Is Sycamore Middle School a good school?

Sycamore Middle School ranks 456 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Sycamore Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 822 students attended Sycamore Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Sycamore Middle School?

Students at Sycamore Middle School are 81% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What high school do graduates of Sycamore Middle School attend?

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

Sycamore Middle School

Summary:

Sycamore Middle School is a public middle school located in Sycamore, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 822 students. The school is part of the Sycamore CUSD 427 district, which is ranked 321 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sycamore Middle School's overall proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics are above the state averages, with 47.6% proficient or better in ELA and 28.3% in Mathematics for the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance in Science is particularly strong, with 65.4% of students proficient or better, significantly higher than the state average of 53.2%. However, the school's performance has been relatively consistent over the past few years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 456 to 559 out of 1,363 Illinois middle schools. The school's performance for different student subgroups varies, with the school ranking higher for African American, Hispanic, and Disabled students compared to White and Multi-racial students. Additionally, the school's performance for Low Socioeconomic Status students has declined, with a ranking of 466 out of 1,219 Illinois middle schools in 2023-2024, down from 602 out of 1,234 in 2022-2023.

Sycamore Middle School has experienced an increase in chronic absenteeism, from 5.2% in 2019-2020 to 17.1% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the nearby Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School at 17.8% and Prairie Knolls Middle School at 9.9%. Additionally, Sycamore Middle School's per-student spending of $14,174 in 2022-2023 is higher than the nearby schools, such as Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School ($21,681) and Prairie Knolls Middle School ($13,235), while its student-teacher ratio of 13.4 is lower than some nearby schools, such as Prairie Knolls Middle School (17.6) and Central Middle School (20.3).

Detail:

Public 6-8

150 Maplewood Dr
Sycamore, IL 60178-1225

(815) 899-8170

District: Sycamore CUSD 427

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,557

Students who attend Sycamore Middle School usually attend:

High:

Sycamore High School

Feeder schools for Sycamore Middle School:

Elementary:	North Elementary School
	North Grove Elementary School
	South Prairie Elementary School
	Southeast Elementary School
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	West Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.4

Number of students: 822

Racial breakdown:

White:

81.0%

Hispanic:

11.1%

Two or more races:

3.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 25.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sycamore Middle School ranks better than 66.5% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.32. (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 Sycamore Middle School is $14,557.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sycamore Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sycamore Middle School 456^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Sycamore Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Special Education students:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

Disabled students:

Male students:

Hispanic students:

White students:

Sycamore CUSD 427:

SchoolDigger ranks Sycamore CUSD 427 321^st of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sycamore Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	68.82	395^th	1185	66.7%
2004	72.95	341^st	1204	71.7%
2005	68.82	430^th	1209	64.4%
2006	73.01	345^th	1272	72.9%
2007	61.22	586^th	1287	54.5%
2008	65.54	510^th	1293	60.6%
2009	64.99	523^rd	1318	60.3%
2010	64.88	530^th	1327	60.1%
2011	57.57	663^rd	1344	50.7%
2012	61.13	593^rd	1365	56.6%
2013	65.32	452^nd	1367	66.9%
2014	66.18	424^th	1322	67.9%
2015	64.13	368^th	1302	71.7%
2016	63.51	390^th	1294	69.9%
2017	55.78	503^rd	1293	61.1%
2018	63.47	414^th	1293	68.0%
2019	69.44	361^st	1356	73.4%
2021	47.20	559^th	1241	55.0%
2022	52.17	551^st	1369	59.8%
2023	53.76	533^rd	1367	61.0%
2024	59.32	456^th	1363	66.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	53.82	83^rd	179	53.6%
2022	38.15	111^th	195	43.1%
2024	29.44	115^th	184	37.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	41.47	249^th	480	48.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.84	289^th	602	52.0%
2019	41.31	362^nd	792	54.3%
2021	33.48	356^th	548	35.0%
2022	39.92	393^rd	781	49.7%
2023	53.88	244^th	805	69.7%
2024	51.47	278^th	802	65.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	51.13	501^st	1161	56.8%
2019	58.93	393^rd	1217	67.7%
2021	39.17	598^th	1019	41.3%
2022	36.13	742^nd	1221	39.2%
2023	46.27	602^nd	1234	51.2%
2024	53.93	466^th	1219	61.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	60.36	433^rd	1226	64.7%
2019	68.30	348^th	1276	72.7%
2021	38.39	572^nd	1017	43.8%
2022	48.55	573^rd	1286	55.4%
2023	45.55	630^th	1275	50.6%
2024	57.13	455^th	1251	63.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	48.49	254^th	674	62.3%
2024	60.98	159^th	639	75.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.62	366^th	1223	70.1%
2019	67.98	339^th	1296	73.8%
2021	49.69	440^th	1048	58.0%
2022	54.78	485^th	1286	62.3%
2023	60.03	412^th	1292	68.1%
2024	58.87	430^th	1264	66.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	75.74	72^nd	565	87.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.98	347^th	590	41.2%
2019	55.25	244^th	639	61.8%
2021	38.97	303^rd	517	41.4%
2022	35.20	420^th	662	36.6%
2023	44.39	326^th	661	50.7%
2024	47.16	287^th	643	55.4%

