.3%
2013	39.70	870^th	1367	36.4%
2014	30.63	966^th	1322	26.9%
2015	36.51	775^th	1302	40.5%
2016	19.63	1097^th	1294	15.2%
2017	24.11	998^th	1293	22.8%
2018	28.14	933^rd	1293	27.8%
2019	31.39	924^th	1356	31.9%
2022	24.63	1010^th	1369	26.2%
2023	17.74	1164^th	1367	14.9%
2024	15.05	1229^th	1363	9.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.65	119^th	164	27.4%
2019	39.54	103^rd	179	42.5%
2022	16.54	173^rd	195	11.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.44	197^th	285	30.9%
2019	39.74	211^th	339	37.8%
2022	36.58	300^th	454	33.9%
2023	39.77	262^nd	480	45.4%
2024	26.84	429^th	486	11.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.35	399^th	602	33.7%
2019	30.46	566^th	792	28.5%
2022	32.87	530^th	781	32.1%
2023	21.36	734^th	805	8.8%
2024	23.94	664^th	802	17.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.86	858^th	1161	26.1%
2019	35.52	798^th	1217	34.4%
2022	25.64	971^st	1221	20.5%
2023	18.09	1130^th	1234	8.4%
2024	15.89	1130^th	1219	7.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	30.31	40^th	53	24.5%
2024	30.01	56^th	70	20.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.65	925^th	1226	24.6%
2019	27.84	941^st	1276	26.3%
2022	25.12	954^th	1286	25.8%
2023	16.75	1102^nd	1275	13.6%
2024	13.59	1147^th	1251	8.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	28.79	507^th	674	24.8%
2024	27.83	504^th	639	21.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.65	824^th	1223	32.6%
2019	35.13	798^th	1296	38.4%
2022	24.79	959^th	1286	25.4%
2023	19.38	1080^th	1292	16.4%
2024	17.07	1105^th	1264	12.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	30.56	162^nd	209	22.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.76	423^rd	511	17.2%
2019	30.56	424^th	565	25.0%
2022	21.40	552^nd	573	3.7%
2023	24.97	490^th	569	13.9%
2024	18.59	526^th	548	4.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.78	504^th	590	14.6%
2019	26.39	520^th	639	18.6%
2022	20.86	585^th	662	11.6%
2023	16.21	622^nd	661	5.9%
2024	13.33	620^th	643	3.6%

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Rank History for Native American students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	49.41	1^st	4	75.0%

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Rank History for White students at Abbott Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	54.75	379^th	889	57.4%
2019	58.49	349^th	905	61.4%
2022	51.67	400^th	898	55.5%
2023	23.19	747^th	895	16.5%
2024	25.35	675^th	875	22.9%

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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 Abbott Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	345	38	14	47	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	444
1989	369	40	16	49	1	n/a	n/a	0	475
1990	370	42	11	60	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	483
1991	351	36	8	74	1	n/a	n/a	0	470
1992	367	41	12	59	2	n/a	n/a	0	481
1993	393	46	18	68	2	n/a	n/a	0	527
1994	379	54	21	85	0	n/a	n/a	0	539
1995	351	59	27	100	1	n/a	n/a	0	538
1996	351	59	27	100	1	n/a	n/a	0	538
1997	374	56	29	107	0	n/a	n/a	0	566
1998	389	68	25	128	0	n/a	n/a	0	610
1999	380	75	30	145	0	n/a	n/a	0	630
2000	382	83	30	163	0	n/a	n/a	0	658
2001	400	65	31	188	0	n/a	n/a	0	684
2002	401	87	46	229	2	n/a	n/a	0	765
2003	401	87	46	229	2	n/a	n/a	0	765
2004	387	87	36	276	2	n/a	n/a	0	788
2005	196	79	19	259	1	n/a	n/a	7	561
2006	192	83	15	251	2	n/a	n/a	5	548
2007	178	77	10	275	1	n/a	n/a	14	555
2008	153	59	16	271	4	n/a	n/a	26	529
2009	150	66	23	279	2	n/a	n/a	39	559
2010	137	73	23	272	2	n/a	n/a	41	548
2011	101	65	21	332	4	0	23	0	546
2012	77	58	25	301	5	0	21	0	487
2013	93	44	23	287	5	1	20	0	473
2014	112	47	22	331	8	1	17	0	538
2015	85	39	24	328	6	0	15	0	497
2016	73	58	14	325	5	0	14	0	489
2017	85	69	18	420	4	0	15	0	611
2018	84	65	23	480	3	0	29	0	684
2019	78	56	18	512	3	0	23	0	690
2020	73	64	15	484	7	0	23	0	666
2021	87	76	12	446	15	0	34	0	670
2022	73	59	11	455	16	0	25	0	639
2023	59	54	10	408	4	0	16	0	551

