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Jack Hille Middle School

Summary:

Jack Hille Middle School is a public middle school located in Oak Forest, Illinois, serving 528 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Forest Ridge School District 142, which is ranked 338 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Jack Hille Middle School's performance is generally lower than the state and district averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate was 39.6%, compared to the district's 43% and the state's 41.2%. Similarly, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate was 19.8%, compared to the district's 28.5% and the state's 28.4%. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American students performing relatively well, but Hispanic and White students performing lower. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 2.9% in 2019-2020 to 22.8% in 2023-2024.

When compared to nearby middle schools, Jack Hille Middle School generally performs worse academically. For example, Virgil I Grissom Middle School, located just 3.67 miles away, has significantly higher proficiency rates in both ELA and Mathematics, as well as a higher overall school ranking. The increased spending per student at Jack Hille Middle School, from $9,226 in 2019-2020 to $12,243 in 2022-2023, does not appear to have translated into improved academic outcomes, raising questions about the effectiveness of the school's resource allocation.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 5800 151st St
       Oak Forest, IL  60452-1940

(708) 687-5550

District: Forest Ridge School District 142

SchoolDigger Rank:
682nd of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,943 Help


Students who attend Jack Hille Middle School usually attend:

High:    Oak Forest High School

Feeder schools for Jack Hille Middle School:

Elementary:    Kerkstra Elementary School
    Lee R Foster Elementary School
    Ridge Early Childhood Center

Student/teacher ratio:  17.0 Help
Number of students:  528

Racial breakdown:

White:
54.5%
Hispanic:
29.9%
African American:
10.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  43.9% Help


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Compare Details Jack Hille Middle School ranks worse than 50% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.23. (See more...)
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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 Jack Hille Middle School is $12,943.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Jack Hille Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Jack Hille Middle School 682nd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Jack Hille Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Forest Ridge School District 142:

SchoolDigger ranks Forest Ridge School District 142 338th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Jack Hille Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 66.68 426th 1185 64.1%
2004 63.72 491st 1204 59.2%
2005 48.61 726th 1209 40.0%
2006 65.74 478th 1272 62.4%
2007 65.67 500th 1287 61.1%
2008 59.84 622nd 1293 51.9%
2009 62.62 560th 1318 57.5%
2010 59.27 630th 1327 52.5%
2011 64.87 535th 1344 60.2%
2012 69.93 414th 1365 69.7%
2013 65.82 444th 1367 67.5%
2014 58.56 549th 1322 58.5%
2015 63.17 374th 1302 71.3%
2016 47.06 627th 1294 51.5%
2017 51.71 560th 1293 56.7%
2018 47.11 640th 1293 50.5%
2019 50.90 613th 1356 54.8%
2021 47.42 554th 1241 55.4%
2022 37.89 784th 1369 42.7%
2023 41.86 738th 1367 46.0%
2024 44.23 682nd 1363 50.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 43.63 163rd 339 51.9%
2021 32.36 226th 277 18.4%
2022 57.22 94th 454 79.3%
2023 37.34 292nd 480 39.2%
2024 39.15 275th 486 43.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.43 263rd 602 56.3%
2019 43.07 341st 792 56.9%
2021 55.04 145th 548 73.5%
2022 33.24 522nd 781 33.2%
2023 49.60 285th 805 64.6%
2024 46.59 323rd 802 59.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.39 668th 1161 42.5%
2019 44.60 640th 1217 47.4%
2021 53.88 364th 1019 64.3%
2022 34.94 767th 1221 37.2%
2023 41.95 675th 1234 45.3%
2024 42.11 667th 1219 45.3%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.31 601st 1226 51.0%
2019 51.04 587th 1276 54.0%
2021 47.51 481st 1017 52.7%
2022 38.75 734th 1286 42.9%
2023 45.18 636th 1275 50.1%
2024 47.49 588th 1251 53.0%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Middle Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 61.04 156th 674 76.9%
2024 54.63 193rd 639 69.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.00 647th 1223 47.1%
2019 50.12 574th 1296 55.7%
2021 40.75 549th 1048 47.6%
2022 37.08 746th 1286 42.0%
2023 38.45 737th 1292 43.0%
2024 39.94 680th 1264 46.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.82 373rd 511 27.0%
2019 54.05 188th 565 66.7%
2021 40.53 202nd 385 47.5%
2022 46.34 233rd 573 59.3%
2023 50.94 216th 569 62.0%
2024 63.85 123rd 548 77.6%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Middle Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.28 270th 590 54.2%
2019 51.82 264th 639 58.7%
2021 52.94 189th 517 63.4%
2022 37.56 400th 662 39.6%
2023 44.47 324th 661 51.0%
2024 35.60 400th 643 37.8%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Jack Hille Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.94 632nd 889 28.9%
2019 35.24 596th 905 34.1%
2021 35.71 504th 813 38.0%
2022 22.45 735th 898 18.2%
2023 27.42 680th 895 24.0%
2024 36.11 566th 875 35.3%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Middle Schools for White Students!

