Is Friendship Junior High School a good school?

Friendship Junior High School ranks 409 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Friendship Junior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 616 students attended Friendship Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Friendship Junior High School?

Students at Friendship Junior High School are 37% White, 36% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 5% African American, 2% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Friendship Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Friendship Junior High School usually go on to attend Elk Grove High School

Friendship Junior High School

Summary:

Friendship Junior High School is a public middle school located in Des Plaines, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 617 students. The school is part of the Community Consolidated School District 59, which is ranked 424 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Friendship Junior High School consistently outperforms the district and state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 47.5%, compared to the district's 36.8% and the state's 41.2%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate for all grades was 33.3%, higher than the district's 29.6% and the state's 28.4%. The school's performance in Science is also noteworthy, with 67% of students proficient or better, significantly higher than the district's 56.4% and the state's 53.2%. Additionally, the school excels in supporting certain student subgroups, particularly African American and English Language Learner (ELL) students, who rank 34th and 84th out of Illinois middle schools, respectively.

However, the school faces challenges in addressing chronic absenteeism, which has increased from 5.8% in 2019-2020 to 20.6% in the 2023-2024 school year, higher than the state average. While Friendship Junior High School generally outperforms other nearby schools in the district, such as Grove Junior High School and Holmes Junior High School, some schools outside the district, such as Lincoln Middle School (Park Ridge CCSD 64) and South Middle School (Arlington Heights School District 25), significantly outperform Friendship Junior High School in academic achievement.

Detail:

Public 6-8

550 Elizabeth Ln
Des Plaines, IL 60018-5573

(847) 593-4350

District: Community Cons School District 59

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,322

Students who attend Friendship Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Elk Grove High School

Feeder schools for Friendship Junior High School:

Elementary:	Brentwood Elementary School
	Devonshire School
	Robert Frost Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.0

Number of students: 616

Racial breakdown:

White:

37.3%

Hispanic:

36.4%

Asian:

17.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 63.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Friendship Junior High School ranks better than 70% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 3 ranked middle schools in the Community Cons School District 59! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.73. (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 Friendship Junior High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (37.3%), Hispanic (36.4%), Asian (17.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 63.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Friendship Junior High School is 11, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Community Cons School District 59! (See more...)

Compare Friendship Junior High School employs 55.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Friendship Junior High School is $19,322, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Community Cons School District 59!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Friendship Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Friendship Junior High School 409^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Friendship Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Community Cons School District 59:

SchoolDigger ranks Community Cons School District 59 424^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Friendship Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	70.46	374^th	1185	68.4%
2004	68.46	428^th	1204	64.5%
2005	76.77	276^th	1209	77.2%
2006	78.06	239^th	1272	81.2%
2007	72.24	342^nd	1287	73.4%
2008	62.23	580^th	1293	55.1%
2009	72.43	365^th	1318	72.3%
2010	67.52	472^nd	1327	64.4%
2011	65.99	520^th	1344	61.3%
2012	62.52	566^th	1365	58.5%
2013	55.69	613^th	1367	55.2%
2014	58.97	543^rd	1322	58.9%
2015	54.82	494^th	1302	62.1%
2016	57.35	477^th	1294	63.1%
2017	60.70	444^th	1293	65.7%
2018	57.20	505^th	1293	60.9%
2019	60.49	475^th	1356	65.0%
2021	53.31	475^th	1241	61.7%
2022	66.31	372^nd	1369	72.8%
2023	60.50	437^th	1367	68.0%
2024	63.73	409^th	1363	70.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.50	175^th	285	38.6%
2019	49.74	111^th	339	67.3%
2021	50.27	84^th	277	69.7%
2022	61.92	71^st	454	84.4%
2023	61.65	87^th	480	81.9%
2024	64.39	84^th	486	82.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.45	130^th	602	78.4%
2019	43.48	336^th	792	57.6%
2021	28.25	446^th	548	18.6%
2022	29.56	610^th	781	21.9%
2023	58.14	220^th	805	72.7%
2024	59.03	227^th	802	71.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.72	394^th	1161	66.1%
2019	56.26	446^th	1217	63.4%
2021	55.98	329^th	1019	67.7%
2022	74.02	184^th	1221	84.9%
2023	63.13	324^th	1234	73.7%
2024	73.14	208^th	1219	82.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.01	457^th	1226	62.7%
2019	63.38	423^rd	1276	66.8%
2021	52.26	418^th	1017	58.9%
2022	68.58	322^nd	1286	75.0%
2023	58.64	439^th	1275	65.6%
2024	59.69	434^th	1251	65.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	38.24	373^rd	674	44.7%
2024	36.44	370^th	639	42.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.10	527^th	1223	56.9%
2019	55.06	514^th	1296	60.3%
2021	48.17	460^th	1048	56.1%
2022	62.91	377^th	1286	70.7%
2023	60.01	413^th	1292	68.0%
2024	65.62	350^th	1264	72.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.98	149^th	209	28.7%
2019	32.52	146^th	201	27.4%
2021	24.62	88^th	112	21.4%
2022	34.61	135^th	198	31.8%
2023	37.35	127^th	192	33.9%
2024	47.09	111^th	184	39.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.22	133^rd	511	74.0%
2019	71.86	95^th	565	83.2%
2022	82.68	49^th	573	91.4%
2023	80.16	49^th	569	91.4%
2024	85.75	34^th	548	93.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	31.67	430^th	590	27.1%
2019	35.26	422^nd	639	34.0%
2021	29.71	392^nd	517	24.2%
2022	43.93	332^nd	662	49.8%
2023	35.43	424^th	661	35.9%
2024	45.98	296^th	643	54.0%

