Is Sandburg Middle School a good school?

Yes! Sandburg Middle School is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 36 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Sandburg Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 618 students attended Sandburg Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Sandburg Middle School?

Students at Sandburg Middle School are 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 5% Asian, 2% African American.

What high school do graduates of Sandburg Middle School attend?

Students who attend Sandburg Middle School usually go on to attend York Community High School

Sandburg Middle School

Summary:

Sandburg Middle School is a public middle school located in Elmhurst, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 618 students. The school is part of the Elmhurst School District 205, which is ranked 63 out of 813 districts in Illinois and is rated 5 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Sandburg Middle School has consistently performed well, ranking among the top middle schools in Illinois over the past several years. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school ranked 36th out of 1,363 Illinois middle schools and received a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance is impressive, with 79% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, 66.2% in Mathematics, and 87.6% in Science, outperforming both the district and state averages. Sandburg also demonstrates strong performance across various student subgroups, including female, male, Asian, Hispanic, White, and multi-racial students, with several subgroups ranking among the top in the state.

While Sandburg Middle School outperforms the nearby Churchville Middle School and Bryan Middle School, both part of the Elmhurst School District 205, its performance is not as strong compared to some of the higher-performing schools in other districts, such as John E. Albright Middle School and Jackson Middle School. This may be due to the fact that Sandburg serves a more affluent student population, with a relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 6.43% to 6.96% in recent years.

Detail:

Public 6-8

345 E Saint Charles Rd
Elmhurst, IL 60126-3655

(630) 834-4534

District: Elmhurst School District 205

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,706

Students who attend Sandburg Middle School usually attend:

High:

York Community High School

Feeder schools for Sandburg Middle School:

Elementary:	Edison Elementary School
	Field Elementary School
	Hawthorne Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.2

Number of students: 618

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.6%

Hispanic:

11.7%

Two or more races:

6.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sandburg Middle School ranks better than 97.4% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 3 ranked middle schools in the Elmhurst School District 205! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 96.63. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 Sandburg Middle School is $19,706. 1 middle schools in the Elmhurst School District 205 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sandburg Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sandburg Middle School 36^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Sandburg Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Elmhurst School District 205:

SchoolDigger ranks Elmhurst School District 205 63^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	91.03	55^th	1185	95.4%
2004	87.18	103^rd	1204	91.4%
2005	86.79	104^th	1209	91.4%
2006	87.17	62^nd	1272	95.1%
2007	86.78	66^th	1287	94.9%
2008	86.48	73^rd	1293	94.4%
2009	85.46	88^th	1318	93.3%
2010	87.24	54^th	1327	95.9%
2011	88.07	44^th	1344	96.7%
2012	89.25	35^th	1365	97.4%
2013	95.21	24^th	1367	98.2%
2014	93.93	35^th	1322	97.4%
2015	95.07	53^rd	1302	95.9%
2016	93.27	59^th	1294	95.4%
2017	88.13	124^th	1293	90.4%
2018	86.61	142^nd	1293	89.0%
2019	91.24	81^st	1356	94.0%
2021	86.91	120^th	1241	90.3%
2022	91.14	100^th	1369	92.7%
2023	92.30	84^th	1367	93.9%
2024	96.63	36^th	1363	97.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	87.40	17^th	164	89.6%
2019	92.15	3^rd	179	98.3%
2021	90.25	9^th	97	90.7%
2022	89.27	17^th	195	91.3%
2023	95.03	5^th	194	97.4%
2024	92.38	8^th	184	95.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	64.80	59^th	454	87.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	91.69	21^st	602	96.5%
2019	82.49	59^th	792	92.6%
2021	51.51	169^th	548	69.2%
2022	65.65	118^th	781	84.9%
2023	65.21	183^rd	805	77.3%
2024	84.14	86^th	802	89.3%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.32	421^st	1161	63.7%
2019	58.84	396^th	1217	67.5%
2021	71.42	149^th	1019	85.4%
2022	73.26	192^nd	1221	84.3%
2023	59.92	370^th	1234	70.0%
2024	86.73	76^th	1219	93.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.66	128^th	1226	89.6%
2019	88.93	97^th	1276	92.4%
2021	82.03	128^th	1017	87.4%
2022	90.57	96^th	1286	92.5%
2023	90.44	92^nd	1275	92.8%
2024	95.88	27^th	1251	97.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	80.91	55^th	674	91.8%
2024	99.07	7^th	639	98.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	85.01	138^th	1223	88.7%
2019	92.10	68^th	1296	94.8%
2021	86.04	96^th	1048	90.8%
2022	90.52	87^th	1286	93.2%
2023	91.97	79^th	1292	93.9%
2024	96.34	34^th	1264	97.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	37.62	144^th	209	31.1%
2019	59.74	88^th	201	56.2%
2022	64.33	72^nd	198	63.6%
2023	58.44	82^nd	192	57.3%
2024	80.44	23^rd	184	87.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	64.24	158^th	590	73.2%
2019	62.20	182^nd	639	71.5%
2021	79.58	55^th	517	89.4%
2022	88.32	51^st	662	92.3%
2023	86.11	51^st	661	92.3%
2024	97.35	12^th	643	98.1%

