Is Virgil I Grissom Middle School a good school?

Virgil I Grissom Middle School ranks 154 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Virgil I Grissom Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 596 students attended Virgil I Grissom Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Virgil I Grissom Middle School?

Students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School are 71% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% African American, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Virgil I Grissom Middle School attend?

Students who attend Virgil I Grissom Middle School usually go on to attend Victor J Andrew High School

Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Summary:

Virgil I Grissom Middle School is a public middle school located in Tinley Park, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 596 students. The school is part of the Kirby School District 140, which is ranked 226 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Virgil I Grissom Middle School consistently ranks among the top 20% of Illinois middle schools, with a statewide ranking between 153 and 262 over the past 5 years. The school's performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams is impressive, with 69.4% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 47% proficient or better in Mathematics across all grades in 2023-2024, significantly higher than the state averages. The school also performs well in Science, with 61.2% of students proficient or better on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 53.2%. However, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 2.7% in 2019-2020 to 17.7% in 2023-2024, which is an area of concern.

Compared to nearby schools, Palos South Middle School and Mokena Junior High School outperform Virgil I Grissom Middle School in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, Virgil I Grissom Middle School's performance in certain student subgroups, such as African American and Hispanic students, is noteworthy, with rankings among the top in the state. The school's performance for English Language Learner (ELL) students is also impressive, with a ranking of 33rd out of 486 Illinois middle schools in 2023-2024.

Detail:

Public 6-8

17000 80th Ave
Tinley Park, IL 60477-7806

(708) 429-3030

District: Kirby School District 140

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,173

Students who attend Virgil I Grissom Middle School usually attend:

High:

Victor J Andrew High School

Feeder schools for Virgil I Grissom Middle School:

Elementary:	Helen Keller Elementary School
	John A Bannes Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.6

Number of students: 596

Racial breakdown:

White:

71.5%

Hispanic:

15.1%

African American:

5.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 17.7%

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Performance Trends

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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 86.4. (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 Virgil I Grissom Middle School is $15,173.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Virgil I Grissom Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Virgil I Grissom Middle School 154^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Virgil I Grissom Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Kirby School District 140:

SchoolDigger ranks Kirby School District 140 226^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Virgil I Grissom Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	75.01	303^rd	1185	74.4%
2004	75.45	308^th	1204	74.4%
2005	72.52	364^th	1209	69.9%
2006	76.49	270^th	1272	78.8%
2007	77.39	249^th	1287	80.7%
2008	71.50	385^th	1293	70.2%
2009	69.05	447^th	1318	66.1%
2010	70.17	424^th	1327	68.0%
2011	68.12	474^th	1344	64.7%
2012	71.46	392^nd	1365	71.3%
2013	73.45	329^th	1367	75.9%
2014	80.60	214^th	1322	83.8%
2015	67.73	324^th	1302	75.1%
2016	70.30	315^th	1294	75.7%
2017	70.05	315^th	1293	75.6%
2018	69.11	343^rd	1293	73.5%
2019	79.35	233^rd	1356	82.8%
2021	83.51	153^rd	1241	87.7%
2022	78.07	240^th	1369	82.5%
2023	75.97	262^nd	1367	80.8%
2024	86.40	154^th	1363	88.7%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	68.64	49^th	164	70.1%
2019	69.78	58^th	179	67.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	37.24	292^nd	454	35.7%
2023	65.56	69^th	480	85.6%
2024	78.19	33^rd	486	93.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.14	242^nd	602	59.8%
2019	56.78	197^th	792	75.1%
2021	62.76	93^rd	548	83.0%
2022	49.55	249^th	781	68.1%
2023	68.20	159^th	805	80.2%
2024	78.14	130^th	802	83.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.31	594^th	1161	48.8%
2019	67.00	290^th	1217	76.2%
2021	81.58	83^rd	1019	91.9%
2023	78.51	146^th	1234	88.2%
2024	84.86	91^st	1219	92.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	65.16	370^th	1226	69.8%
2019	79.21	224^th	1276	82.4%
2021	83.88	117^th	1017	88.5%
2022	76.03	251^st	1286	80.5%
2023	75.67	241^st	1275	81.1%
2024	85.90	136^th	1251	89.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	67.56	112^th	674	83.4%
2024	87.56	39^th	639	93.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	70.75	289^th	1223	76.4%
2019	77.94	225^th	1296	82.6%
2021	78.44	165^th	1048	84.3%
2022	78.27	209^th	1286	83.7%
2023	74.37	250^th	1292	80.7%
2024	85.82	137^th	1264	89.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.55	87^th	209	58.4%
2019	60.71	83^rd	201	58.7%
2022	52.06	102^nd	198	48.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	54.62	181^st	569	68.2%
2024	88.26	29^th	548	94.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	71.72	115^th	590	80.5%
2019	70.63	134^th	639	79.0%
2021	89.88	27^th	517	94.8%
2022	69.71	128^th	662	80.7%
2023	80.70	78^th	661	88.2%
2024	86.13	52^nd	643	91.9%

