Is Miguel Juarez Middle School a good school?

Miguel Juarez Middle School ranks in the bottom 3.4% of Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Miguel Juarez Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 662 students attended Miguel Juarez Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Miguel Juarez Middle School?

Students at Miguel Juarez Middle School are 85% Hispanic, 10% African American, 2% White, 1% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Miguel Juarez Middle School attend?

Students who attend Miguel Juarez Middle School usually go on to attend Waukegan High School

Miguel Juarez Middle School

Summary:

Miguel Juarez Middle School is a public middle school in Waukegan, Illinois, serving 672 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Waukegan CUSD 60 district, which is ranked 745 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Miguel Juarez Middle School consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Illinois middle schools, with only 9.6% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and just 2.4% proficient or better in mathematics, significantly below state and district averages. The school also experiences high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 29.8% to 50.4% in recent years, higher than nearby schools like Jack Benny Middle School (26.1%) and Edith M Smith Middle School (42.5%). Additionally, 69.49% to 70.21% of Miguel Juarez Middle School students come from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, consistent with the surrounding schools in the area.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $18,299 and a student-teacher ratio of 14.4, which is lower than nearby schools, Miguel Juarez Middle School's persistent underperformance suggests a need for targeted interventions and support to address the learning gaps. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism and the broader socioeconomic challenges faced by the community may be crucial in improving educational outcomes at the school and in the surrounding Waukegan CUSD 60 district.

Detail:

Public 6-8

201 N Butrick St
Waukegan, IL 60085-3724

(224) 303-2660

District: Waukegan CUSD 60

SchoolDigger Rank:
1317^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,426

Students who attend Miguel Juarez Middle School usually attend:

High:

Waukegan High School

Feeder schools for Miguel Juarez Middle School:

Elementary:	Glenwood Elementary School
	Hyde Park Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.3

Number of students: 662

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

84.6%

African American:

10.3%

White:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 73.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Miguel Juarez Middle School ranks worse than 96.6% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 5 ranked middle schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.91. (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 (84.6%), African American (10.3%), White (2.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 73.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Miguel Juarez Middle School is 15.3, which is the lowest among 5 middle schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District! (See more...)

Compare Miguel Juarez Middle School employs 43 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Miguel Juarez Middle School is $23,426. 2 middle schools in the Waukegan CUSD 60 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Miguel Juarez Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Miguel Juarez Middle School 1317^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Miguel Juarez Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Disabled students:

Male students:

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Hispanic students:

Waukegan CUSD 60:

SchoolDigger ranks Waukegan CUSD 60 745^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Miguel Juarez Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	5.65	1123^rd	1185	5.2%
2004	7.77	1098^th	1204	8.8%
2005	6.95	1106^th	1209	8.5%
2006	13.51	1108^th	1272	12.9%
2007	20.16	1069^th	1287	16.9%
2008	13.78	1138^th	1293	12.0%
2009	9.44	1216^th	1318	7.7%
2010	29.10	1029^th	1327	22.5%
2011	31.64	1033^rd	1344	23.1%
2012	20.34	1163^rd	1365	14.8%
2013	12.42	1238^th	1367	9.4%
2014	14.43	1186^th	1322	10.3%
2015	20.05	1074^th	1302	17.5%
2016	13.97	1195^th	1294	7.7%
2017	14.73	1156^th	1293	10.6%
2018	12.20	1208^th	1293	6.6%
2019	15.42	1185^th	1356	12.6%
2021	17.11	1083^rd	1241	12.7%
2022	13.41	1291^st	1369	5.7%
2023	12.18	1299^th	1367	5.0%
2024	10.91	1317^th	1363	3.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	31.33	259^th	285	9.1%
2019	34.09	261^st	339	23.0%
2021	40.07	165^th	277	40.4%
2022	27.92	413^th	454	9.0%
2023	26.31	433^rd	480	9.8%
2024	24.15	452^nd	486	7.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.59	474^th	602	21.3%
2019	28.50	627^th	792	20.8%
2021	36.02	322^nd	548	41.2%
2022	26.86	654^th	781	16.3%
2023	23.01	697^th	805	13.4%
2024	18.00	768^th	802	4.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.16	1090^th	1161	6.1%
2019	20.54	1048^th	1217	13.9%
2021	27.05	788^th	1019	22.7%
2022	17.03	1148^th	1221	6.0%
2023	15.57	1168^th	1234	5.3%
2024	13.00	1181^st	1219	3.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.21	1139^th	1226	7.1%
2019	14.55	1145^th	1276	10.3%
2021	14.55	927^th	1017	8.8%
2022	13.89	1186^th	1286	7.8%
2023	12.09	1209^th	1275	5.2%
2024	9.65	1224^th	1251	2.2%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	27.34	526^th	674	22.0%
2024	23.91	572^nd	639	10.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.19	1140^th	1223	6.8%
2019	18.08	1103^rd	1296	14.9%
2021	17.02	937^th	1048	10.6%
2022	14.14	1203^rd	1286	6.5%
2023	13.13	1212^th	1292	6.2%
2024	13.28	1192^nd	1264	5.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.29	455^th	511	11.0%
2019	17.53	553^rd	565	2.1%
2021	29.82	292^nd	385	24.2%
2022	25.84	500^th	573	12.7%
2023	20.02	539^th	569	5.3%
2024	26.74	429^th	548	21.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.08	580^th	590	1.7%
2019	16.24	601^st	639	5.9%
2021	20.40	462^nd	517	10.6%
2022	13.18	649^th	662	2.0%
2023	12.65	648^th	661	2.0%
2024	11.65	631^st	643	1.9%

