Is Antioch Upper Grade School a good school?

Antioch Upper Grade School ranks 348 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Antioch Upper Grade School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 922 students attended Antioch Upper Grade School.

What is the racial makeup of Antioch Upper Grade School?

Students at Antioch Upper Grade School are 68% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 5% African American, 3% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Antioch Upper Grade School attend?

Students who attend Antioch Upper Grade School usually go on to attend Antioch Community High School

Antioch Upper Grade School

Summary:

Antioch Upper Grade School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Antioch, Illinois, with 902 students. The school consistently ranks in the top 50% of Illinois middle schools and outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency.

Antioch Upper Grade School's key strengths include strong test scores, with 56.4% of students proficient or better in ELA and 32.2% in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 41.2% and 28.4% respectively. The school also performs well across different student subgroups, ranking in the top 50% of Illinois middle schools for female, male, African American, Hispanic, and multi-racial students in both ELA and Mathematics. Additionally, the school ranks in the top 25% for special education and disabled students. While Antioch Upper Grade School has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism, reaching 18.4% in 2023-2024, it still performs better than the state average of 18.7% for middle schools.

Compared to nearby schools, Nippersink Middle School has lower proficiency rates in both ELA and Mathematics compared to Antioch Upper Grade School. However, the school should continue to monitor and address areas of concern, such as the performance of Asian and English Language Learner students, which ranks in the bottom 50% of Illinois middle schools. Overall, Antioch Upper Grade School is a strong-performing middle school that outshines many of its counterparts, with a strong investment in resources and programs, as evidenced by its $14,183 per-student spending, which is higher than the state average.

Detail:

Public 6-8

800 Highview Dr
Antioch, IL 60002-1141

(847) 838-8310

District: Antioch CCSD 34

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,388

Students who attend Antioch Upper Grade School usually attend:

High:

Antioch Community High School

Feeder schools for Antioch Upper Grade School:

Elementary:	Hillcrest Elementary School
	Oakland Elementary School
	W C Petty Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.3

Number of students: 922

Racial breakdown:

White:

68.3%

Hispanic:

18.4%

Two or more races:

5.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 28.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Antioch Upper Grade School ranks better than 74.5% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 69.72. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a 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 Racial makeup is: White (68.3%), Hispanic (18.4%), two or more races (5.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 28.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Antioch Upper Grade School is 13.3. (See more...)

Compare Antioch Upper Grade School employs 68.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Antioch Upper Grade School is $14,388.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Antioch Upper Grade School:

SchoolDigger ranks Antioch Upper Grade School 348^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Antioch Upper Grade School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Antioch CCSD 34:

SchoolDigger ranks Antioch CCSD 34 307^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Antioch Upper Grade School

