Jack London Middle School

Summary:

Jack London Middle School is a public middle school located in Wheeling, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 596 students. The school is part of the Wheeling CCSD 21 district, which is ranked 588 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Jack London Middle School faces challenges in academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics, with significant disparities in the performance of different student subgroups. The school's proficiency rates on the IAR exams are generally below the state and district averages, with the school performing particularly poorly for Hispanic students. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 6.7% in 2019-2020 to 21.1% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average. Despite the higher spending per student at Jack London Middle School, the school's academic performance is generally lower than the state and district averages, suggesting that factors beyond just funding may be contributing to the school's academic outcomes.

Comparing Jack London Middle School to nearby schools within the same district, the school's academic performance is generally lower than the Cooper Middle School and MacArthur Middle School, which have higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, Jack London Middle School outperforms the nearby Oliver W. Holmes Middle School, which has significantly lower proficiency rates across all subjects and grade levels.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1001 W Dundee Rd
       Wheeling, IL  60090-3908


(847) 520-2745

District: Wheeling CCSD 21

SchoolDigger Rank:
630th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,414 Help


Feeder schools for Jack London Middle School:

Elementary:    Booth Tarkington Elementary School
    Eugene Field Elementary School
    J W Riley Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.8 Help
Number of students:  596

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
60.4%
White:
27.5%
Asian:
5.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  54% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Jack London Middle School ranks better than 53.8% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.32. (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.
Student Body
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Compare Details Jack London Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Jack London Middle School is $21,414. 1 middle schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Jack London Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Jack London Middle School 630th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Jack London Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Wheeling CCSD 21:

SchoolDigger ranks Wheeling CCSD 21 588th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Jack London Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 71.29 363rd 1185 69.4%
2004 58.80 582nd 1204 51.7%
2005 60.83 568th 1209 53.0%
2006 75.46 292nd 1272 77.0%
2007 68.22 439th 1287 65.9%
2008 55.03 701st 1293 45.8%
2009 56.02 688th 1318 47.8%
2010 63.36 560th 1327 57.8%
2011 62.48 571st 1344 57.5%
2012 56.24 674th 1365 50.6%
2013 61.72 517th 1367 62.2%
2014 54.49 616th 1322 53.4%
2015 50.30 540th 1302 58.5%
2016 48.66 610th 1294 52.9%
2017 47.36 628th 1293 51.4%
2018 52.26 567th 1293 56.1%
2019 43.39 715th 1356 47.3%
2021 48.49 538th 1241 56.6%
2022 49.10 608th 1369 55.6%
2023 42.53 719th 1367 47.4%
2024 47.32 630th 1363 53.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.73 172nd 285 39.6%
2019 34.07 262nd 339 22.7%
2021 36.23 201st 277 27.4%
2022 42.43 220th 454 51.5%
2023 38.18 280th 480 41.7%
2024 50.97 151st 486 68.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.88 259th 602 57.0%
2019 26.03 673rd 792 15.0%
2021 43.09 246th 548 55.1%
2022 33.20 523rd 781 33.0%
2023 57.52 223rd 805 72.3%
2024 47.44 314th 802 60.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.86 549th 1161 52.7%
2019 38.94 739th 1217 39.3%
2021 51.73 400th 1019 60.7%
2022 47.60 558th 1221 54.3%
2023 40.98 695th 1234 43.7%
2024 46.18 588th 1219 51.8%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 92.88 3rd 53 94.3%
2024 52.23 25th 70 64.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.76 553rd 1226 54.9%
2019 41.46 720th 1276 43.6%
2021 37.75 581st 1017 42.9%
2022 42.10 678th 1286 47.3%
2023 38.45 745th 1275 41.6%
2024 44.69 636th 1251 49.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 53.20 220th 674 67.4%
2024 37.03 366th 639 42.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.52 544th 1223 55.5%
2019 44.56 642nd 1296 50.5%
2021 53.96 384th 1048 63.4%
2022 55.22 477th 1286 62.9%
2023 45.70 618th 1292 52.2%
2024 49.04 560th 1264 55.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.10 113th 209 45.9%
2019 49.32 112th 201 44.3%
2023 39.50 123rd 192 35.9%
2024 43.66 116th 184 37.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.29 433rd 590 26.6%
2019 27.40 505th 639 21.0%
2021 36.43 325th 517 37.1%
2022 29.22 490th 662 26.0%
2023 24.40 540th 661 18.3%
2024 27.51 488th 643 24.1%
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Rank History for White students at Jack London Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.54 300th 889 66.3%
2019 52.99 407th 905 55.0%
2021 54.02 338th 813 58.4%
2022 68.09 234th 898 73.9%
2023 64.37 265th 895 70.4%
2024 59.93 313th 875 64.2%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Jack London Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1995 430 17 46 125 0 n/a n/a 0 618
1996 430 17 46 125 0 n/a n/a 0 618
1997 608 17 56 124 0 n/a n/a 0 805
1998 634 25 47 87 0 n/a n/a 0 793
1999 649 23 49 82 0 n/a n/a 0 803
2000 629 30 36 79 0 n/a n/a 0 774
2001 615 41 58 119 0 n/a n/a 0 833
2002 517 19 67 177 0 n/a n/a 0 780
2003 517 19 67 177 0 n/a n/a 0 780
2004 480 23 53 239 0 n/a n/a 0 795
2005 451 18 56 257 0 n/a n/a 0 782
2006 418 13 53 235 0 n/a n/a 21 740
2007 404 16 45 245 0 n/a n/a 18 728
2008 362 9 42 263 1 n/a n/a 17 694
2009 360 15 48 272 0 n/a n/a 16 711
2010 330 15 60 260 1 n/a n/a 15 681
2011 323 12 46 290 1 0 11 0 683
2012 323 8 45 294 1 0 16 0 687
2013 301 14 42 316 2 0 15 0 690
2014 256 16 56 307 5 0 11 0 651
2015 218 18 46 335 7 0 14 0 638
2016 220 15 41 333 4 0 14 0 627
2017 227 14 39 359 4 0 17 0 660
2018 237 12 43 367 6 1 12 0 678
2019 196 12 34 393 6 1 26 0 668
2020 190 9 32 388 8 1 12 0 640
2021 178 10 28 375 5 0 10 0 606
2022 169 11 33 341 4 0 11 0 569
2023 164 15 34 360 3 0 20 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 Jack London Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 618 42.0 14.7 n/a
1996 618 42.0 14.7 n/a
1997 805 50.3 16.0 n/a
1998 793 52.5 15.1 n/a
1999 803 51.6 15.6 n/a
2000 774 53.9 14.4 n/a
2001 833 52.6 15.8 n/a
2002 780 55.7 14.0 24.4
2003 780 55.7 14.0 24.4
2004 795 56.4 14.1 28.8
2005 782 62.0 12.6 29.2
2006 740 63.0 11.7 34.2
2007 728 68.0 10.7 35.2
2008 694 52.0 13.3 38.7
2009 711 58.7 12.1 35.3
2010 681 58.0 11.7 38.6
2011 683 55.0 12.4 40.3
2012 687 60.5 11.3 40.2
2013 690 104.6 6.5 47.2
2014 651 57.5 11.3 51.8
2015 638 56.0 11.3 61.3
2016 627 55.0 11.4 52
2017 660 56.2 11.7 58.6
2018 678 54.2 12.5 44.2
2019 668 54.4 12.2 43.9
2020 640 52.7 12.1 45
2021 606 n/a n/a n/a
2022 569 53.0 10.7 52.5
2023 596 55.0 10.8 54