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Rank History for White students at Friendship Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.78	443^rd	889	50.2%
2019	52.08	418^th	905	53.8%
2021	47.54	387^th	813	52.4%
2022	56.72	350^th	898	61.0%
2023	49.28	417^th	895	53.4%
2024	55.34	365^th	875	58.3%

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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

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Enrollment information for Friendship Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	376	11	63	44	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	494
1989	363	9	77	50	1	n/a	n/a	0	500
1990	358	8	68	57	1	n/a	n/a	0	492
1991	337	8	71	58	0	n/a	n/a	0	474
1992	347	13	73	54	0	n/a	n/a	0	487
1993	367	16	87	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	535
1994	381	30	90	92	0	n/a	n/a	0	593
1995	344	27	107	99	0	n/a	n/a	0	577
1996	344	27	107	99	0	n/a	n/a	0	577
1997	363	23	118	84	0	n/a	n/a	0	588
1998	380	21	123	90	0	n/a	n/a	0	614
1999	378	28	124	93	0	n/a	n/a	0	623
2000	389	31	135	100	1	n/a	n/a	0	656
2001	411	32	120	115	1	n/a	n/a	0	679
2002	402	29	122	125	3	n/a	n/a	0	681
2003	402	29	122	125	3	n/a	n/a	0	681
2004	365	26	134	110	1	n/a	n/a	0	636
2005	369	23	124	123	0	n/a	n/a	0	639
2006	367	22	111	120	0	n/a	n/a	3	623
2007	358	27	100	165	0	n/a	n/a	2	652
2008	351	31	101	163	0	n/a	n/a	11	657
2009	317	26	101	183	0	n/a	n/a	14	641
2010	275	0	95	204	29	n/a	n/a	29	632
2011	266	37	96	250	1	2	14	0	666
2012	257	37	93	266	3	5	12	0	673
2013	289	32	110	269	9	3	16	0	728
2014	285	32	116	263	7	2	14	0	719
2015	288	40	131	265	5	3	18	0	750
2016	302	22	118	233	2	3	12	0	692
2017	299	25	122	205	2	4	9	0	666
2018	297	31	111	213	4	7	11	0	674
2019	288	32	109	218	8	8	11	0	674
2020	282	29	109	234	14	5	10	0	683
2021	276	22	113	212	13	0	16	0	652
2022	257	32	107	206	13	2	13	0	630
2023	245	34	105	205	10	3	15	0	617
2024	230	33	106	224	11	3	9	0	616

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 Friendship Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	494	33.4	14.7	n/a
1989	500	29.3	17.0	n/a
1990	492	30.0	16.4	n/a
1991	474	30.3	15.6	n/a
1992	487	29.7	16.3	n/a
1993	535	34.3	15.6	n/a
1994	593	37.5	15.8	n/a
1995	577	40.0	14.4	n/a
1996	577	40.0	14.4	n/a
1997	588	38.0	15.5	n/a
1998	614	40.0	15.4	n/a
1999	623	38.5	16.2	n/a
2000	656	40.0	16.4	n/a
2001	679	44.3	15.3	n/a
2002	681	44.3	15.4	26.7
2003	681	44.3	15.4	26.7
2004	636	44.1	14.4	25.9
2005	639	47.7	13.4	24.4
2006	623	48.7	12.8	24.7
2007	652	50.0	13.0	34
2008	657	46.0	14.3	36.7
2009	641	50.5	12.7	39.1
2010	632	49.5	12.7	47.4
2011	666	48.5	13.7	51.8
2012	673	49.0	13.7	3.4
2013	728	57.9	12.5	55.2
2014	719	n/a	n/a	55.2
2015	750	54.0	13.8	60.7
2016	692	52.0	13.3	46.5
2017	666	52.0	12.8	53.5
2018	674	52.2	12.8	53.9
2019	674	46.0	14.6	52.1
2020	683	47.0	14.5	54.9
2021	652	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	630	46.9	13.4	51.3
2023	617	57.0	10.8	60.8
2024	616	55.7	11.0	63.8

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 Friendship Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	494	33.4	14.7	n/a
1989	500	29.3	17.0	n/a
1990	492	30.0	16.4	n/a
1991	474	30.3	15.6	n/a
1992	487	29.7	16.3	n/a
1993	535	34.3	15.6	n/a
1994	593	37.5	15.8	n/a
1995	577	40.0	14.4	n/a
1996	577	40.0	14.4	n/a
1997	588	38.0	15.5	n/a
1998	614	40.0	15.4	n/a
1999	623	38.5	16.2	n/a
2000	656	40.0	16.4	n/a
2001	679	44.3	15.3	n/a
2002	681	44.3	15.4	26.7
2003	681	44.3	15.4	26.7
2004	636	44.1	14.4	25.9
2005	639	47.7	13.4	24.4
2006	623	48.7	12.8	24.7
2007	652	50.0	13.0	34
2008	657	46.0	14.3	36.7
2009	641	50.5	12.7	39.1
2010	632	49.5	12.7	47.4
2011	666	48.5	13.7	51.8
2012	673	49.0	13.7	3.4
2013	728	57.9	12.5	55.2
2014	719	n/a	n/a	55.2
2015	750	54.0	13.8	60.7
2016	692	52.0	13.3	46.5
2017	666	52.0	12.8	53.5
2018	674	52.2	12.8	53.9
2019	674	46.0	14.6	52.1
2020	683	47.0	14.5	54.9
2021	652	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	630	46.9	13.4	51.3
2023	617	57.0	10.8	60.8
2024	616	55.7	11.0	63.8

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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