Harlem Middle School

Summary:

Harlem Middle School is a public middle school located in Loves Park, Illinois, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 957 students. The school is part of the Harlem UD 122 school district, which is ranked 627 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harlem Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois middle schools, maintaining a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade, indicating below-average performance compared to other Illinois middle schools. The school's performance is particularly low for White students, who rank in the bottom 20% of Illinois middle schools, while it performs better for African American, Hispanic, and Multi-racial students. English Language Learners and Military Connected students are the school's strongest-performing subgroups, ranking in the top half of Illinois middle schools. Proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are well below the state averages, with only 30.9% and 20.7% of students meeting or exceeding standards, respectively, in the 2023-2024 school year. The school has also seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 14.4% in 2019-2020 to 36.9% in 2023-2024.

Harlem Middle School's performance is generally lower than the nearby schools analyzed, with the exception of the Rockford School District 205 schools, which have even lower academic achievement and higher chronic absenteeism rates. Roscoe Middle School and Stephen Mack Middle School, both part of higher-performing districts, significantly outperform Harlem Middle School across all academic measures. Despite spending more per student ($17,290 in 2022-2023) compared to the state average, Harlem Middle School's performance has not improved, and the school's consistent 2-star rating and bottom-half ranking over the past decade indicate persistent challenges in improving academic achievement and student outcomes.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 735 Windsor Rd
       Loves Park, IL  61111-4152


(815) 654-4510

District: Harlem UD 122

SchoolDigger Rank:
801st of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,988 Help


Students who attend Harlem Middle School usually attend:

High:    Harlem High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.9 Help
Number of students:  957

Racial breakdown:

White:
65.9%
Hispanic:
16.9%
Two or more races:
7.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  60.8% Help


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Compare Details Harlem Middle School ranks worse than 58.8% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.45. (See more...)
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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.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harlem Middle School is $17,988.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harlem Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Harlem Middle School 801st of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Harlem Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Harlem UD 122:

SchoolDigger ranks Harlem UD 122 627th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Harlem Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 42.07 753rd 1185 36.5%
2004 36.92 815th 1204 32.3%
2005 47.38 737th 1209 39.0%
2006 50.44 746th 1272 41.4%
2007 52.62 726th 1287 43.6%
2008 52.29 730th 1293 43.5%
2009 44.48 858th 1318 34.9%
2010 43.91 874th 1327 34.1%
2011 44.92 842nd 1344 37.4%
2012 43.98 885th 1365 35.2%
2013 29.07 1035th 1367 24.3%
2014 42.66 786th 1322 40.5%
2015 39.91 720th 1302 44.7%
2016 41.86 713th 1294 44.9%
2017 41.42 725th 1293 43.9%
2018 43.90 683rd 1293 47.2%
2019 49.17 631st 1356 53.5%
2021 30.84 803rd 1241 35.3%
2022 38.99 766th 1369 44.0%
2023 41.76 739th 1367 45.9%
2024 36.45 801st 1363 41.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.29 117th 164 28.7%
2019 31.91 119th 179 33.5%
2021 19.86 81st 97 16.5%
2022 21.51 159th 195 18.5%
2023 27.65 134th 194 30.9%
2024 26.31 123rd 184 33.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.31 45th 285 84.2%
2019 64.42 47th 339 86.1%
2021 41.56 146th 277 47.3%
2022 41.16 240th 454 47.1%
2023 51.99 144th 480 70.0%
2024 45.25 206th 486 57.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.44 356th 602 40.9%
2019 34.51 473rd 792 40.3%
2021 27.94 449th 548 18.1%
2022 34.14 498th 781 36.2%
2023 32.99 507th 805 37.0%
2024 36.55 449th 802 44.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.93 583rd 1161 49.8%
2019 53.21 496th 1217 59.2%
2021 32.86 688th 1019 32.5%
2022 41.26 652nd 1221 46.6%
2023 44.85 628th 1234 49.1%
2024 44.59 617th 1219 49.4%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.05 701st 1226 42.8%
2019 49.65 601st 1276 52.9%
2021 28.63 717th 1017 29.5%
2022 38.96 731st 1286 43.2%
2023 40.95 713th 1275 44.1%
2024 37.55 737th 1251 41.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 33.55 432nd 674 35.9%
2024 35.71 378th 639 40.8%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 34.10 6th 8 25.0%
2021 10.20 4th 4 0.0%
2022 27.92 7th 10 30.0%
2023 54.87 5th 12 58.3%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Middle Schools for Military Connected Students!