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Rank History for White students at Miguel Juarez Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	3.74	886^th	889	0.3%

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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 Miguel Juarez Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1997	33	93	5	191	0	n/a	n/a	0	322
1998	67	150	11	316	1	n/a	n/a	0	545
1999	62	181	9	354	0	n/a	n/a	0	606
2000	52	217	8	454	0	n/a	n/a	0	731
2001	45	195	10	490	0	n/a	n/a	0	740
2002	36	146	11	517	1	n/a	n/a	0	711
2003	36	146	11	517	1	n/a	n/a	0	711
2004	41	163	9	499	0	n/a	n/a	0	712
2005	34	171	11	452	2	n/a	n/a	0	670
2006	39	161	14	464	0	n/a	n/a	6	684
2007	36	169	14	531	1	n/a	n/a	9	760
2008	29	146	11	547	0	n/a	n/a	11	744
2009	32	133	12	594	0	n/a	n/a	18	789
2010	23	110	17	559	0	n/a	n/a	18	727
2011	22	101	9	556	5	10	15	0	718
2012	22	107	8	585	3	5	8	0	738
2013	22	80	10	627	2	0	11	0	752
2014	29	81	12	644	0	0	11	0	777
2015	27	84	13	666	1	1	10	0	802
2016	27	89	11	659	3	1	12	0	802
2017	20	87	10	690	7	0	10	0	824
2018	26	97	5	685	7	1	9	0	830
2019	23	91	6	633	4	0	7	0	764
2020	19	95	7	627	3	0	7	0	758
2021	20	83	8	639	5	0	7	0	762
2022	18	78	9	633	5	0	9	0	752
2023	12	64	6	573	6	0	11	0	672
2024	15	68	5	560	5	0	9	0	662

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 Miguel Juarez Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1997	322	22.0	14.6	n/a
1998	545	35.0	15.6	n/a
1999	606	23.5	25.8	n/a
2000	731	46.3	15.8	n/a
2001	740	53.2	13.9	n/a
2002	711	52.3	13.6	73.4
2003	711	52.3	13.6	73.4
2004	712	51.3	13.9	71.3
2005	670	56.3	11.9	78.1
2006	684	54.3	12.6	55.5
2007	760	52.0	14.6	64.2
2008	744	40.0	18.6	68.6
2009	789	56.0	14.1	56.7
2010	727	54.0	13.4	71.9
2011	718	50.8	14.1	68.8
2012	738	55.0	13.4	58.3
2013	752	52.7	14.2	n/a
2014	777	44.5	17.4	66.4
2015	802	61.0	13.1	73.8
2016	802	56.0	14.3	53.9
2017	824	59.3	13.8	71.7
2018	830	55.0	15.0	71.7
2019	764	44.0	17.3	64.1
2020	758	54.0	14.0	62.8
2021	762	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	752	34.5	21.7	70.2
2023	672	46.5	14.4	69.5
2024	662	43.0	15.3	73.6

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 Miguel Juarez Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1997	322	22.0	14.6	n/a
1998	545	35.0	15.6	n/a
1999	606	23.5	25.8	n/a
2000	731	46.3	15.8	n/a
2001	740	53.2	13.9	n/a
2002	711	52.3	13.6	73.4
2003	711	52.3	13.6	73.4
2004	712	51.3	13.9	71.3
2005	670	56.3	11.9	78.1
2006	684	54.3	12.6	55.5
2007	760	52.0	14.6	64.2
2008	744	40.0	18.6	68.6
2009	789	56.0	14.1	56.7
2010	727	54.0	13.4	71.9
2011	718	50.8	14.1	68.8
2012	738	55.0	13.4	58.3
2013	752	52.7	14.2	n/a
2014	777	44.5	17.4	66.4
2015	802	61.0	13.1	73.8
2016	802	56.0	14.3	53.9
2017	824	59.3	13.8	71.7
2018	830	55.0	15.0	71.7
2019	764	44.0	17.3	64.1
2020	758	54.0	14.0	62.8
2021	762	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	752	34.5	21.7	70.2
2023	672	46.5	14.4	69.5
2024	662	43.0	15.3	73.6

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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