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 London Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 618 42.0 14.7 n/a
1996 618 42.0 14.7 n/a
1997 805 50.3 16.0 n/a
1998 793 52.5 15.1 n/a
1999 803 51.6 15.6 n/a
2000 774 53.9 14.4 n/a
2001 833 52.6 15.8 n/a
2002 780 55.7 14.0 24.4
2003 780 55.7 14.0 24.4
2004 795 56.4 14.1 28.8
2005 782 62.0 12.6 29.2
2006 740 63.0 11.7 34.2
2007 728 68.0 10.7 35.2
2008 694 52.0 13.3 38.7
2009 711 58.7 12.1 35.3
2010 681 58.0 11.7 38.6
2011 683 55.0 12.4 40.3
2012 687 60.5 11.3 40.2
2013 690 104.6 6.5 47.2
2014 651 57.5 11.3 51.8
2015 638 56.0 11.3 61.3
2016 627 55.0 11.4 52
2017 660 56.2 11.7 58.6
2018 678 54.2 12.5 44.2
2019 668 54.4 12.2 43.9
2020 640 52.7 12.1 45
2021 606 n/a n/a n/a
2022 569 53.0 10.7 52.5
2023 596 55.0 10.8 54

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

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201599.1%99.4%99.4%99.4%98.9%99.4%99.7%
201699.2%99.4%99.4%99.4%98.7%98.6%31.8%
201799.6%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.9%99.0%99.4%64.9%
201899.4%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.6%99.0%99.9%98.7%
201999.6%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.6%99.6%97.8%
202199.5%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.8%99.5%99.5%95.2%
202299.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.1%99.5%96.0%
202398.7%98.2%98.2%98.2%98.7%94.9%98.2%93.6%
202498.7%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.1%93.4%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Jack London Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,193 (6.0%) $18,690 (94.0%) $19,884
2020 $1,312 (7.5%) $16,256 (92.5%) $17,568
2021 $1,376 (7.2%) $17,815 (92.8%) $19,191
2022 $1,376 (7.2%) $17,815 (92.8%) $19,191
2023 $2,306 (10.8%) $19,035 (89.2%) $21,341
2024 $1,026 (4.8%) $20,388 (95.2%) $21,414

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Jack London Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 715th of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 719th of 1367 Middle schools
 0.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Jack London Middle School)29.223.3
 5.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wheeling CCSD 21)27.723.6
 4.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Jack London Middle School)23.215.8
 7.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wheeling CCSD 21)2417.9
 6.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Jack London Middle School)30.331
 0.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wheeling CCSD 21)33.531.2
 2.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Jack London Middle School)20.722.4
 1.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wheeling CCSD 21)27.122.6
 4.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Jack London Middle School)34.432.4
 2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wheeling CCSD 21)35.537
 1.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Jack London Middle School)23.418.6
 4.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wheeling CCSD 21)30.823.3
 7.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Jack London Middle School)44.346.7
 2.4%
   8th Grade Science (Wheeling CCSD 21)48.345
 3.3%
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students668596
 10.8%
African American1215
 25%
American Indian63
 50%
Asian3434
Hispanic393360
 8.4%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White196164
 16.3%
Two or More Races2620
 23.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients43.9%54%
 10.2%


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Students at Jack London Middle School are 60% Hispanic, 28% White, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 3% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 596 students attended Jack London Middle School.

Jack London Middle School ranks 630th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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