Is Oliver W Holmes Middle School a good school?

Oliver W Holmes Middle School ranks in the bottom 22.6% of Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Oliver W Holmes Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 613 students attended Oliver W Holmes Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Oliver W Holmes Middle School?

Students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School are 75% Hispanic, 13% White, 5% Asian, 3% African American, 3% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Oliver W Holmes Middle School attend?

Students who attend Oliver W Holmes Middle School usually go on to attend Wheeling High School

Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Summary:

Oliver W Holmes Middle School is a public middle school located in Wheeling, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 613 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.

Oliver W Holmes Middle School consistently underperforms compared to the district and state in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency. Only 21.9% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 28.7% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In Mathematics, only 11.4% of students were proficient or better, compared to 24.6% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school struggles to serve its diverse student population effectively, ranking in the bottom quartile of Illinois middle schools for several student subgroups. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.3% in 2019-2020 to 24.0% in 2023-2024, which is well above the district and state averages.

Interestingly, the nearby Cooper Middle School and Jack London Middle School, which are also part of the Wheeling CCSD 21 district, generally outperform Oliver W Holmes Middle School in academic proficiency. Additionally, Oliver W Holmes Middle School has a significantly higher percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds (68.52% in 2022-2023) compared to the nearby schools, which may contribute to the school's academic challenges. Despite these challenges, the school ranks in the top 25% of Illinois middle schools for its performance with homeless students.

Detail:

Public 6-8

221 S Wolf Rd
Wheeling, IL 60090-4843

(847) 520-2790

District: Wheeling CCSD 21

SchoolDigger Rank:
1055^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,569

Students who attend Oliver W Holmes Middle School usually attend:

High:

Wheeling High School

Feeder schools for Oliver W Holmes Middle School:

Elementary:	Mark Twain Elementary School
	Robert Frost Elementary School
	Walt Whitman Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.5

Number of students: 613

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

75.2%

White:

13.1%

Asian:

5.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 68.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Oliver W Holmes Middle School ranks worse than 77.4% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.35. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Oliver W Holmes Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Oliver W Holmes Middle School is $21,569, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Wheeling CCSD 21 School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Oliver W Holmes Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Oliver W Holmes Middle School 1055^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Oliver W Holmes Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Wheeling CCSD 21:

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

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Rank History for Oliver W Holmes Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	39.01	780^th	1185	34.2%
2004	54.07	648^th	1204	46.2%
2005	45.53	756^th	1209	37.5%
2006	47.64	778^th	1272	38.8%
2007	43.12	855^th	1287	33.6%
2008	40.34	874^th	1293	32.4%
2009	40.63	905^th	1318	31.3%
2010	33.55	991^st	1327	25.3%
2011	31.12	1041^st	1344	22.5%
2012	31.36	1033^rd	1365	24.3%
2013	39.03	886^th	1367	35.2%
2014	30.79	964^th	1322	27.1%
2015	34.97	805^th	1302	38.2%
2016	30.98	885^th	1294	31.6%
2017	35.21	821^st	1293	36.5%
2018	29.25	908^th	1293	29.8%
2019	33.87	867^th	1356	36.1%
2021	26.76	892^nd	1241	28.1%
2022	29.53	920^th	1369	32.8%
2023	25.59	1001^st	1367	26.8%
2024	22.35	1055^th	1363	22.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.81	187^th	285	34.4%
2019	33.60	268^th	339	20.9%
2021	30.73	242^nd	277	12.6%
2022	34.29	338^th	454	25.6%
2023	29.79	399^th	480	16.9%
2024	31.78	362^nd	486	25.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.15	305^th	602	49.3%
2019	24.69	700^th	792	11.6%
2021	30.35	412^th	548	24.8%
2022	31.54	560^th	781	28.3%
2023	25.65	632^nd	805	21.5%
2024	24.97	647^th	802	19.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.99	790^th	1161	32.0%
2019	39.19	737^th	1217	39.4%
2021	37.04	628^th	1019	38.4%
2022	37.14	724^th	1221	40.7%
2023	29.41	905^th	1234	26.7%
2024	24.77	968^th	1219	20.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	43.44	20^th	36	44.4%
2023	28.01	43^rd	53	18.9%
2024	58.89	15^th	70	78.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.57	882^nd	1226	28.1%
2019	29.84	913^th	1276	28.4%
2021	21.28	831^st	1017	18.3%
2022	27.14	913^th	1286	29.0%
2023	24.21	963^rd	1275	24.5%
2024	19.47	1029^th	1251	17.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	24.26	576^th	674	14.5%
2024	27.12	509^th	639	20.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.03	851^st	1223	30.4%
2019	38.38	749^th	1296	42.2%
2021	30.21	717^th	1048	31.6%
2022	32.91	809^th	1286	37.1%
2023	27.21	919^th	1292	28.9%
2024	25.71	911^th	1264	27.9%

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Rank History for Asian students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.81	70^th	209	66.5%
2022	24.30	164^th	198	17.2%
2023	20.35	170^th	192	11.5%
2024	14.72	163^rd	184	11.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.28	516^th	590	12.5%
2019	28.61	492^nd	639	23.0%
2021	20.40	461^st	517	10.8%
2022	22.08	568^th	662	14.2%
2023	20.12	581^st	661	12.1%
2024	17.49	582^nd	643	9.5%

