Is Brooks Middle School a good school?

Brooks Middle School ranks in the bottom 15.6% of Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Brooks Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 452 students attended Brooks Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Brooks Middle School?

Students at Brooks Middle School are 59% African American, 36% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Brooks Middle School attend?

Students who attend Brooks Middle School usually go on to attend Thornton Township High School

Brooks Middle School

Summary:

Brooks Middle School is a public middle school located in Harvey, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 487 students. The school is part of the Harvey School District 152, which is ranked 789 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Brooks Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Illinois middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years.

Brooks Middle School faces significant challenges in academic performance, with consistently low proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science compared to state and district averages. For the 2023-2024 school year, only 19.5% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide, and only 7.5% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 28.4% statewide. The school's performance in Science is also below the state average, with only 27.6% of students proficient or better. The school's performance has been consistently low across all grade levels and subject areas, with no significant improvement over the years. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 1.0% in the 2020-2021 school year to 36.8% in the 2022-2023 school year, which is much higher than the state average.

While the nearby schools, such as McKinley Junior High School, Calumet Elementary School, and the schools in the Dolton School District 148 and Dolton School District 149, also perform below the state average in academic proficiency, Brooks Middle School consistently ranks among the lowest-performing schools in the region. The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with the school ranking in the middle for African American and English Language Learner students, but performing poorly for Hispanic, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

Detail:

Public 6-8

14741 Wallace St
Harvey, IL 60426-2448

(708) 333-6390

District: Harvey School District 152

SchoolDigger Rank:
1151^st of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,145

Students who attend Brooks Middle School usually attend:

High:

Thornton Township High School

Feeder schools for Brooks Middle School:

Elementary:	Bryant Elementary School
	Holmes Elementary School
	Maya Angelou Elementary School
	Whittier Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 18.0

Number of students: 452

Racial breakdown:

African American:

58.8%

Hispanic:

36.1%

Two or more races:

2.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 76.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Brooks Middle School ranks worse than 84.4% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.04. (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: African American (58.8%), Hispanic (36.1%), two or more races (2.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 76.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Brooks Middle School is 18. (See more...)

Compare Brooks Middle School employs 25 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Brooks Middle School is $18,145.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Brooks Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Brooks Middle School 1151^st of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Brooks Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

English Language Learner students:

Special Education students:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Homeless students:

Female students:

Disabled students:

Male students:

African American students:

Hispanic students:

Harvey School District 152:

SchoolDigger ranks Harvey School District 152 789^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Brooks Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Brooks Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	8.97	1067^th	1185	10.0%
2004	5.96	1131^st	1204	6.1%
2005	8.76	1080^th	1209	10.7%
2006	8.65	1158^th	1272	9.0%
2007	10.13	1163^rd	1287	9.6%
2008	13.61	1139^th	1293	11.9%
2009	11.97	1190^th	1318	9.7%
2010	13.26	1183^rd	1327	10.9%
2011	13.53	1216^th	1344	9.5%
2012	13.11	1237^th	1365	9.4%
2013	9.61	1279^th	1367	6.4%
2014	8.94	1242^nd	1322	6.1%
2015	16.77	1130^th	1302	13.2%
2016	18.55	1118^th	1294	13.6%
2017	15.40	1143^rd	1293	11.6%
2018	19.48	1068^th	1293	17.4%
2019	21.82	1080^th	1356	20.4%
2021	19.96	1023^rd	1241	17.6%
2022	16.11	1211^th	1369	11.5%
2023	14.83	1236^th	1367	9.6%
2024	18.04	1151^st	1363	15.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Brooks Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	49.72	89^th	285	68.8%
2019	47.23	131^st	339	61.4%
2021	41.37	150^th	277	45.8%
2022	32.93	353^rd	454	22.2%
2023	33.08	355^th	480	26.0%
2024	44.17	217^th	486	55.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Brooks Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.94	448^th	602	25.6%
2019	29.06	607^th	792	23.4%
2021	25.59	501^st	548	8.6%
2022	29.34	616^th	781	21.1%
2023	20.33	751^st	805	6.7%
2024	20.34	728^th	802	9.2%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.37	865^th	1161	25.5%
2019	33.25	847^th	1217	30.4%
2021	32.49	694^th	1019	31.9%
2022	23.52	1023^rd	1221	16.2%
2023	22.01	1047^th	1234	15.2%
2024	27.02	921^st	1219	24.4%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Brooks Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	62.39	8^th	36	77.8%
2021	31.64	4^th	4	0.0%
2022	39.45	17^th	34	50.0%
2023	32.08	36^th	53	32.1%
2024	49.35	29^th	70	58.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Brooks Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.13	975^th	1226	20.5%
2019	21.35	1019^th	1276	20.1%
2021	15.49	917^th	1017	9.8%
2022	14.94	1161^st	1286	9.7%
2023	13.51	1181^st	1275	7.4%
2024	16.74	1084^th	1251	13.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Brooks Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	26.11	536^th	674	20.5%
2024	29.38	478^th	639	25.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Brooks Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.46	1070^th	1223	12.5%
2019	22.71	1015^th	1296	21.7%
2021	22.15	854^th	1048	18.5%
2022	19.00	1071^st	1286	16.7%
2023	17.32	1122^nd	1292	13.2%
2024	19.93	1035^th	1264	18.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Brooks Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.59	300^th	511	41.3%
2019	42.91	289^th	565	48.8%
2021	42.66	186^th	385	51.7%
2022	32.41	392^nd	573	31.6%
2023	29.24	431^st	569	24.3%
2024	33.52	374^th	548	31.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Brooks Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.22	448^th	590	24.1%
2019	37.48	400^th	639	37.4%
2021	26.86	414^th	517	19.9%
2022	18.32	623^rd	662	5.9%
2023	21.46	571^st	661	13.6%
2024	25.71	512^th	643	20.4%