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Rank History for all students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	56.60	582^nd	1185	50.9%
2004	73.54	326^th	1204	72.9%
2005	69.82	409^th	1209	66.2%
2006	68.37	424^th	1272	66.7%
2007	67.04	464^th	1287	63.9%
2008	67.53	461^st	1293	64.3%
2009	69.65	433^rd	1318	67.1%
2010	73.35	361^st	1327	72.8%
2011	72.14	378^th	1344	71.9%
2012	72.92	363^rd	1365	73.4%
2013	67.46	416^th	1367	69.6%
2014	72.10	336^th	1322	74.6%
2015	66.85	337^th	1302	74.1%
2016	54.04	530^th	1294	59.0%
2017	54.87	516^th	1293	60.1%
2018	61.97	425^th	1293	67.1%
2019	65.82	410^th	1356	69.8%
2021	61.47	369^th	1241	70.3%
2022	51.34	565^th	1369	58.7%
2023	67.36	361^st	1367	73.6%
2024	69.72	348^th	1363	74.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.12	113^th	164	31.1%
2019	33.58	114^th	179	36.3%
2021	28.63	64^th	97	34.0%
2022	35.20	118^th	195	39.5%
2023	48.58	94^th	194	51.5%
2024	56.28	74^th	184	59.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	35.69	318^th	454	30.0%
2023	41.79	244^th	480	49.2%
2024	37.59	303^rd	486	37.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.89	194^th	602	67.8%
2019	56.45	200^th	792	74.7%
2021	59.32	115^th	548	79.0%
2022	55.76	185^th	781	76.3%
2023	64.91	184^th	805	77.1%
2024	61.34	215^th	802	73.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	51.40	498^th	1161	57.1%
2019	52.74	507^th	1217	58.3%
2021	63.91	224^th	1019	78.0%
2022	44.41	605^th	1221	50.5%
2023	48.79	562^nd	1234	54.5%
2024	54.18	459^th	1219	62.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.99	439^th	1226	64.2%
2019	62.33	431^st	1276	66.2%
2021	59.63	341^st	1017	66.5%
2022	48.41	577^th	1286	55.1%
2023	65.20	361^st	1275	71.7%
2024	68.77	332^nd	1251	73.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	67.05	115^th	674	82.9%
2024	58.72	173^rd	639	72.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.61	385^th	1223	68.5%
2019	67.91	340^th	1296	73.8%
2021	56.76	350^th	1048	66.6%
2022	53.88	499^th	1286	61.2%
2023	67.03	331^st	1292	74.4%
2024	68.21	323^rd	1264	74.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.46	158^th	209	24.4%
2022	27.33	159^th	198	19.7%
2023	27.46	156^th	192	18.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	53.14	194^th	565	65.7%
2022	22.50	539^th	573	5.9%
2023	36.08	345^th	569	39.4%
2024	49.76	217^th	548	60.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.53	213^th	590	63.9%
2019	53.79	253^rd	639	60.4%
2021	57.59	160^th	517	69.1%
2022	39.28	385^th	662	41.8%
2023	52.93	254^th	661	61.6%
2024	54.48	235^th	643	63.5%

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Rank History for White students at Antioch Upper Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.56	469^th	889	47.2%
2019	48.04	468^th	905	48.3%
2021	50.06	370^th	813	54.5%
2022	37.94	541^st	898	39.8%
2023	55.22	349^th	895	61.0%
2024	57.78	339^th	875	61.3%

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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

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a student
Thursday, May 16, 2019

so much bullying and it is never really taken care of unless a parent has to step in Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, February 23, 2017

There is a problem with bullying. Teachers are told and do nothing about the problems, very light on punishment for the bullying and harassment. When kids fight back, then the harsher punishments come out. BOE, Principal, and Deans do not listen to reason. Stuck on across the board policies rather than reviewing each situation. Bad kids are allowed to participate in sports and cause problems for good kids. See other posts about bullying being ignored. My son asked if what was happening to him was bullying and the dean lied to him. The principal agreed wtih me but would not lighten the punishment on my son when he stuck up for himself. This is second event within 12 months. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Antioch Upper Grade School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	454	2	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	462
1989	505	n/a	3	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	516
1990	561	n/a	2	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	570
1991	605	0	2	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	615
1992	607	0	3	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	619
1993	595	0	3	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	605
1994	565	3	6	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	579
1995	576	3	5	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	590
1996	576	3	5	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	590
1997	614	5	4	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	634
1998	637	7	4	16	1	n/a	n/a	0	665
1999	696	8	4	13	4	n/a	n/a	0	725
2000	695	8	6	18	5	n/a	n/a	0	732
2001	713	5	9	21	5	n/a	n/a	0	753
2002	757	18	12	34	4	n/a	n/a	0	825
2003	757	18	12	34	4	n/a	n/a	0	825
2004	817	14	15	35	5	n/a	n/a	0	886
2005	851	19	23	54	4	n/a	n/a	2	953
2006	857	29	29	64	5	n/a	n/a	9	993
2007	829	28	35	75	3	n/a	n/a	15	985
2008	821	24	42	81	1	n/a	n/a	23	992
2009	818	26	37	68	0	n/a	n/a	41	990
2010	786	36	43	67	1	n/a	n/a	43	976
2011	761	34	39	110	3	3	38	0	988
2012	779	29	35	125	5	2	39	0	1014
2013	805	25	31	113	6	2	38	0	1020
2014	784	22	27	105	3	1	43	0	985
2015	811	29	30	102	2	0	47	0	1021
2016	830	36	35	101	3	1	59	0	1065
2017	814	34	33	90	3	1	48	0	1023
2018	785	25	28	85	3	1	41	0	968
2019	798	34	27	90	5	1	40	0	995
2020	764	37	26	120	1	0	37	0	985
2021	695	32	32	125	4	0	48	0	936
2022	638	38	33	148	3	0	58	0	918
2023	618	41	28	154	5	0	56	0	902
2024	630	43	24	170	2	1	52	0	922