Rank History for Male students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.28 630th 1223 48.5%
2019 47.38 617th 1296 52.4%
2021 28.89 734th 1048 30.0%
2022 39.50 703rd 1286 45.3%
2023 42.14 678th 1292 47.5%
2024 34.90 756th 1264 40.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.20 266th 511 47.9%
2019 37.73 338th 565 40.2%
2021 32.57 268th 385 30.4%
2022 31.55 403rd 573 29.7%
2023 28.07 447th 569 21.4%
2024 33.37 375th 548 31.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.60 251st 590 57.5%
2019 50.32 282nd 639 55.9%
2021 37.36 314th 517 39.3%
2022 43.09 342nd 662 48.3%
2023 39.15 379th 661 42.7%
2024 31.38 443rd 643 31.1%
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Rank History for White students at Harlem Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.35 697th 889 21.6%
2019 28.92 667th 905 26.3%
2021 19.74 682nd 813 16.1%
2022 24.47 712th 898 20.7%
2023 27.37 682nd 895 23.8%
2024 22.32 712th 875 18.6%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Harlem Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 974 12 5 22 n/a n/a n/a 0 1013
1989 892 10 4 23 4 n/a n/a 0 933
1990 872 8 9 23 6 n/a n/a 0 918
1991 823 14 8 22 6 n/a n/a 0 873
1992 1321 26 17 43 8 n/a n/a 0 1415
1993 1378 35 15 55 8 n/a n/a 0 1491
1994 1409 49 16 54 4 n/a n/a 0 1532
1995 1449 34 14 50 4 n/a n/a 0 1551
1996 1449 34 14 50 4 n/a n/a 0 1551
1997 1402 31 15 50 7 n/a n/a 0 1505
1998 1498 33 13 50 4 n/a n/a 0 1598
1999 1483 36 16 67 5 n/a n/a 0 1607
2000 1589 41 26 77 5 n/a n/a 0 1738
2001 1090 29 23 48 4 n/a n/a 0 1194
2002 1124 46 20 51 2 n/a n/a 0 1243
2003 1124 46 20 51 2 n/a n/a 0 1243
2004 1163 41 26 67 6 n/a n/a 0 1303
2005 1104 39 24 63 5 n/a n/a 4 1239
2006 1082 48 19 56 5 n/a n/a 10 1220
2007 1110 50 17 68 2 n/a n/a 27 1274
2008 1082 48 18 78 0 n/a n/a 34 1260
2009 1048 53 30 76 0 n/a n/a 35 1242
2010 993 45 29 68 2 n/a n/a 48 1185
2011 919 38 18 110 5 0 52 0 1142
2012 875 44 13 124 5 0 55 0 1116
2013 867 59 16 117 3 1 51 0 1114
2014 889 45 25 116 6 1 52 0 1134
2015 846 44 21 115 6 1 53 0 1086
2016 763 43 20 125 3 1 55 0 1010
2017 731 49 20 142 4 0 60 0 1006
2018 710 55 21 142 9 1 67 0 1005
2019 700 48 21 141 6 1 66 0 983
2020 741 58 15 135 5 0 71 0 1025
2021 705 75 12 134 2 0 85 0 1013
2022 644 85 11 150 4 0 79 0 973
2023 631 73 13 162 3 0 75 0 957

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 Harlem Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1013 71.0 14.2 n/a
1989 933 51.8 18.0 n/a
1990 918 52.0 17.6 n/a
1991 873 55.6 15.7 n/a
1992 1415 84.0 16.8 n/a
1993 1491 80.0 18.6 n/a
1994 1532 86.0 17.8 n/a
1995 1551 83.6 18.6 n/a
1996 1551 83.6 18.6 n/a
1997 1505 81.5 18.5 n/a
1998 1598 87.2 18.3 n/a
1999 1607 93.8 17.1 n/a
2000 1738 93.4 18.6 n/a
2001 1194 93.0 12.8 n/a
2002 1243 89.0 14.0 16.7
2003 1243 89.0 14.0 16.7
2004 1303 90.0 14.5 22.9
2005 1239 81.5 15.2 33.3
2006 1220 83.0 14.7 32.1
2007 1274 67.0 19.0 34.1
2008 1260 64.0 19.7 37.8
2009 1242 82.0 15.1 40.7
2010 1185 83.0 14.2 50
2011 1142 82.0 13.9 50.8
2012 1116 80.0 13.9 49.1
2013 1114 99.8 11.1 55.7
2014 1134 75.8 14.9 58.5
2015 1086 77.0 14.1 48.3
2016 1010 77.0 13.1 53.6
2017 1006 77.0 13.0 56.8
2018 1005 76.5 13.1 59.4
2019 983 76.5 12.8 57.4
2020 1025 78.3 13.0 54.5
2021 1013 n/a n/a n/a
2022 973 76.7 12.6 58.4
2023 957 79.9 11.9 60.8

