Is Huntley Middle School a good school?

Huntley Middle School ranks 1005 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Huntley Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 891 students attended Huntley Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Huntley Middle School?

Students at Huntley Middle School are 36% White, 30% Hispanic, 25% African American, 7% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Huntley Middle School attend?

Students who attend Huntley Middle School usually go on to attend DeKalb High School

Huntley Middle School

Summary:

Huntley Middle School is a public middle school located in DeKalb, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 934. The school is part of the DeKalb CUSD 428 district, which is ranked 747 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Huntley Middle School has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of Illinois middle schools, with a 1-star rating for the 2023-2024 school year.

Huntley Middle School's academic performance is significantly below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 21.7% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 41.2%. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was just 13.9%, compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school's performance is also lower than the DeKalb CUSD 428 district average in both subjects. Additionally, Huntley Middle School has a high chronic absenteeism rate, reaching 36.3% in the 2021-2022 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing Huntley Middle School to nearby schools, such as Clinton Rosette Middle School, another DeKalb CUSD 428 school, the performance is consistently lower. Clinton Rosette Middle School had lower proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to Huntley Middle School, but still outperformed the district and state averages. This suggests that there may be underlying issues, such as socioeconomic challenges or lack of targeted support, that are contributing to Huntley Middle School's poor academic outcomes, which have remained relatively stagnant over the past several years.

Detail:

Public 6-8

1515 S 4th St
Dekalb, IL 60115-4656

(815) 754-2241

District: DeKalb CUSD 428

SchoolDigger Rank:
1005^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,278

Students who attend Huntley Middle School usually attend:

High:

DeKalb High School

Feeder schools for Huntley Middle School:

Elementary:	Cortland Elementary School
	Lincoln Elementary School
	Malta Elementary School
	Tyler Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.0

Number of students: 891

Racial breakdown:

White:

35.9%

Hispanic:

30.4%

African American:

25.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 63.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Huntley Middle School ranks worse than 73.7% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.86. (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 Student population at Huntley Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (35.9%), Hispanic (30.4%), African American (25%). (See more...)

Compare Details 63.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Huntley Middle School is 13. (See more...)

Compare Huntley Middle School employs 68.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Huntley Middle School is $18,278.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Huntley Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Huntley Middle School 1005^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Huntley Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

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Male students:

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White students:

DeKalb CUSD 428:

SchoolDigger ranks DeKalb CUSD 428 747^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Huntley Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	65.22	449^th	1185	62.1%
2004	61.18	540^th	1204	55.1%
2005	62.47	541^st	1209	55.3%
2006	65.00	489^th	1272	61.6%
2007	59.17	615^th	1287	52.2%
2008	64.97	523^rd	1293	59.6%
2009	67.47	473^rd	1318	64.1%
2010	70.33	412^th	1327	69.0%
2011	59.85	619^th	1344	53.9%
2012	40.56	929^th	1365	31.9%
2013	38.37	897^th	1367	34.4%
2014	39.86	823^rd	1322	37.7%
2015	35.57	794^th	1302	39.0%
2016	36.63	780^th	1294	39.7%
2017	31.27	877^th	1293	32.2%
2018	28.92	916^th	1293	29.2%
2019	32.10	908^th	1356	33.0%
2021	29.13	843^rd	1241	32.1%
2022	29.03	928^th	1369	32.2%
2023	27.46	955^th	1367	30.1%
2024	24.86	1005^th	1363	26.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	27.71	128^th	179	28.5%
2022	26.25	145^th	195	25.6%
2023	18.02	160^th	194	17.5%
2024	18.24	147^th	184	20.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.17	142^nd	285	50.2%
2019	40.28	205^th	339	39.5%
2021	30.73	242^nd	277	12.6%
2022	47.82	164^th	454	63.9%
2023	27.87	420^th	480	12.5%
2024	31.71	365^th	486	24.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.79	301^st	602	50.0%
2019	28.24	635^th	792	19.8%
2021	29.93	421^st	548	23.2%
2022	30.51	583^rd	781	25.4%
2023	24.66	647^th	805	19.6%
2024	29.60	558^th	802	30.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.12	967^th	1161	16.7%
2019	28.35	934^th	1217	23.3%
2021	24.30	847^th	1019	16.9%
2022	27.00	935^th	1221	23.4%
2023	26.03	966^th	1234	21.7%
2024	20.76	1047^th	1219	14.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.87	899^th	1226	26.7%
2019	32.99	857^th	1276	32.8%
2021	27.13	735^th	1017	27.7%
2022	31.91	828^th	1286	35.6%
2023	29.41	870^th	1275	31.8%
2024	25.59	920^th	1251	26.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	23.80	587^th	674	12.9%
2024	30.20	469^th	639	26.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.63	825^th	1223	32.5%
2019	32.21	848^th	1296	34.6%
2021	26.97	764^th	1048	27.1%
2022	26.39	930^th	1286	27.7%
2023	25.37	959^th	1292	25.8%
2024	24.79	929^th	1264	26.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.99	355^th	511	30.5%
2019	36.48	350^th	565	38.1%
2021	33.15	262^nd	385	31.9%
2022	29.85	437^th	573	23.7%
2023	29.54	427^th	569	25.0%
2024	24.06	459^th	548	16.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.03	527^th	590	10.7%
2019	22.74	546^th	639	14.6%
2021	21.91	453^rd	517	12.4%
2022	25.75	531^st	662	19.8%
2023	21.66	570^th	661	13.8%
2024	19.19	562^nd	643	12.6%

