Is Memorial Junior High School a good school?

Memorial Junior High School ranks 969 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Memorial Junior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 863 students attended Memorial Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Memorial Junior High School?

Students at Memorial Junior High School are 57% African American, 29% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% Two or more races.

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

Students who attend Memorial Junior High School usually go on to attend Thornton Fractnl So High School

Memorial Junior High School

Summary:

Memorial Junior High School is a public middle school located in Lansing, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 860 students. The school is part of the Lansing School District 158, which is ranked 651 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Memorial Junior High School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois middle schools, with only 31% of students proficient in ELA and 8.9% proficient in Math, compared to state averages of 41.2% and 28.4%, respectively. The school serves a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students (46.74%) and has a significant population of English Language Learners and students with disabilities, all of whom perform below state averages on assessments. Additionally, Memorial Junior High School has experienced a concerning trend of increasing chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.3% in 2019-2020 to 36.7% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the state average.

While the nearby schools, such as Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center, School of Fine Arts, and Creative Communications Academy, also perform significantly below the state averages, some nearby schools, like McKinley Junior High School and Brookwood Junior High School, demonstrate stronger academic performance and lower chronic absenteeism rates compared to Memorial Junior High School. Despite the relatively high per-student spending of $13,863 and a student-teacher ratio of 16.5, the academic challenges at Memorial Junior High School suggest that the school and district need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to address the root causes of the issues and improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public 6-8

2721 Ridge Rd
Lansing, IL 60438-2933

(708) 474-2383

District: Lansing School District 158

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,379

Students who attend Memorial Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Thornton Fractnl So High School

Feeder schools for Memorial Junior High School:

Elementary:	Coolidge Elementary School
	Lester Crawl Primary Center
	Oak Glen Elementary School
	Reavis Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.5

Number of students: 863

Racial breakdown:

African American:

57.2%

Hispanic:

28.6%

White:

7.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 99%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Memorial Junior High School ranks worse than 71.1% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.51. (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.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (57.2%), Hispanic (28.6%), White (7.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 99% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Memorial Junior High School is 16.5. (See more...)

Compare Memorial Junior High School employs 52 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Memorial Junior High School is $15,379.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Memorial Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Memorial Junior High School 969^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Memorial Junior High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Lansing School District 158:

SchoolDigger ranks Lansing School District 158 651^st of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Memorial Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Memorial Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	47.32	710^th	1185	40.1%
2004	40.77	785^th	1204	34.8%
2005	43.37	774^th	1209	36.0%
2006	46.12	800^th	1272	37.1%
2007	37.94	916^th	1287	28.8%
2008	28.95	1001^st	1293	22.6%
2009	34.90	966^th	1318	26.7%
2010	41.61	906^th	1327	31.7%
2011	29.61	1060^th	1344	21.1%
2012	37.53	966^th	1365	29.2%
2013	32.65	984^th	1367	28.0%
2014	40.16	813^th	1322	38.5%
2015	21.51	1051^st	1302	19.3%
2016	30.51	892^nd	1294	31.1%
2017	36.48	792^nd	1293	38.7%
2018	41.51	717^th	1293	44.5%
2019	40.27	762^nd	1356	43.8%
2021	29.80	829^th	1241	33.2%
2022	23.29	1037^th	1369	24.3%
2023	26.76	971^st	1367	29.0%
2024	26.51	969^th	1363	28.9%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	26.73	130^th	179	27.4%
2023	20.69	155^th	194	20.1%
2024	25.84	126^th	184	31.5%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2021	32.15	227^th	277	18.1%
2022	41.62	232^nd	454	48.9%
2023	44.08	217^th	480	54.8%
2024	29.59	384^th	486	21.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Memorial Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.83	349^th	602	42.0%
2019	37.31	427^th	792	46.1%
2021	26.96	468^th	548	14.6%
2022	29.36	615^th	781	21.3%
2023	23.01	696^th	805	13.5%
2024	23.62	673^rd	802	16.1%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	54.78	445^th	1161	61.7%
2019	52.73	508^th	1217	58.3%
2021	47.85	449^th	1019	55.9%
2022	35.38	756^th	1221	38.1%
2023	41.68	682^nd	1234	44.7%
2024	39.60	705^th	1219	42.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Memorial Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.29	713^th	1226	41.8%
2019	37.83	785^th	1276	38.5%
2021	26.17	751^st	1017	26.2%
2022	24.18	976^th	1286	24.1%
2023	27.63	900^th	1275	29.4%
2024	27.41	890^th	1251	28.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Memorial Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	32.27	450^th	674	33.2%
2024	30.95	456^th	639	28.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Memorial Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.64	667^th	1223	45.5%
2019	42.78	676^th	1296	47.8%
2021	29.12	731^st	1048	30.2%
2022	22.96	987^th	1286	23.3%
2023	25.93	943^rd	1292	27.0%
2024	25.70	912^th	1264	27.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Memorial Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	61.52	136^th	511	73.4%
2019	60.09	147^th	565	74.0%
2021	53.90	111^th	385	71.2%
2022	45.99	236^th	573	58.8%
2023	51.61	207^th	569	63.6%
2024	47.21	230^th	548	58.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Memorial Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	61.86	176^th	590	70.2%
2019	65.74	165^th	639	74.2%
2021	47.87	223^rd	517	56.9%
2022	26.21	526^th	662	20.5%
2023	35.97	413^th	661	37.5%
2024	35.04	412^th	643	35.9%