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 Harlem Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1013 71.0 14.2 n/a
1989 933 51.8 18.0 n/a
1990 918 52.0 17.6 n/a
1991 873 55.6 15.7 n/a
1992 1415 84.0 16.8 n/a
1993 1491 80.0 18.6 n/a
1994 1532 86.0 17.8 n/a
1995 1551 83.6 18.6 n/a
1996 1551 83.6 18.6 n/a
1997 1505 81.5 18.5 n/a
1998 1598 87.2 18.3 n/a
1999 1607 93.8 17.1 n/a
2000 1738 93.4 18.6 n/a
2001 1194 93.0 12.8 n/a
2002 1243 89.0 14.0 16.7
2003 1243 89.0 14.0 16.7
2004 1303 90.0 14.5 22.9
2005 1239 81.5 15.2 33.3
2006 1220 83.0 14.7 32.1
2007 1274 67.0 19.0 34.1
2008 1260 64.0 19.7 37.8
2009 1242 82.0 15.1 40.7
2010 1185 83.0 14.2 50
2011 1142 82.0 13.9 50.8
2012 1116 80.0 13.9 49.1
2013 1114 99.8 11.1 55.7
2014 1134 75.8 14.9 58.5
2015 1086 77.0 14.1 48.3
2016 1010 77.0 13.1 53.6
2017 1006 77.0 13.0 56.8
2018 1005 76.5 13.1 59.4
2019 983 76.5 12.8 57.4
2020 1025 78.3 13.0 54.5
2021 1013 n/a n/a n/a
2022 973 76.7 12.6 58.4
2023 957 79.9 11.9 60.8

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

Harlem Middle School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201599.9%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.9%99.9%
201699.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.6%99.8%
201799.5%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.5%98.9%99.5%49.8%
201895.8%95.7%95.7%95.7%95.9%95.7%96.1%95.2%
201998.7%98.7%98.7%98.7%98.7%98.7%98.7%98.7%
202199.2%99.1%99.1%99.1%98.8%99.2%99.4%98.4%
202299.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%98.1%98.4%99.4%97.2%
202399.5%100.0%100.0%100.0%99.9%99.5%99.1%100.0%
202497.5%97.8%97.8%97.8%96.9%97.8%97.3%96.0%

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

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $957 (7.2%) $12,298 (92.8%) $13,255
2020 $751 (5.6%) $12,592 (94.4%) $13,343
2021 $1,308 (9.2%) $12,940 (90.8%) $14,247
2022 $1,308 (9.2%) $12,940 (90.8%) $14,247
2023 $1,680 (9.7%) $15,610 (90.3%) $17,290
2024 $1,659 (9.2%) $16,329 (90.8%) $17,988

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Harlem Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 631st of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 739th of 1367 Middle schools
 7.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Harlem Middle School)31.328.5
 2.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Harlem UD 122)31.328.5
 2.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Harlem Middle School)23.219.4
 3.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Harlem UD 122)23.219.4
 3.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Harlem Middle School)33.732.2
 1.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Harlem UD 122)33.732.2
 1.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Harlem Middle School)29.920
 9.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Harlem UD 122)29.920
 9.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Harlem Middle School)55.344.3
 11%
   8th Grade Science (Harlem UD 122)55.344.3
 11%
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students983957
 2.6%
African American4873
 52.1%
American Indian63
 50%
Asian2113
 38.1%
Hispanic141162
 14.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White700631
 9.9%
Two or More Races6675
 13.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients57.4%60.8%
 3.4%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 957 students attended Harlem Middle School.

Students at Harlem Middle School are 66% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 8% African American, 1% Asian.

Students who attend Harlem Middle School usually go on to attend Harlem High School

Harlem Middle School ranks 801st of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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