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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 Brooks Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	20	678	2	46	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	746
1989	17	703	3	38	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	761
1990	16	728	3	53	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	800
1991	14	734	2	44	0	n/a	n/a	0	794
1992	18	714	3	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	767
1993	17	683	2	37	0	n/a	n/a	0	739
1994	13	680	0	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	726
1995	9	546	1	44	0	n/a	n/a	0	600
1996	9	546	1	44	0	n/a	n/a	0	600
1997	7	543	0	29	2	n/a	n/a	0	581
1998	2	579	2	28	0	n/a	n/a	0	611
1999	5	570	0	36	0	n/a	n/a	0	611
2000	9	550	0	44	0	n/a	n/a	0	603
2001	7	579	0	59	0	n/a	n/a	0	645
2002	13	569	0	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	647
2003	13	569	0	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	647
2004	3	596	0	85	0	n/a	n/a	0	684
2005	4	606	7	80	0	n/a	n/a	0	697
2006	2	644	0	74	6	n/a	n/a	0	726
2007	0	571	6	60	1	n/a	n/a	5	643
2008	2	507	6	51	0	n/a	n/a	6	572
2009	1	542	5	53	0	n/a	n/a	2	603
2010	0	463	9	68	0	n/a	n/a	5	545
2011	0	391	7	75	1	0	4	0	478
2012	2	396	8	89	0	0	2	0	497
2013	3	410	8	89	0	0	2	0	512
2014	3	357	6	91	0	1	2	0	460
2015	0	345	5	90	0	0	3	0	443
2016	0	327	2	91	0	0	3	0	423
2017	1	292	5	116	0	0	5	0	419
2018	0	269	14	120	0	0	4	0	407
2019	0	374	18	181	0	0	7	0	580
2020	1	374	12	209	0	0	10	0	606
2021	3	367	9	197	0	0	12	0	588
2022	5	327	7	181	0	0	11	0	531
2023	1	301	5	162	1	0	17	0	487
2024	4	266	8	163	1	0	10	0	452

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 Brooks Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	746	44.0	16.9	n/a
1989	761	46.0	16.5	n/a
1990	800	46.0	17.3	n/a
1991	794	49.0	16.2	n/a
1992	767	45.0	17.0	n/a
1993	739	45.0	16.4	n/a
1994	726	45.0	16.1	n/a
1995	600	33.0	18.2	n/a
1996	600	33.0	18.2	n/a
1997	581	30.0	19.4	n/a
1998	611	33.0	18.5	n/a
1999	611	36.0	17.0	n/a
2000	603	35.0	17.2	n/a
2001	645	36.0	17.9	n/a
2002	647	32.0	20.2	93.4
2003	647	32.0	20.2	93.4
2004	684	30.0	22.8	93.3
2005	697	30.0	23.2	97.4
2006	726	34.0	21.4	81.4
2007	643	38.0	16.9	94.8
2008	572	31.0	18.5	76.7
2009	603	38.0	15.9	85.4
2010	545	38.0	14.3	84.8
2011	478	40.0	11.9	91.6
2012	497	30.0	16.5	93.2
2013	512	57.4	8.9	98.8
2014	460	35.0	13.1	96.1
2015	443	35.0	12.6	96.2
2016	423	33.0	12.8	96.7
2017	419	33.0	12.6	99.3
2018	407	31.0	13.1	100
2019	580	31.0	18.7	99.3
2020	606	30.0	20.2	99.7
2021	588	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	531	30.0	17.7	88.1
2023	487	25.0	19.4	80.5
2024	452	25.0	18.0	76.3

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 Brooks Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	746	44.0	16.9	n/a
1989	761	46.0	16.5	n/a
1990	800	46.0	17.3	n/a
1991	794	49.0	16.2	n/a
1992	767	45.0	17.0	n/a
1993	739	45.0	16.4	n/a
1994	726	45.0	16.1	n/a
1995	600	33.0	18.2	n/a
1996	600	33.0	18.2	n/a
1997	581	30.0	19.4	n/a
1998	611	33.0	18.5	n/a
1999	611	36.0	17.0	n/a
2000	603	35.0	17.2	n/a
2001	645	36.0	17.9	n/a
2002	647	32.0	20.2	93.4
2003	647	32.0	20.2	93.4
2004	684	30.0	22.8	93.3
2005	697	30.0	23.2	97.4
2006	726	34.0	21.4	81.4
2007	643	38.0	16.9	94.8
2008	572	31.0	18.5	76.7
2009	603	38.0	15.9	85.4
2010	545	38.0	14.3	84.8
2011	478	40.0	11.9	91.6
2012	497	30.0	16.5	93.2
2013	512	57.4	8.9	98.8
2014	460	35.0	13.1	96.1
2015	443	35.0	12.6	96.2
2016	423	33.0	12.8	96.7
2017	419	33.0	12.6	99.3
2018	407	31.0	13.1	100
2019	580	31.0	18.7	99.3
2020	606	30.0	20.2	99.7
2021	588	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	531	30.0	17.7	88.1
2023	487	25.0	19.4	80.5
2024	452	25.0	18.0	76.3

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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