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Rank History for White students at Sycamore Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.54	447^th	889	49.7%
2019	53.46	402^nd	905	55.6%
2021	34.01	532^nd	813	34.6%
2022	34.17	592^nd	898	34.1%
2023	35.93	574^th	895	35.9%
2024	41.76	496^th	875	43.3%

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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 Sycamore Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	493	20	6	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	530
1989	462	27	6	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	507
1990	523	23	5	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	565
1991	521	24	6	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	566
1992	573	28	6	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	621
1993	621	25	4	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	660
1994	654	28	3	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	694
1995	653	23	6	13	3	n/a	n/a	0	698
1996	653	23	6	13	3	n/a	n/a	0	698
1997	647	21	6	19	2	n/a	n/a	0	695
1998	665	21	8	13	4	n/a	n/a	0	711
1999	698	16	7	16	1	n/a	n/a	0	738
2000	693	19	10	17	2	n/a	n/a	0	741
2001	691	19	7	26	2	n/a	n/a	0	745
2002	705	20	7	22	4	n/a	n/a	0	758
2003	705	20	7	22	4	n/a	n/a	0	758
2004	703	21	12	30	3	n/a	n/a	0	769
2005	685	21	11	28	1	n/a	n/a	11	757
2006	681	29	15	44	5	n/a	n/a	15	789
2007	671	31	9	38	6	n/a	n/a	20	775
2008	714	33	10	54	7	n/a	n/a	27	845
2009	711	26	11	59	8	n/a	n/a	29	844
2010	694	23	17	70	6	n/a	n/a	36	846
2011	694	24	19	77	5	0	44	0	863
2012	698	26	23	61	2	0	41	0	851
2013	726	28	23	49	4	1	30	0	861
2014	763	28	19	59	3	1	39	0	912
2015	781	25	12	62	7	2	36	0	925
2016	768	20	14	68	6	0	38	0	914
2017	735	18	12	60	4	1	40	0	870
2018	709	23	19	81	3	0	19	0	854
2019	683	31	20	80	4	0	22	0	840
2020	703	30	18	74	4	0	24	0	853
2021	680	28	16	82	2	0	30	0	838
2022	696	21	10	86	1	0	36	0	850
2023	666	26	7	91	0	0	32	0	822

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 Sycamore Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	530	30.5	17.3	n/a
1989	507	30.0	16.9	n/a
1990	565	30.0	18.8	n/a
1991	566	31.5	17.9	n/a
1992	621	34.5	18.0	n/a
1993	660	40.0	16.5	n/a
1994	694	40.8	17.0	n/a
1995	698	41.0	17.0	n/a
1996	698	41.0	17.0	n/a
1997	695	40.8	17.0	n/a
1998	711	39.8	17.9	n/a
1999	738	43.0	17.2	n/a
2000	741	46.4	16.0	n/a
2001	745	46.9	15.9	n/a
2002	758	48.0	15.8	7.3
2003	758	48.0	15.8	7.3
2004	769	46.0	16.7	8.7
2005	757	46.0	16.5	8
2006	789	45.0	17.5	10.2
2007	775	49.0	15.8	13.1
2008	845	47.0	18.0	16.1
2009	844	56.0	15.1	18
2010	846	55.0	15.3	24.2
2011	863	58.8	14.6	27.9
2012	851	56.6	15.0	30.1
2013	861	86.0	10.0	30.1
2014	912	64.3	14.1	31.4
2015	925	69.0	13.4	31.5
2016	914	68.0	13.4	24.3
2017	870	60.0	14.5	25.1
2018	854	61.0	13.9	23.5
2019	840	58.4	14.3	24.9
2020	853	61.3	13.8	22.4
2021	838	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	850	64.4	13.1	16.8
2023	822	61.3	13.4	25.2

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 Sycamore Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	530	30.5	17.3	n/a
1989	507	30.0	16.9	n/a
1990	565	30.0	18.8	n/a
1991	566	31.5	17.9	n/a
1992	621	34.5	18.0	n/a
1993	660	40.0	16.5	n/a
1994	694	40.8	17.0	n/a
1995	698	41.0	17.0	n/a
1996	698	41.0	17.0	n/a
1997	695	40.8	17.0	n/a
1998	711	39.8	17.9	n/a
1999	738	43.0	17.2	n/a
2000	741	46.4	16.0	n/a
2001	745	46.9	15.9	n/a
2002	758	48.0	15.8	7.3
2003	758	48.0	15.8	7.3
2004	769	46.0	16.7	8.7
2005	757	46.0	16.5	8
2006	789	45.0	17.5	10.2
2007	775	49.0	15.8	13.1
2008	845	47.0	18.0	16.1
2009	844	56.0	15.1	18
2010	846	55.0	15.3	24.2
2011	863	58.8	14.6	27.9
2012	851	56.6	15.0	30.1
2013	861	86.0	10.0	30.1
2014	912	64.3	14.1	31.4
2015	925	69.0	13.4	31.5
2016	914	68.0	13.4	24.3
2017	870	60.0	14.5	25.1
2018	854	61.0	13.9	23.5
2019	840	58.4	14.3	24.9
2020	853	61.3	13.8	22.4
2021	838	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	850	64.4	13.1	16.8
2023	822	61.3	13.4	25.2

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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