Is Carl Sandburg Middle School a good school?

Carl Sandburg Middle School ranks 536 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Carl Sandburg Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 533 students attended Carl Sandburg Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Carl Sandburg Middle School?

Students at Carl Sandburg Middle School are 53% Hispanic, 35% White, 4% Two or more races, 4% African American, 4% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Carl Sandburg Middle School attend?

Students who attend Carl Sandburg Middle School usually go on to attend Mundelein Cons High School

Carl Sandburg Middle School

Summary:

Carl Sandburg Middle School is a public middle school located in Mundelein, Illinois, serving 539 students in grades 6-8 as part of the Mundelein Education Service District 75.

The school has consistently ranked in the middle range of Illinois middle schools, maintaining a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, which indicates average performance compared to other schools in the state. While the school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with White students and English Language Learners performing better, Hispanic students and students with disabilities rank in the bottom 50% of Illinois middle schools. Additionally, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 5.5% in 2019-2020 to 20.3% in the 2022-2023 school year.

Compared to nearby high-performing schools, such as Twin Groves Middle School, Grayslake Middle School, and Highland Middle School, which are part of higher-ranking districts like Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96 and Libertyville School District 70, Carl Sandburg Middle School has room for improvement in academic proficiency, statewide rankings, and student group performance.

Detail:

Public 6-8

855 W Hawley St
Mundelein, IL 60060-1615

(847) 949-2707

District: Mundelein Education Service District 75

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,463

Students who attend Carl Sandburg Middle School usually attend:

High:

Mundelein Cons High School

Feeder schools for Carl Sandburg Middle School:

Elementary:	Mechanics Grove Elementary School
	Washington Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.2

Number of students: 533

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

53.5%

White:

34.9%

Two or more races:

4.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 48%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Carl Sandburg Middle School ranks better than 60.7% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.35. (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: Hispanic (53.5%), White (34.9%), two or more races (4.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 48% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Carl Sandburg Middle School is 12.2. (See more...)

Compare Carl Sandburg Middle School employs 43.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Carl Sandburg Middle School is $19,463.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Carl Sandburg Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Carl Sandburg Middle School 536^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Carl Sandburg Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Special Education students:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

Disabled students:

Male students:

Hispanic students:

White students:

Mundelein Education Service District 75:

SchoolDigger ranks Mundelein Education Service District 75 423^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Carl Sandburg Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	77.80	259^th	1185	78.1%
2004	78.03	266^th	1204	77.9%
2005	75.37	311^th	1209	74.3%
2006	79.78	203^rd	1272	84.0%
2007	74.60	303^rd	1287	76.5%
2008	74.37	323^rd	1293	75.0%
2009	74.84	314^th	1318	76.2%
2010	80.24	197^th	1327	85.2%
2011	74.34	319^th	1344	76.3%
2012	75.23	308^th	1365	77.4%
2013	62.56	498^th	1367	63.6%
2014	57.89	557^th	1322	57.9%
2015	64.60	362^nd	1302	72.2%
2016	70.40	313^th	1294	75.8%
2017	64.41	393^rd	1293	69.6%
2018	52.15	571^st	1293	55.8%
2019	58.87	500^th	1356	63.1%
2021	45.53	577^th	1241	53.5%
2022	53.70	529^th	1369	61.4%
2023	47.97	627^th	1367	54.1%
2024	54.35	536^th	1363	60.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	37.55	181^st	285	36.5%
2019	38.82	226^th	339	33.3%
2021	38.39	178^th	277	35.7%
2022	40.09	255^th	454	43.8%
2023	36.12	311^th	480	35.2%
2024	42.96	227^th	486	53.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.93	425^th	602	29.4%
2019	46.78	299^th	792	62.2%
2021	38.73	290^th	548	47.1%
2022	40.88	369^th	781	52.8%
2023	24.30	658^th	805	18.3%
2024	37.78	427^th	802	46.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.92	737^th	1161	36.5%
2019	42.56	677^th	1217	44.4%
2021	31.53	707^th	1019	30.6%
2022	46.61	574^th	1221	53.0%
2023	38.45	742^nd	1234	39.9%
2024	45.27	603^rd	1219	50.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.93	491^st	1226	60.0%
2019	59.23	464^th	1276	63.6%
2021	41.05	548^th	1017	46.1%
2022	49.65	561^st	1286	56.4%
2023	48.86	573^rd	1275	55.1%
2024	53.52	501^st	1251	60.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	31.98	454^th	674	32.6%
2024	58.37	174^th	639	72.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.03	615^th	1223	49.7%
2019	55.88	501^st	1296	61.3%
2021	43.95	511^th	1048	51.2%
2022	57.57	448^th	1286	65.2%
2023	45.79	616^th	1292	52.3%
2024	53.29	501^st	1264	60.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	21.67	176^th	209	15.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.89	464^th	590	21.4%
2019	35.45	417^th	639	34.7%
2021	31.65	373^rd	517	27.9%
2022	34.48	429^th	662	35.2%
2023	24.10	543^rd	661	17.9%
2024	36.82	382^nd	643	40.6%

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Rank History for White students at Carl Sandburg Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.03	296^th	889	66.7%
2019	67.88	249^th	905	72.5%
2021	56.33	317^th	813	61.0%
2022	62.34	290^th	898	67.7%
2023	67.02	241^st	895	73.1%
2024	62.44	294^th	875	66.4%

