Best Middle Schools in Illinois

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the IAR test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1363)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
170004405737	311	Farmington Central Junior High School	Public	6-8	300 N Lightfoot Rd	Farmington	61531	Fulton County	Farmington Central CUSD 265	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 245-1000	249	21	11.7	39.8%	237 (95.2%)	3 (1.2%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$13,482			$935			$12,547	72.8	70.5	324	13
172079002371	312	Kansas High School	Public	7-12	310 S Front	Kansas	61933	Edgar County	Kansas CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 948-5175	81	11	7.5	63.0%	74 (91.4%)	5 (6.2%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,428			$152			$19,276	72.7	45.7	669	357
173759004845	313	Staunton Junior High School	Public	6-8	801 N Deneen St	Staunton	62088	Macoupin County	Staunton CUSD 6	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 635-3831	238	18	13.1	35.7%	223 (93.7%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	$11,564			$1,644			$9,920	72.6	70.1	330	17
173063003184	314	Pana Junior High School	Public	6-8	203 W 8th St	Pana	62557	Christian County	Pana CUSD 8	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 562-6543	257	21	12.2	70.0%	238 (92.6%)	2 (0.8%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.9%)	$14,753			$2,198			$12,556	72.6	57.1	486	172
173423003507	315	Nuttall Middle School	Public	6-8	400 W Rustic St	Robinson	62454	Crawford County	Robinson CUSD 2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(618) 544-8618	339	27	12.5	45.1%	312 (92.0%)	2 (0.6%)	16 (4.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	$14,399			$1,067			$13,331	72.6	71.1	313	2
174007005863	316	John J Lukancic Middle School	Public	6-8	725 W Normantown Rd	Romeoville	60446	Will County	Valley View CUSD 365U	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 886-2216	611	48	12.7	60.1%	175 (28.6%)	93 (15.2%)	298 (48.8%)	19 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.3%)	$20,974			$991			$19,983	72.4	75.2	274	42
173939003984	317	Tremont Middle School	Public	5-8	400 W Pearl St	Tremont	61568	Tazewell County	Tremont CUSD 702	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(309) 925-3823	290	19	15.1	17.2%	264 (91.0%)	3 (1.0%)	7 (2.4%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	$12,124			$773			$11,352	72.4	84.7	172	145
173516003680	318	Franklin Park Middle School	Public	4-8	1300 Bobcat Cir	Salem	62881	Marion County	Salem School District 111	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 740-0963	559	44	12.7	53.3%	506 (90.5%)	7 (1.3%)	16 (2.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.0%)	$10,179			$783			$9,396	72.4	81.8	200	118
170330000016	319	Alden-Hebron Middle School	Public	6-8	9604 Illinois St	Hebron	60034	McHenry County	Alden Hebron School District 19	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 648-2442	75	9	8.8	37.3%	54 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (26.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	$16,171			$2,163			$14,008	72.3	61.4	429	110
173522003682	320	John E Albright Middle School	Public	5-8	1110 S Villa Ave	Villa Park	60181	DuPage County	Salt Creek School District 48	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(630) 279-6160	201	19	10.8	46.3%	101 (50.2%)	22 (10.9%)	42 (20.9%)	31 (15.4%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	$27,507			$1,827			$25,681	72.3	71	316	4

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on IAR English Language Arts, IAR Mathematics test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Illinois State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Illinois State Board of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.