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Rank History for White students at Oliver W Holmes Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.06	403^rd	889	54.7%
2019	51.02	427^th	905	52.8%
2021	38.65	477^th	813	41.3%
2022	57.71	343^rd	898	61.8%
2023	43.51	488^th	895	45.5%
2024	34.39	581^st	875	33.6%

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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 Oliver W Holmes Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	551	21	39	69	1	n/a	n/a	0	681
1989	525	17	40	87	3	n/a	n/a	0	672
1990	492	17	56	108	4	n/a	n/a	0	677
1991	522	15	56	147	9	n/a	n/a	0	749
1992	521	27	43	153	6	n/a	n/a	0	750
1993	497	40	48	133	3	n/a	n/a	0	721
1994	428	36	61	172	1	n/a	n/a	0	698
1995	475	49	64	222	1	n/a	n/a	0	811
1996	475	49	64	222	1	n/a	n/a	0	811
1997	358	29	49	280	0	n/a	n/a	0	716
1998	371	37	46	323	0	n/a	n/a	0	777
1999	376	43	53	373	0	n/a	n/a	0	845
2000	373	45	45	367	0	n/a	n/a	0	830
2001	384	47	41	388	0	n/a	n/a	0	860
2002	378	42	46	460	1	n/a	n/a	0	927
2003	378	42	46	460	1	n/a	n/a	0	927
2004	314	26	42	475	0	n/a	n/a	0	857
2005	262	21	41	509	0	n/a	n/a	4	837
2006	203	28	39	493	0	n/a	n/a	4	767
2007	195	26	26	458	1	n/a	n/a	7	713
2008	172	22	21	467	1	n/a	n/a	13	696
2009	192	16	19	516	1	n/a	n/a	17	761
2010	165	15	16	505	1	n/a	n/a	18	720
2011	156	19	18	517	2	0	6	0	718
2012	152	23	20	531	6	0	10	0	742
2013	167	21	21	548	3	1	7	0	768
2014	145	20	29	563	2	1	7	0	767
2015	129	20	36	571	2	0	4	0	762
2016	134	18	43	554	6	1	7	0	763
2017	125	17	37	561	10	1	8	0	759
2018	115	16	28	571	11	2	11	0	754
2019	93	11	23	569	7	1	21	0	725
2020	101	5	32	543	7	1	12	0	701
2021	95	16	40	547	4	0	11	0	713
2022	88	12	32	502	3	0	15	0	652
2023	80	19	33	461	3	0	17	0	613

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 Oliver W Holmes Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	681	40.5	16.8	n/a
1989	672	41.7	16.1	n/a
1990	677	42.0	16.1	n/a
1991	749	44.0	17.0	n/a
1992	750	46.0	16.3	n/a
1993	721	45.0	16.0	n/a
1994	698	48.5	14.4	n/a
1995	811	54.8	14.8	n/a
1996	811	54.8	14.8	n/a
1997	716	60.3	11.9	n/a
1998	777	61.7	12.6	n/a
1999	845	65.1	13.0	n/a
2000	830	64.4	12.9	n/a
2001	860	68.5	12.6	n/a
2002	927	70.5	13.1	50.3
2003	927	70.5	13.1	50.3
2004	857	69.5	12.3	52.4
2005	837	71.5	11.7	53.2
2006	767	70.0	11.0	57.1
2007	713	71.0	10.0	66
2008	696	63.0	11.0	67.1
2009	761	65.0	11.7	61.3
2010	720	67.8	10.6	67.9
2011	718	68.2	10.5	74
2012	742	68.2	10.8	73.5
2013	768	122.1	6.2	75.5
2014	767	66.3	11.5	78
2015	762	66.0	11.5	79.1
2016	763	64.0	11.9	72.2
2017	759	66.0	11.4	78
2018	754	59.9	12.5	63
2019	725	59.8	12.1	58.8
2020	701	60.4	11.5	64.6
2021	713	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	652	50.0	13.0	66.9
2023	613	49.0	12.5	68.5

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 Oliver W Holmes Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	681	40.5	16.8	n/a
1989	672	41.7	16.1	n/a
1990	677	42.0	16.1	n/a
1991	749	44.0	17.0	n/a
1992	750	46.0	16.3	n/a
1993	721	45.0	16.0	n/a
1994	698	48.5	14.4	n/a
1995	811	54.8	14.8	n/a
1996	811	54.8	14.8	n/a
1997	716	60.3	11.9	n/a
1998	777	61.7	12.6	n/a
1999	845	65.1	13.0	n/a
2000	830	64.4	12.9	n/a
2001	860	68.5	12.6	n/a
2002	927	70.5	13.1	50.3
2003	927	70.5	13.1	50.3
2004	857	69.5	12.3	52.4
2005	837	71.5	11.7	53.2
2006	767	70.0	11.0	57.1
2007	713	71.0	10.0	66
2008	696	63.0	11.0	67.1
2009	761	65.0	11.7	61.3
2010	720	67.8	10.6	67.9
2011	718	68.2	10.5	74
2012	742	68.2	10.8	73.5
2013	768	122.1	6.2	75.5
2014	767	66.3	11.5	78
2015	762	66.0	11.5	79.1
2016	763	64.0	11.9	72.2
2017	759	66.0	11.4	78
2018	754	59.9	12.5	63
2019	725	59.8	12.1	58.8
2020	701	60.4	11.5	64.6
2021	713	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	652	50.0	13.0	66.9
2023	613	49.0	12.5	68.5

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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