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Rank History for White students at Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	78.35	139^th	889	84.4%
2019	83.58	92^nd	905	89.8%
2021	74.28	156^th	813	80.8%
2022	81.78	107^th	898	88.1%
2023	85.13	92^nd	895	89.7%
2024	92.15	38^th	875	95.7%

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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 Sandburg Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	376	4	14	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	397
1989	382	3	11	6	2	n/a	n/a	0	404
1990	384	2	14	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	415
1991	408	3	14	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	436
1992	420	9	16	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	454
1993	448	12	15	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	483
1994	459	7	14	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	490
1995	489	5	18	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	530
1996	489	5	18	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	530
1997	534	4	28	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	582
1998	564	5	35	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	622
1999	559	10	24	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	611
2000	585	6	21	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	631
2001	596	7	30	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	657
2002	623	1	36	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	689
2003	623	1	36	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	689
2004	645	5	38	28	0	n/a	n/a	0	716
2005	647	4	27	26	0	n/a	n/a	10	714
2006	645	10	30	28	0	n/a	n/a	7	720
2007	627	13	30	34	0	n/a	n/a	8	712
2008	633	13	28	30	0	n/a	n/a	15	719
2009	626	12	31	45	0	n/a	n/a	16	730
2010	615	8	39	46	0	n/a	n/a	23	731
2011	578	13	35	69	0	0	18	0	713
2012	610	18	36	62	0	0	15	0	741
2013	572	18	27	53	0	0	13	0	683
2014	623	18	30	59	1	1	13	0	745
2015	577	21	38	62	1	3	9	0	711
2016	606	15	44	63	1	3	17	0	749
2017	566	8	43	70	0	3	26	0	716
2018	533	11	43	73	0	1	28	0	689
2019	511	7	49	73	0	1	29	0	670
2020	504	13	52	83	1	0	32	0	685
2021	486	11	40	67	1	0	40	0	645
2022	459	15	36	74	0	0	38	0	622
2023	461	13	33	72	0	0	39	0	618

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 Sandburg Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	397	28.2	14.0	n/a
1989	404	27.2	14.8	n/a
1990	415	28.7	14.4	n/a
1991	436	35.8	12.1	n/a
1992	454	34.4	13.1	n/a
1993	483	36.7	13.2	n/a
1994	490	40.1	12.2	n/a
1995	530	41.3	12.8	n/a
1996	530	41.3	12.8	n/a
1997	582	42.0	13.9	n/a
1998	622	42.2	14.7	n/a
1999	611	42.7	14.3	n/a
2000	631	42.2	15.0	n/a
2001	657	43.0	15.3	n/a
2002	689	44.0	15.7	2.6
2003	689	44.0	15.7	2.6
2004	716	43.9	16.3	3.5
2005	714	45.9	15.6	3.7
2006	720	46.9	15.4	0
2007	712	46.0	15.5	0
2008	719	46.0	15.6	4.4
2009	730	53.8	13.6	4.9
2010	731	55.8	13.1	8.2
2011	713	52.6	13.5	9.4
2012	741	52.0	14.2	8.5
2013	683	28.4	23.9	8.5
2014	745	30.5	24.3	9
2015	711	54.0	13.1	12.2
2016	749	55.0	13.6	8.1
2017	716	55.5	12.8	10.2
2018	689	54.9	12.5	8.4
2019	670	54.3	12.3	8.4
2020	685	54.6	12.5	7.3
2021	645	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	622	50.4	12.3	6.4
2023	618	50.3	12.2	7

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 Sandburg Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	397	28.2	14.0	n/a
1989	404	27.2	14.8	n/a
1990	415	28.7	14.4	n/a
1991	436	35.8	12.1	n/a
1992	454	34.4	13.1	n/a
1993	483	36.7	13.2	n/a
1994	490	40.1	12.2	n/a
1995	530	41.3	12.8	n/a
1996	530	41.3	12.8	n/a
1997	582	42.0	13.9	n/a
1998	622	42.2	14.7	n/a
1999	611	42.7	14.3	n/a
2000	631	42.2	15.0	n/a
2001	657	43.0	15.3	n/a
2002	689	44.0	15.7	2.6
2003	689	44.0	15.7	2.6
2004	716	43.9	16.3	3.5
2005	714	45.9	15.6	3.7
2006	720	46.9	15.4	0
2007	712	46.0	15.5	0
2008	719	46.0	15.6	4.4
2009	730	53.8	13.6	4.9
2010	731	55.8	13.1	8.2
2011	713	52.6	13.5	9.4
2012	741	52.0	14.2	8.5
2013	683	28.4	23.9	8.5
2014	745	30.5	24.3	9
2015	711	54.0	13.1	12.2
2016	749	55.0	13.6	8.1
2017	716	55.5	12.8	10.2
2018	689	54.9	12.5	8.4
2019	670	54.3	12.3	8.4
2020	685	54.6	12.5	7.3
2021	645	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	622	50.4	12.3	6.4
2023	618	50.3	12.2	7

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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