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 Abbott Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	444	30.0	14.8	n/a
1989	475	29.0	16.3	n/a
1990	483	29.2	16.5	n/a
1991	470	31.1	15.1	n/a
1992	481	31.5	15.2	n/a
1993	527	33.1	15.9	n/a
1994	539	32.0	16.8	n/a
1995	538	32.0	16.8	n/a
1996	538	32.0	16.8	n/a
1997	566	36.0	15.7	n/a
1998	610	38.2	16.0	n/a
1999	630	43.0	14.7	n/a
2000	658	42.3	15.6	n/a
2001	684	47.7	14.3	n/a
2002	765	50.0	15.3	35.9
2003	765	50.0	15.3	35.9
2004	788	46.0	17.1	36.9
2005	561	35.6	15.8	52.3
2006	548	34.4	15.9	52.7
2007	555	32.0	17.3	61.6
2008	529	34.0	15.6	61.6
2009	559	37.3	15.0	66.2
2010	548	34.0	16.1	75.3
2011	546	29.8	18.3	71.1
2012	487	33.0	14.7	76
2013	473	34.1	13.8	76.7
2014	538	32.6	16.4	76.6
2015	497	32.0	15.5	80.3
2016	489	35.0	13.9	82.2
2017	611	38.9	15.7	80.7
2018	684	42.1	16.2	76
2019	690	44.0	15.6	78.6
2020	666	46.1	14.4	76.9
2021	670	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	639	44.9	14.2	58.1
2023	551	38.6	14.2	65

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 Abbott Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	444	30.0	14.8	n/a
1989	475	29.0	16.3	n/a
1990	483	29.2	16.5	n/a
1991	470	31.1	15.1	n/a
1992	481	31.5	15.2	n/a
1993	527	33.1	15.9	n/a
1994	539	32.0	16.8	n/a
1995	538	32.0	16.8	n/a
1996	538	32.0	16.8	n/a
1997	566	36.0	15.7	n/a
1998	610	38.2	16.0	n/a
1999	630	43.0	14.7	n/a
2000	658	42.3	15.6	n/a
2001	684	47.7	14.3	n/a
2002	765	50.0	15.3	35.9
2003	765	50.0	15.3	35.9
2004	788	46.0	17.1	36.9
2005	561	35.6	15.8	52.3
2006	548	34.4	15.9	52.7
2007	555	32.0	17.3	61.6
2008	529	34.0	15.6	61.6
2009	559	37.3	15.0	66.2
2010	548	34.0	16.1	75.3
2011	546	29.8	18.3	71.1
2012	487	33.0	14.7	76
2013	473	34.1	13.8	76.7
2014	538	32.6	16.4	76.6
2015	497	32.0	15.5	80.3
2016	489	35.0	13.9	82.2
2017	611	38.9	15.7	80.7
2018	684	42.1	16.2	76
2019	690	44.0	15.6	78.6
2020	666	46.1	14.4	76.9
2021	670	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	639	44.9	14.2	58.1
2023	551	38.6	14.2	65

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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