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Rank History for White students at Memorial Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	43.60	492^nd	889	44.7%
2019	46.41	491^st	905	45.7%
2021	28.57	584^th	813	28.2%
2022	26.93	677^th	898	24.6%
2023	23.70	737^th	895	17.7%
2024	23.23	696^th	875	20.5%

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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 Memorial 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	551	2	1	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	560
1989	537	24	3	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	577
1990	530	24	3	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	567
1991	544	36	2	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	589
1992	574	37	3	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	625
1993	585	61	0	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	662
1994	617	68	0	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	697
1995	526	72	3	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	616
1996	526	72	3	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	616
1997	489	84	2	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	596
1998	533	98	1	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	653
1999	538	101	5	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	667
2000	542	111	5	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	685
2001	515	112	1	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	670
2002	475	191	4	67	0	n/a	n/a	0	737
2003	475	191	4	67	0	n/a	n/a	0	737
2004	416	228	6	64	0	n/a	n/a	0	714
2005	388	272	3	92	0	n/a	n/a	0	755
2006	355	288	8	99	2	n/a	n/a	52	804
2007	314	374	8	123	5	n/a	n/a	50	874
2008	299	411	9	138	5	n/a	n/a	51	913
2009	267	404	8	148	6	n/a	n/a	45	878
2010	244	365	7	116	2	n/a	n/a	45	779
2011	215	395	6	160	4	0	43	0	823
2012	213	423	10	144	3	0	44	0	837
2013	174	416	8	194	4	0	35	0	831
2014	177	455	5	193	3	0	38	0	871
2015	161	441	6	214	4	1	39	0	866
2016	158	440	6	222	1	3	25	0	855
2017	156	435	7	224	1	2	20	0	845
2018	137	500	7	262	2	1	28	0	937
2019	135	474	6	200	2	1	98	0	916
2020	144	531	7	207	2	1	33	0	925
2021	117	518	5	231	2	2	40	0	915
2022	66	463	3	207	1	2	23	0	765
2023	61	496	6	249	1	3	44	0	860
2024	61	494	7	247	2	2	50	0	863

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 Memorial Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	560	33.6	16.6	n/a
1989	577	33.6	17.1	n/a
1990	567	33.6	16.8	n/a
1991	589	33.6	17.5	n/a
1992	625	34.6	18.0	n/a
1993	662	36.6	18.1	n/a
1994	697	36.9	18.9	n/a
1995	616	36.6	16.8	n/a
1996	616	36.6	16.8	n/a
1997	596	36.6	16.3	n/a
1998	653	37.0	17.6	n/a
1999	667	39.6	16.8	n/a
2000	685	39.1	17.5	n/a
2001	670	39.1	17.1	n/a
2002	737	39.6	18.6	0
2003	737	39.6	18.6	0
2004	714	40.0	17.9	0
2005	755	41.0	18.4	0
2006	804	40.0	20.1	25.9
2007	874	46.0	19.0	36.9
2008	913	38.0	24.0	47.3
2009	878	47.0	18.7	48.1
2010	779	47.0	16.5	70.3
2011	823	50.0	16.4	64.2
2012	837	52.0	16.0	58.9
2013	831	55.0	15.1	71.7
2014	871	53.0	16.4	73.4
2015	866	57.0	15.1	75.9
2016	855	53.0	16.1	71.2
2017	845	53.8	15.7	72.4
2018	937	54.1	17.3	70.9
2019	916	54.9	16.6	65.7
2020	925	43.0	21.5	62.8
2021	915	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	765	54.4	14.0	48.1
2023	860	51.9	16.5	46.7
2024	863	52.0	16.5	99

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 Memorial Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	560	33.6	16.6	n/a
1989	577	33.6	17.1	n/a
1990	567	33.6	16.8	n/a
1991	589	33.6	17.5	n/a
1992	625	34.6	18.0	n/a
1993	662	36.6	18.1	n/a
1994	697	36.9	18.9	n/a
1995	616	36.6	16.8	n/a
1996	616	36.6	16.8	n/a
1997	596	36.6	16.3	n/a
1998	653	37.0	17.6	n/a
1999	667	39.6	16.8	n/a
2000	685	39.1	17.5	n/a
2001	670	39.1	17.1	n/a
2002	737	39.6	18.6	0
2003	737	39.6	18.6	0
2004	714	40.0	17.9	0
2005	755	41.0	18.4	0
2006	804	40.0	20.1	25.9
2007	874	46.0	19.0	36.9
2008	913	38.0	24.0	47.3
2009	878	47.0	18.7	48.1
2010	779	47.0	16.5	70.3
2011	823	50.0	16.4	64.2
2012	837	52.0	16.0	58.9
2013	831	55.0	15.1	71.7
2014	871	53.0	16.4	73.4
2015	866	57.0	15.1	75.9
2016	855	53.0	16.1	71.2
2017	845	53.8	15.7	72.4
2018	937	54.1	17.3	70.9
2019	916	54.9	16.6	65.7
2020	925	43.0	21.5	62.8
2021	915	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	765	54.4	14.0	48.1
2023	860	51.9	16.5	46.7
2024	863	52.0	16.5	99

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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