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Rank History for White students at Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	49.13	427^th	889	52.0%
2019	65.69	276^th	905	69.5%
2021	74.26	157^th	813	80.7%
2022	65.04	265^th	898	70.5%
2023	62.10	282^nd	895	68.5%
2024	73.81	180^th	875	79.4%

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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 Virgil I Grissom Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	619	1	7	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	638
1989	627	2	23	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	664
1990	749	1	8	16	5	n/a	n/a	0	779
1991	818	1	24	35	4	n/a	n/a	0	882
1992	855	3	32	28	2	n/a	n/a	0	920
1993	855	9	36	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	935
1994	726	6	8	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	755
1995	741	8	13	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	781
1996	741	8	13	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	781
1997	768	4	13	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	809
1998	789	8	12	28	0	n/a	n/a	0	837
1999	800	4	9	26	4	n/a	n/a	0	843
2000	759	3	14	16	3	n/a	n/a	0	795
2001	788	6	18	24	3	n/a	n/a	0	839
2002	788	7	17	32	3	n/a	n/a	0	847
2003	788	7	17	32	3	n/a	n/a	0	847
2004	775	6	22	35	3	n/a	n/a	0	841
2005	778	6	24	35	1	n/a	n/a	0	844
2006	740	10	26	45	1	n/a	n/a	0	822
2007	679	5	18	44	2	n/a	n/a	1	749
2008	632	10	21	49	2	n/a	n/a	2	716
2009	645	16	24	50	1	n/a	n/a	6	742
2010	603	15	31	43	2	n/a	n/a	3	697
2011	579	20	33	48	2	0	5	0	687
2012	526	17	29	49	2	0	9	0	632
2013	539	18	25	43	0	0	13	0	638
2014	514	21	26	46	0	0	20	0	627
2015	499	21	20	43	1	0	19	0	603
2016	475	24	31	52	0	0	28	0	610
2017	461	20	30	55	0	0	30	0	596
2018	446	21	34	57	0	1	26	0	585
2019	461	25	24	66	0	1	29	0	606
2020	449	25	30	65	0	2	26	0	597
2021	459	32	28	94	0	1	14	0	628
2022	408	26	34	81	1	1	13	0	564
2023	426	31	27	90	1	0	21	0	596

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 Virgil I Grissom Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	638	33.0	19.3	n/a
1989	664	35.7	18.5	n/a
1990	779	39.7	19.6	n/a
1991	882	43.7	20.1	n/a
1992	920	45.6	20.1	n/a
1993	935	46.0	20.3	n/a
1994	755	42.0	18.0	n/a
1995	781	41.0	19.0	n/a
1996	781	41.0	19.0	n/a
1997	809	45.0	18.0	n/a
1998	837	44.0	19.0	n/a
1999	843	48.5	17.4	n/a
2000	795	47.5	16.7	n/a
2001	839	47.5	17.7	n/a
2002	847	53.1	16.0	0
2003	847	53.1	16.0	0
2004	841	52.1	16.1	0
2005	844	53.0	15.9	0
2006	822	50.0	16.4	0
2007	749	42.0	17.8	0
2008	716	40.0	17.9	0
2009	742	48.0	15.5	0
2010	697	50.0	13.9	0
2011	687	50.0	13.7	0
2012	632	47.0	13.4	5.1
2013	638	49.7	12.8	3.8
2014	627	49.0	12.7	3
2015	603	48.0	12.5	16.4
2016	610	48.0	12.7	15.6
2017	596	48.5	12.2	13.6
2018	585	48.5	12.0	13
2019	606	47.5	12.7	14.5
2020	597	46.0	12.9	16.9
2021	628	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	564	54.2	10.3	17.7
2023	596	56.0	10.6	n/a

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 Virgil I Grissom Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	638	33.0	19.3	n/a
1989	664	35.7	18.5	n/a
1990	779	39.7	19.6	n/a
1991	882	43.7	20.1	n/a
1992	920	45.6	20.1	n/a
1993	935	46.0	20.3	n/a
1994	755	42.0	18.0	n/a
1995	781	41.0	19.0	n/a
1996	781	41.0	19.0	n/a
1997	809	45.0	18.0	n/a
1998	837	44.0	19.0	n/a
1999	843	48.5	17.4	n/a
2000	795	47.5	16.7	n/a
2001	839	47.5	17.7	n/a
2002	847	53.1	16.0	0
2003	847	53.1	16.0	0
2004	841	52.1	16.1	0
2005	844	53.0	15.9	0
2006	822	50.0	16.4	0
2007	749	42.0	17.8	0
2008	716	40.0	17.9	0
2009	742	48.0	15.5	0
2010	697	50.0	13.9	0
2011	687	50.0	13.7	0
2012	632	47.0	13.4	5.1
2013	638	49.7	12.8	3.8
2014	627	49.0	12.7	3
2015	603	48.0	12.5	16.4
2016	610	48.0	12.7	15.6
2017	596	48.5	12.2	13.6
2018	585	48.5	12.0	13
2019	606	47.5	12.7	14.5
2020	597	46.0	12.9	16.9
2021	628	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	564	54.2	10.3	17.7
2023	596	56.0	10.6	n/a

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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