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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 Carl Sandburg Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	299	4	10	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	337
1989	312	4	11	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	349
1990	316	7	14	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	353
1991	346	1	17	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	389
1992	412	7	15	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	460
1993	409	6	12	28	0	n/a	n/a	0	455
1994	553	11	22	54	0	n/a	n/a	0	640
1995	641	9	37	89	1	n/a	n/a	0	777
1996	641	9	37	89	1	n/a	n/a	0	777
1997	521	16	26	75	1	n/a	n/a	0	639
1998	536	10	40	103	2	n/a	n/a	0	691
1999	550	13	38	129	2	n/a	n/a	0	732
2000	521	14	54	157	0	n/a	n/a	0	746
2001	576	13	48	162	6	n/a	n/a	0	805
2002	536	22	50	196	5	n/a	n/a	0	809
2003	536	22	50	196	5	n/a	n/a	0	809
2004	498	21	51	181	0	n/a	n/a	0	751
2005	478	24	41	215	1	n/a	n/a	2	761
2006	473	17	37	238	0	n/a	n/a	3	768
2007	447	10	29	255	0	n/a	n/a	7	748
2008	412	6	26	242	2	n/a	n/a	17	705
2009	366	6	30	245	1	n/a	n/a	34	682
2010	320	9	34	223	1	n/a	n/a	35	622
2011	294	8	34	254	0	0	8	0	598
2012	280	14	31	317	0	0	10	0	652
2013	274	11	38	298	1	0	12	0	634
2014	263	8	40	311	1	0	17	0	640
2015	252	8	42	289	1	0	16	0	608
2016	227	11	31	288	0	0	19	0	576
2017	210	13	30	237	0	0	16	0	506
2018	222	14	27	259	0	0	17	0	539
2019	207	14	23	288	0	1	20	0	553
2020	210	22	26	303	1	1	20	0	583
2021	197	28	22	305	1	1	17	0	571
2022	200	19	19	292	2	0	17	0	549
2023	182	23	21	295	2	0	16	0	539
2024	186	20	19	285	1	0	22	0	533

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 Carl Sandburg Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	337	21.5	15.6	n/a
1989	349	23.0	15.1	n/a
1990	353	24.0	14.7	n/a
1991	389	26.0	14.9	n/a
1992	460	25.0	18.4	n/a
1993	455	26.6	17.1	n/a
1994	640	32.0	20.0	n/a
1995	777	49.8	15.6	n/a
1996	777	49.8	15.6	n/a
1997	639	41.1	15.5	n/a
1998	691	42.0	16.5	n/a
1999	732	41.3	17.7	n/a
2000	746	47.7	15.6	n/a
2001	805	47.7	16.9	n/a
2002	809	51.8	15.6	13.8
2003	809	51.8	15.6	13.8
2004	751	50.5	14.9	18.4
2005	761	53.7	14.2	23.3
2006	768	54.5	14.1	27.8
2007	748	56.0	13.4	27.3
2008	705	46.0	15.3	21.9
2009	682	55.1	12.4	18.5
2010	622	52.5	11.8	21
2011	598	43.5	13.7	22.4
2012	652	44.6	14.6	30.5
2013	634	48.8	12.9	27.3
2014	640	44.3	14.4	32.5
2015	608	43.0	14.1	28.3
2016	576	42.0	13.7	26.9
2017	506	39.0	12.9	27.1
2018	539	37.8	14.2	39
2019	553	41.5	13.3	39.8
2020	583	44.0	13.2	37.9
2021	571	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	549	42.5	12.9	39.9
2023	539	45.0	11.9	46
2024	533	43.5	12.2	48

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 Carl Sandburg Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	337	21.5	15.6	n/a
1989	349	23.0	15.1	n/a
1990	353	24.0	14.7	n/a
1991	389	26.0	14.9	n/a
1992	460	25.0	18.4	n/a
1993	455	26.6	17.1	n/a
1994	640	32.0	20.0	n/a
1995	777	49.8	15.6	n/a
1996	777	49.8	15.6	n/a
1997	639	41.1	15.5	n/a
1998	691	42.0	16.5	n/a
1999	732	41.3	17.7	n/a
2000	746	47.7	15.6	n/a
2001	805	47.7	16.9	n/a
2002	809	51.8	15.6	13.8
2003	809	51.8	15.6	13.8
2004	751	50.5	14.9	18.4
2005	761	53.7	14.2	23.3
2006	768	54.5	14.1	27.8
2007	748	56.0	13.4	27.3
2008	705	46.0	15.3	21.9
2009	682	55.1	12.4	18.5
2010	622	52.5	11.8	21
2011	598	43.5	13.7	22.4
2012	652	44.6	14.6	30.5
2013	634	48.8	12.9	27.3
2014	640	44.3	14.4	32.5
2015	608	43.0	14.1	28.3
2016	576	42.0	13.7	26.9
2017	506	39.0	12.9	27.1
2018	539	37.8	14.2	39
2019	553	41.5	13.3	39.8
2020	583	44.0	13.2	37.9
2021	571	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	549	42.5	12.9	39.9
2023	539	45.0	11.9	46
2024	533	43.5	12.2	48

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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