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 Antioch Upper Grade School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	462	24.4	18.9	n/a
1989	516	26.5	19.4	n/a
1990	570	29.5	19.3	n/a
1991	615	32.5	18.9	n/a
1992	619	32.5	19.0	n/a
1993	605	31.9	19.0	n/a
1994	579	31.5	18.4	n/a
1995	590	32.7	18.0	n/a
1996	590	32.7	18.0	n/a
1997	634	36.0	17.6	n/a
1998	665	35.5	18.7	n/a
1999	725	37.5	19.3	n/a
2000	732	38.0	19.3	n/a
2001	753	43.2	17.4	n/a
2002	825	50.0	16.5	11.8
2003	825	50.0	16.5	11.8
2004	886	54.0	16.4	10.6
2005	953	54.5	17.5	14
2006	993	58.5	17.0	13.6
2007	985	55.0	17.9	15.3
2008	992	48.0	20.7	14.3
2009	990	57.0	17.4	18.2
2010	976	57.0	17.1	22.2
2011	988	55.0	17.9	23.8
2012	1014	62.0	16.3	23.5
2013	1020	64.6	15.7	21.6
2014	985	69.0	14.2	23.6
2015	1021	70.0	14.5	26.6
2016	1065	68.0	15.6	24.3
2017	1023	68.8	14.8	24
2018	968	71.1	13.6	21
2019	995	71.1	13.9	22.9
2020	985	72.0	13.6	22.6
2021	936	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	918	72.1	12.7	24.3
2023	902	70.1	12.8	24.7
2024	922	68.9	13.3	28.7

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 Antioch Upper Grade School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	462	24.4	18.9	n/a
1989	516	26.5	19.4	n/a
1990	570	29.5	19.3	n/a
1991	615	32.5	18.9	n/a
1992	619	32.5	19.0	n/a
1993	605	31.9	19.0	n/a
1994	579	31.5	18.4	n/a
1995	590	32.7	18.0	n/a
1996	590	32.7	18.0	n/a
1997	634	36.0	17.6	n/a
1998	665	35.5	18.7	n/a
1999	725	37.5	19.3	n/a
2000	732	38.0	19.3	n/a
2001	753	43.2	17.4	n/a
2002	825	50.0	16.5	11.8
2003	825	50.0	16.5	11.8
2004	886	54.0	16.4	10.6
2005	953	54.5	17.5	14
2006	993	58.5	17.0	13.6
2007	985	55.0	17.9	15.3
2008	992	48.0	20.7	14.3
2009	990	57.0	17.4	18.2
2010	976	57.0	17.1	22.2
2011	988	55.0	17.9	23.8
2012	1014	62.0	16.3	23.5
2013	1020	64.6	15.7	21.6
2014	985	69.0	14.2	23.6
2015	1021	70.0	14.5	26.6
2016	1065	68.0	15.6	24.3
2017	1023	68.8	14.8	24
2018	968	71.1	13.6	21
2019	995	71.1	13.9	22.9
2020	985	72.0	13.6	22.6
2021	936	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	918	72.1	12.7	24.3
2023	902	70.1	12.8	24.7
2024	922	68.9	13.3	28.7

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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