Is Parker Junior High School a good school?

Parker Junior High School ranks 617 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Parker Junior High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 858 students attended Parker Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Parker Junior High School?

Students at Parker Junior High School are 69% African American, 15% Hispanic, 10% White, 6% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Parker Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Parker Junior High School usually go on to attend Homewood-Flossmoor High School

Parker Junior High School

Summary:

Parker Junior High School is a public middle school located in Flossmoor, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 858 students. The school is part of the Flossmoor School District 161, which is ranked 347 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Parker Junior High School consistently performs above the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency, with 47.5% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 41.2%. However, the school struggles in Mathematics, with only 16.8% of students proficient or better, significantly lower than the state average of 28.4%. The school's performance in Science is also below the state average, with 37.7% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 53.2%. The school performs exceptionally well for its African American and White student subgroups, ranking in the top 15% and top 25% of Illinois middle schools, respectively, in 2023-2024. The school also performs well for its Hispanic student subgroup, ranking in the top 31% of Illinois middle schools in 2023-2024.

Parker Junior High School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 5.4% in 2019-2020 to 33.5% in 2021-2022, before slightly improving to 26.1% in 2022-2023. The school's spending per student has increased from $14,427 in 2019-2020 to $15,967 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average. While Parker Junior High School generally outperforms the nearby schools, such as Michelle Obama School of Technology and Southwood Middle School, in academic performance, its Mathematics and Science performance is on par with or slightly lower than some of the nearby schools, such as Arbor Park Middle School and James Hart School.

Detail:

Public 6-8

2810 School St
Flossmoor, IL 60422-1125

(708) 647-5400

District: Flossmoor School District 161

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,249

Students who attend Parker Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Homewood-Flossmoor High School

Feeder schools for Parker Junior High School:

Elementary:	Flossmoor Hills Elementary School
	Heather Hill Elementary School
	Serena Hills Elementary School
	Western Avenue Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.4

Number of students: 858

Racial breakdown:

African American:

68.5%

Hispanic:

14.9%

White:

10.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 42%

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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.85. (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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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Parker Junior High School is $18,249.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Parker Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Parker Junior High School 617^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Parker Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Flossmoor School District 161:

SchoolDigger ranks Flossmoor School District 161 347^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Parker Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	71.96	351^st	1185	70.4%
2004	65.31	467^th	1204	61.2%
2005	62.76	538^th	1209	55.5%
2006	60.03	578^th	1272	54.6%
2007	66.10	483^rd	1287	62.5%
2008	73.59	346^th	1293	73.2%
2009	67.35	477^th	1318	63.8%
2010	65.99	500^th	1327	62.3%
2011	71.50	395^th	1344	70.6%
2012	67.02	480^th	1365	64.8%
2013	49.62	709^th	1367	48.1%
2014	54.52	615^th	1322	53.5%
2015	46.33	609^th	1302	53.2%
2016	43.81	680^th	1294	47.4%
2017	49.95	592^nd	1293	54.2%
2018	40.91	727^th	1293	43.8%
2019	46.86	667^th	1356	50.8%
2021	39.11	667^th	1241	46.3%
2022	44.82	669^th	1369	51.1%
2023	43.04	714^th	1367	47.8%
2024	47.85	617^th	1363	54.7%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.90	95^th	164	42.1%
2019	40.13	102^nd	179	43.0%
2022	36.93	115^th	195	41.0%
2023	58.01	77^th	194	60.3%
2024	45.70	92^nd	184	50.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	51.99	128^th	454	71.8%
2023	43.23	226^th	480	52.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.81	278^th	602	53.8%
2019	34.98	462^nd	792	41.7%
2021	30.83	403^rd	548	26.5%
2022	47.82	272^nd	781	65.2%
2023	39.15	414^th	805	48.6%
2024	42.89	376^th	802	53.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.20	711^th	1161	38.8%
2019	47.57	596^th	1217	51.0%
2021	39.95	580^th	1019	43.1%
2022	46.34	578^th	1221	52.7%
2023	42.87	661^st	1234	46.4%
2024	50.95	504^th	1219	58.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.84	664^th	1226	45.8%
2019	49.03	612^th	1276	52.0%
2021	43.83	519^th	1017	49.0%
2022	47.15	598^th	1286	53.5%
2023	44.68	644^th	1275	49.5%
2024	50.17	548^th	1251	56.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	39.03	361^st	674	46.4%
2024	43.17	289^th	639	54.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.25	765^th	1223	37.4%
2019	43.14	669^th	1296	48.4%
2021	29.70	724^th	1048	30.9%
2022	42.11	665^th	1286	48.3%
2023	40.26	718^th	1292	44.4%
2024	43.50	630^th	1264	50.2%

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Rank History for African American students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	69.02	103^rd	511	79.8%
2019	74.61	83^rd	565	85.3%
2021	73.12	43^rd	385	88.8%
2022	71.85	85^th	573	85.2%
2023	68.89	95^th	569	83.3%
2024	72.98	82^nd	548	85.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.78	351^st	590	40.5%
2019	53.47	260^th	639	59.3%
2021	39.48	299^th	517	42.2%
2022	59.08	196^th	662	70.4%
2023	50.73	267^th	661	59.6%
2024	59.66	200^th	643	68.9%