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.

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Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Jack Hille Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 480 4 5 8 4 n/a n/a 0 501
1989 469 8 5 12 5 n/a n/a 0 499
1990 488 2 7 10 5 n/a n/a 0 512
1991 514 0 4 13 1 n/a n/a 0 532
1992 514 0 6 17 3 n/a n/a 0 540
1993 544 2 3 22 2 n/a n/a 0 573
1994 523 3 4 26 1 n/a n/a 0 557
1995 517 6 9 32 6 n/a n/a 0 570
1996 517 6 9 32 6 n/a n/a 0 570
1997 547 10 7 23 1 n/a n/a 0 588
1998 544 6 9 15 3 n/a n/a 0 577
1999 560 3 13 26 2 n/a n/a 0 604
2000 508 3 18 25 3 n/a n/a 0 557
2001 512 5 15 30 0 n/a n/a 0 562
2002 571 12 8 39 3 n/a n/a 0 633
2003 571 12 8 39 3 n/a n/a 0 633
2004 540 17 10 42 2 n/a n/a 0 611
2005 521 16 7 52 1 n/a n/a 0 597
2006 505 18 6 64 2 n/a n/a 5 600
2007 484 19 13 70 2 n/a n/a 12 600
2008 474 18 10 61 2 n/a n/a 29 594
2009 455 22 12 69 1 n/a n/a 27 586
2010 464 26 16 56 1 n/a n/a 35 598
2011 402 32 13 105 2 2 13 0 569
2012 397 35 13 94 2 2 11 0 554
2013 373 35 7 98 3 1 16 0 533
2014 389 32 7 83 2 0 10 0 523
2015 360 36 9 95 2 0 10 0 512
2016 366 30 12 91 0 0 11 0 510
2017 375 33 17 119 1 1 18 0 564
2018 373 35 11 127 1 0 21 0 568
2019 364 48 11 137 3 0 18 0 581
2020 322 50 8 123 2 0 21 0 526
2021 337 51 9 125 0 0 24 0 546
2022 308 52 7 143 0 1 25 0 536
2023 288 53 8 158 0 1 20 0 528

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 Jack Hille Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 501 25.0 20.0 n/a
1989 499 25.0 19.9 n/a
1990 512 24.0 21.3 n/a
1991 532 25.6 20.7 n/a
1992 540 26.6 20.3 n/a
1993 573 27.6 20.8 n/a
1994 557 28.6 19.5 n/a
1995 570 31.0 18.4 n/a
1996 570 31.0 18.4 n/a
1997 588 31.0 19.0 n/a
1998 577 32.0 18.0 n/a
1999 604 35.0 17.3 n/a
2000 557 36.0 15.5 n/a
2001 562 35.0 16.1 n/a
2002 633 38.5 16.4 n/a
2003 633 38.5 16.4 n/a
2004 611 35.9 17.0 n/a
2005 597 39.7 15.0 n/a
2006 600 38.9 15.4 0
2007 600 36.0 16.7 0
2008 594 34.0 17.5 17.9
2009 586 40.0 14.7 23.8
2010 598 38.7 15.4 25.9
2011 569 38.0 14.9 27.9
2012 554 37.7 14.6 33.6
2013 533 39.9 13.3 35.3
2014 523 29.7 17.5 38.2
2015 512 27.0 18.9 42.6
2016 510 27.0 18.8 35.5
2017 564 27.1 20.7 36.2
2018 568 27.7 20.4 32
2019 581 29.7 19.5 33.7
2020 526 27.7 18.9 39.2
2021 546 n/a n/a n/a
2022 536 34.0 15.7 39.9
2023 528 31.0 17.0 43.9

