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)
172373001008	181	Oak Prairie Junior High School	Public	6-8	15161 S Gougar Rd	Homer Glen	60491	Will County	Will County School District 92	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(815) 836-2724	457	45	10.1	30.0%	349 (76.4%)	3 (0.7%)	84 (18.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.7%)	$22,504			$983			$21,522	84.6	80.3	222	41
172771002933	182	Jefferson Junior High School	Public	6-8	1525 N Loomis St	Naperville	60563	DuPage County	Naperville CUSD 203	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 420-6363	849	69	12.3	29.7%	400 (47.1%)	71 (8.4%)	196 (23.1%)	137 (16.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.8%)	$19,111			$533			$18,578	84.5	83.2	187	5
173285003405	183	MacArthur Middle School	Public	6-8	700 N Schoenbeck Rd	Prospect Heights	60070	Cook County	Prospect Heights School District 23	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 870-3879	465	40	11.7	24.1%	322 (69.2%)	5 (1.1%)	83 (17.8%)	41 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	$19,016			$18,446			$570	84.4	90.7	109	74
173174003785	184	Heritage Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	12425 S Van Dyke Rd	Plainfield	60585	Will County	Plainfield School District 202	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 439-4810	833	57	14.6	25.2%	477 (57.3%)	63 (7.6%)	118 (14.2%)	138 (16.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.0%)	$14,106			$486			$13,620	84.3	85.4	163	21
171540001846	185	Floyd Henson Junior High School	Public	6-8	609 N Stanford Rd	Flora	62839	Clay County	Flora CUSD 35	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(618) 662-8394	311	22	14	54.0%	281 (90.4%)	4 (1.3%)	10 (3.2%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.9%)	$11,278			$1,296			$9,981	84.3	74.7	280	95
170021803731	186	Prairie Crossing Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1531 Jones Point Rd	Grayslake	60030	Lake County	Prairie Crossing Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 543-9722	432	29	14.9		302 (69.9%)	10 (2.3%)	41 (9.5%)	52 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.3%)	$15,007			$701			$14,305	84.3	86.4	154	32
170588000264	187	Benjamin Middle School	Public	5-8	28W300 Saint Charles Rd	West Chicago	60185	DuPage County	Benjamin School District 25	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(630) 876-7820	250	24	10.6		143 (57.2%)	14 (5.6%)	54 (21.6%)	34 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$22,062			$793			$21,268	84.2	86.8	143	44
170993001067	188	Sauganash Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	6040 N Kilpatrick Ave	Chicago	60646	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-3470	660	42	15.9	17.4%	325 (49.2%)	10 (1.5%)	141 (21.4%)	138 (20.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (6.7%)	$15,672			$2,242			$13,430	84.2	88.7	122	66
172814004933	189	Liberty Junior High School	Public	7-8	151 Lenox St	New Lenox	60451	Will County	New Lenox School District 122	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 462-7951	587	43	13.6	16.2%	462 (78.7%)	15 (2.6%)	86 (14.7%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.4%)	$13,172			$411			$12,761	84.2	75.3	273	84
171482001820	190	Fairview South Elementary School	Public	K-8	7040 Laramie Ave	Skokie	60077	Cook County	Fairview School District 72	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(847) 929-1050	707	69	10.2	29.4%	327 (46.3%)	29 (4.1%)	95 (13.4%)	202 (28.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (7.4%)	$21,931			$829			$21,103	84.1	86.2	158	32

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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.