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Rank History for White students at Huntley Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.21	716^th	889	19.5%
2019	28.52	671^st	905	25.9%
2021	26.84	607^th	813	25.3%
2022	24.92	704^th	898	21.6%
2023	27.88	671^st	895	25.0%
2024	26.16	668^th	875	23.7%

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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 Huntley Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	426	12	19	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	476
1989	423	21	20	20	2	n/a	n/a	0	486
1990	461	31	17	25	1	n/a	n/a	0	535
1991	476	29	13	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	545
1992	439	37	11	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	513
1993	471	43	9	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	553
1994	525	43	15	35	2	n/a	n/a	0	620
1995	514	47	15	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	624
1996	514	47	15	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	624
1997	501	35	11	52	0	n/a	n/a	0	599
1998	473	40	13	52	0	n/a	n/a	0	578
1999	548	58	16	64	0	n/a	n/a	0	686
2000	557	54	21	81	1	n/a	n/a	0	714
2001	566	61	23	86	4	n/a	n/a	0	740
2002	586	74	32	88	2	n/a	n/a	0	782
2003	586	74	32	88	2	n/a	n/a	0	782
2004	613	72	18	91	3	n/a	n/a	0	797
2005	440	49	3	63	0	n/a	n/a	2	557
2006	423	56	5	66	1	n/a	n/a	3	554
2007	440	48	10	80	1	n/a	n/a	10	589
2008	426	57	9	83	1	n/a	n/a	23	599
2009	404	74	10	90	1	n/a	n/a	35	614
2010	385	78	6	79	1	n/a	n/a	25	574
2011	345	64	4	110	4	0	26	0	553
2012	349	83	5	141	5	1	22	0	606
2013	405	98	10	175	6	0	31	0	725
2014	449	109	14	197	6	0	32	0	807
2015	466	126	15	233	4	0	33	0	877
2016	444	121	18	244	4	0	33	0	864
2017	428	116	10	232	2	0	34	0	822
2018	394	118	9	232	5	0	33	0	791
2019	397	136	16	264	2	0	37	0	852
2020	353	154	8	249	6	0	38	0	808
2021	375	212	8	270	6	0	47	0	918
2022	364	218	12	268	3	1	64	0	930
2023	349	220	13	275	2	1	72	2	934
2024	320	223	8	271	3	0	66	0	891

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 Huntley Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	476	25.9	18.3	n/a
1989	486	23.7	20.5	n/a
1990	535	26.4	20.2	n/a
1991	545	29.0	18.7	n/a
1992	513	28.1	18.2	n/a
1993	553	30.0	18.4	n/a
1994	620	32.0	19.4	n/a
1995	624	33.0	18.9	n/a
1996	624	33.0	18.9	n/a
1997	599	34.0	17.6	n/a
1998	578	37.0	15.6	n/a
1999	686	39.9	17.2	n/a
2000	714	39.9	17.9	n/a
2001	740	41.9	17.7	n/a
2002	782	42.9	18.2	29.8
2003	782	42.9	18.2	29.8
2004	797	44.5	17.9	31.1
2005	557	41.0	13.6	25.9
2006	554	40.4	13.7	29.4
2007	589	34.0	17.3	30.1
2008	599	34.0	17.6	31.8
2009	614	43.4	14.1	32.8
2010	574	41.4	13.8	37.3
2011	553	36.0	15.3	45
2012	606	39.6	15.3	50.2
2013	725	66.3	10.9	51.3
2014	807	46.1	17.4	52.7
2015	877	56.0	15.6	61
2016	864	51.0	16.9	57.9
2017	822	55.8	14.7	54.5
2018	791	57.5	13.7	55.5
2019	852	58.9	14.4	56.7
2020	808	61.8	13.0	55.7
2021	918	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	930	64.6	14.3	56.5
2023	934	68.3	13.6	62
2024	891	68.2	13.0	63.3

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 Huntley Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	476	25.9	18.3	n/a
1989	486	23.7	20.5	n/a
1990	535	26.4	20.2	n/a
1991	545	29.0	18.7	n/a
1992	513	28.1	18.2	n/a
1993	553	30.0	18.4	n/a
1994	620	32.0	19.4	n/a
1995	624	33.0	18.9	n/a
1996	624	33.0	18.9	n/a
1997	599	34.0	17.6	n/a
1998	578	37.0	15.6	n/a
1999	686	39.9	17.2	n/a
2000	714	39.9	17.9	n/a
2001	740	41.9	17.7	n/a
2002	782	42.9	18.2	29.8
2003	782	42.9	18.2	29.8
2004	797	44.5	17.9	31.1
2005	557	41.0	13.6	25.9
2006	554	40.4	13.7	29.4
2007	589	34.0	17.3	30.1
2008	599	34.0	17.6	31.8
2009	614	43.4	14.1	32.8
2010	574	41.4	13.8	37.3
2011	553	36.0	15.3	45
2012	606	39.6	15.3	50.2
2013	725	66.3	10.9	51.3
2014	807	46.1	17.4	52.7
2015	877	56.0	15.6	61
2016	864	51.0	16.9	57.9
2017	822	55.8	14.7	54.5
2018	791	57.5	13.7	55.5
2019	852	58.9	14.4	56.7
2020	808	61.8	13.0	55.7
2021	918	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	930	64.6	14.3	56.5
2023	934	68.3	13.6	62
2024	891	68.2	13.0	63.3

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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