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Rank History for White students at Parker Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	69.04	239^th	889	73.1%
2019	71.77	212^th	905	76.6%
2021	73.65	165^th	813	79.7%
2022	71.21	198^th	898	78.0%
2023	63.64	268^th	895	70.1%
2024	69.17	220^th	875	74.9%

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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 Parker Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	483	113	39	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	653
1989	572	130	45	11	2	n/a	n/a	0	760
1990	571	151	43	15	3	n/a	n/a	0	783
1991	586	150	47	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	798
1992	609	181	45	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	849
1993	597	192	38	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	847
1994	607	211	35	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	877
1995	581	238	41	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	890
1996	581	238	41	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	890
1997	570	261	41	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	901
1998	559	275	34	30	1	n/a	n/a	0	899
1999	501	245	29	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	807
2000	458	317	22	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	827
2001	435	440	29	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	940
2002	410	527	19	37	0	n/a	n/a	0	993
2003	410	527	19	37	0	n/a	n/a	0	993
2004	372	536	16	45	0	n/a	n/a	0	969
2005	351	567	14	61	0	n/a	n/a	3	996
2006	315	619	15	65	0	n/a	n/a	18	1032
2007	304	639	14	57	0	n/a	n/a	30	1044
2008	260	662	9	59	1	n/a	n/a	43	1034
2009	239	651	5	52	1	n/a	n/a	42	990
2010	209	662	7	47	0	n/a	n/a	33	958
2011	181	620	7	102	0	0	21	0	931
2012	157	636	7	93	0	0	30	0	923
2013	160	618	9	81	3	1	29	0	901
2014	167	596	8	87	4	0	39	0	901
2015	169	579	4	93	1	0	32	0	878
2016	147	590	7	102	0	0	33	0	879
2017	150	617	10	106	0	0	35	0	918
2018	121	637	10	122	0	0	36	0	926
2019	119	598	8	133	1	0	49	0	908
2020	99	608	10	134	1	0	49	0	901
2021	102	589	7	130	0	2	47	0	877
2022	99	608	5	132	0	1	53	0	898
2023	86	588	3	128	1	1	51	0	858

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 Parker Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	653	46.7	13.9	n/a
1989	760	52.5	14.4	n/a
1990	783	54.9	14.2	n/a
1991	798	54.5	14.6	n/a
1992	849	53.5	15.8	n/a
1993	847	56.5	15.0	n/a
1994	877	57.5	15.3	n/a
1995	890	50.5	17.6	n/a
1996	890	50.5	17.6	n/a
1997	901	56.6	15.9	n/a
1998	899	60.6	14.8	n/a
1999	807	60.7	13.3	n/a
2000	827	64.7	12.8	n/a
2001	940	64.7	14.5	n/a
2002	993	61.7	16.1	0
2003	993	61.7	16.1	0
2004	969	64.0	15.1	0
2005	996	64.0	15.6	0
2006	1032	68.8	15.0	0
2007	1044	81.0	12.9	0
2008	1034	63.0	16.4	0
2009	990	72.3	13.7	0
2010	958	72.0	13.3	28
2011	931	70.0	13.3	30.1
2012	923	67.0	13.7	32.4
2013	901	90.7	9.9	43.2
2014	901	66.3	13.5	38.1
2015	878	63.0	13.9	43.6
2016	879	62.0	14.1	38
2017	918	62.0	14.7	44.4
2018	926	66.1	13.9	41.6
2019	908	68.7	13.2	42
2020	901	67.2	13.4	45.6
2021	877	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	898	65.0	13.8	44.7
2023	858	64.0	13.4	42

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 Parker Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	653	46.7	13.9	n/a
1989	760	52.5	14.4	n/a
1990	783	54.9	14.2	n/a
1991	798	54.5	14.6	n/a
1992	849	53.5	15.8	n/a
1993	847	56.5	15.0	n/a
1994	877	57.5	15.3	n/a
1995	890	50.5	17.6	n/a
1996	890	50.5	17.6	n/a
1997	901	56.6	15.9	n/a
1998	899	60.6	14.8	n/a
1999	807	60.7	13.3	n/a
2000	827	64.7	12.8	n/a
2001	940	64.7	14.5	n/a
2002	993	61.7	16.1	0
2003	993	61.7	16.1	0
2004	969	64.0	15.1	0
2005	996	64.0	15.6	0
2006	1032	68.8	15.0	0
2007	1044	81.0	12.9	0
2008	1034	63.0	16.4	0
2009	990	72.3	13.7	0
2010	958	72.0	13.3	28
2011	931	70.0	13.3	30.1
2012	923	67.0	13.7	32.4
2013	901	90.7	9.9	43.2
2014	901	66.3	13.5	38.1
2015	878	63.0	13.9	43.6
2016	879	62.0	14.1	38
2017	918	62.0	14.7	44.4
2018	926	66.1	13.9	41.6
2019	908	68.7	13.2	42
2020	901	67.2	13.4	45.6
2021	877	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	898	65.0	13.8	44.7
2023	858	64.0	13.4	42

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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