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)
170993006436	1051	Acero Charter - Sandra Cisneros Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	2744 W Pershing Rd	Chicago	60632	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(773) 376-8830	345	25	13.8	92.5%	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	338 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,835			$2,632			$23,202	22.5	23.2	1046	5
170993000641	1052	Daisy Bates Academy of Social Justic	Public	PK, KG-8	8546 S Cregier Ave	Chicago	60617	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-6300	212	20	10.6	85.8%	0 (0.0%)	209 (98.6%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,714			$4,299			$20,416	22.4	20.6	1104	52
170993000927	1053	Locke J Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2828 N Oak Park Ave	Chicago	60634	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-3300	1,131	83	13.6	86.9%	135 (11.9%)	39 (3.4%)	937 (82.8%)	10 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.6%)	$16,858			$2,586			$14,272	22.4	28.2	944	109
170993005682	1054	Asian Human Srvcs-Passage Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1643 W Bryn Mawr Ave	Chicago	60660	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 433-3530	355	25	14.2	90.1%	30 (8.5%)	137 (38.6%)	81 (22.8%)	93 (26.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	$24,896			$4,107			$20,789	22.4	36.5	827	227
174221004240	1055	Oliver W Holmes Middle School	Public	6-8	221 S Wolf Rd	Wheeling	60090	Cook County	Wheeling CCSD 21	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 520-2790	609	54	11.2	70.8%	95 (15.6%)	19 (3.1%)	442 (72.6%)	29 (4.8%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.3%)	$21,569			$1,055			$20,514	22.4	25.6	1001	54
170993000970	1056	Morrill Elementary Math & Sci School	Public	PK, KG-8	6011 S Rockwell St	Chicago	60629	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-9288	504	32	15.6	96.0%	5 (1.0%)	141 (28.0%)	355 (70.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,807			$3,458			$16,349	22.3	20.5	1105	49
172168002434	1057	La Moille Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	801 S Main St	La Moille	61330	Bureau County	La Moille CUSD 303	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 638-2018	84	11	7.4	41.7%	76 (90.5%)	2 (2.4%)	5 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$22,214			$857			$21,357	22.3	37.6	808	249
170993000886	1058	Kilmer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6700 N Greenview Ave	Chicago	60626	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 534-2115	786	69	11.3	81.3%	132 (16.8%)	198 (25.2%)	320 (40.7%)	78 (9.9%)	8 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	46 (5.9%)	$19,731			$3,010			$16,721	22.1	28.2	943	115
170993006448	1059	Acero Charter - Bartolome de las	Public, Charter	K-8	1641 W 16th St	Chicago	60608	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(312) 432-3224	223	14	15.9	92.4%	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.7%)	215 (96.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$27,799			$2,217			$25,583	22	22.1	1070	11
170993000987	1060	Neil Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8555 S Michigan Ave	Chicago	60619	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(773) 535-3000	249	25	9.9	88.0%	1 (0.4%)	239 (96.0%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$35,044			$4,810			$30,234	22	22.6	1059	1

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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.
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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.