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 Jack Hille Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 501 25.0 20.0 n/a
1989 499 25.0 19.9 n/a
1990 512 24.0 21.3 n/a
1991 532 25.6 20.7 n/a
1992 540 26.6 20.3 n/a
1993 573 27.6 20.8 n/a
1994 557 28.6 19.5 n/a
1995 570 31.0 18.4 n/a
1996 570 31.0 18.4 n/a
1997 588 31.0 19.0 n/a
1998 577 32.0 18.0 n/a
1999 604 35.0 17.3 n/a
2000 557 36.0 15.5 n/a
2001 562 35.0 16.1 n/a
2002 633 38.5 16.4 n/a
2003 633 38.5 16.4 n/a
2004 611 35.9 17.0 n/a
2005 597 39.7 15.0 n/a
2006 600 38.9 15.4 0
2007 600 36.0 16.7 0
2008 594 34.0 17.5 17.9
2009 586 40.0 14.7 23.8
2010 598 38.7 15.4 25.9
2011 569 38.0 14.9 27.9
2012 554 37.7 14.6 33.6
2013 533 39.9 13.3 35.3
2014 523 29.7 17.5 38.2
2015 512 27.0 18.9 42.6
2016 510 27.0 18.8 35.5
2017 564 27.1 20.7 36.2
2018 568 27.7 20.4 32
2019 581 29.7 19.5 33.7
2020 526 27.7 18.9 39.2
2021 546 n/a n/a n/a
2022 536 34.0 15.7 39.9
2023 528 31.0 17.0 43.9

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.

Immunization Rates

Jack Hille Middle School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201599.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%
201699.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.2%33.5%
201799.5%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.1%99.5%67.4%
201898.6%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.8%98.1%98.6%97.4%
201998.6%98.3%98.3%98.3%99.2%98.3%98.6%98.0%
202199.1%98.9%98.7%98.9%98.9%98.7%99.1%95.8%
202299.4%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.4%96.2%
202399.2%98.9%98.9%98.9%98.5%98.5%99.2%96.2%
202499.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.4%98.8%99.4%97.6%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Jack Hille Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $466 (5.5%) $8,063 (94.5%) $8,528
2020 $550 (6.0%) $8,675 (94.0%) $9,226
2021 $970 (9.2%) $9,530 (90.8%) $10,500
2022 $970 (9.2%) $9,530 (90.8%) $10,500
2023 $1,933 (15.8%) $10,309 (84.2%) $12,243
2024 $1,144 (8.8%) $11,798 (91.2%) $12,943

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Jack Hille Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 613th of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 738th of 1367 Middle schools
 8.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Jack Hille Middle School)39.728.5
 11.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Forest Ridge School District 142)39.728.5
 11.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Jack Hille Middle School)25.613.2
 12.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Forest Ridge School District 142)25.613.2
 12.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Jack Hille Middle School)52.728.1
 24.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Forest Ridge School District 142)52.728.1
 24.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Jack Hille Middle School)22.813.5
 9.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Forest Ridge School District 142)22.813.5
 9.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Jack Hille Middle School)31.143.6
 12.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Forest Ridge School District 142)31.143.6
 12.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Jack Hille Middle School)22.111.7
 10.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Forest Ridge School District 142)22.111.7
 10.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Jack Hille Middle School)40.650.8
 10.2%
   8th Grade Science (Forest Ridge School District 142)40.650.8
 10.2%
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students581528
 9.1%
African American4853
 10.4%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian118
 27.3%
Hispanic137158
 15.3%
Pacific Islander01
White364288
 20.9%
Two or More Races1820
 11.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients33.7%43.9%
 10.2%

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Frequently Asked Questions about Jack Hille Middle School

Students who attend Jack Hille Middle School usually go on to attend Oak Forest High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 528 students attended Jack Hille Middle School.

Jack Hille Middle School ranks 682nd of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Jack Hille Middle School are 55% White, 30% Hispanic, 10% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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