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Best Middle Schools in Champaign County, IL

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Schools

4,949

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedSt Joseph Middle School70^th of 1,126 Illinois middle schools

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Biggest riser

Urbana Middle School up 158 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

J W Eater Junior High School 10.3 students per teacher

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)					IAR Mathematics (2026)					Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School	Public	7-8	2499 County Road 2100 E	Thomasboro	61878	Champaign County	Prairieview-Ogden CCSD 197	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 694-4122	68	6	11.5	20.6%	66 (97.1%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	80.2	181^st of 1126 public middle schools	83.9%		86.1	174^th of 1368 public middle schools	87.3%	7		68.6			87.9	94.3	91.2			60.6	40.0	50.0	100%		$14,709	$333	$14,376
Edison Middle School	Public	6-8	306 W Green St	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3771	647	44	14.8	49.9%	222 (34.3%)	247 (38.2%)	84 (13.0%)	48 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.1%)	23.3	871^st of 1126 public middle schools	22.6%		41.1	762^nd of 1368 public middle schools	44.3%	109		46.8		43.7	40.8	51.2	45.2		27.0	24.6	26.1	25.9	97.2%		$17,546	$1,075	$16,471
Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	1115 Crescent Dr	Champaign	61821	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3790	711	55	13.0	59.5%	204 (28.7%)	332 (46.7%)	58 (8.2%)	40 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (10.7%)	30.7	778^th of 1126 public middle schools	30.9%		40.3	773^rd of 1368 public middle schools	43.5%	5		48.1		44.3	45.6	62.9	50.7		24.7	30.5	33.5	29.6	98.6%		$17,845	$1,002	$16,842
Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	817 N Harris Ave	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3819	665	54	12.2	57.3%	167 (25.1%)	281 (42.3%)	82 (12.3%)	79 (11.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (8.1%)	21.7	885^th of 1126 public middle schools	21.4%		32.7	900^th of 1368 public middle schools	34.2%	15		34.8		48.0	46.6	42.3	45.7		25.2	35.0	20.9	27.3	98.6%		$19,022	$1,100	$17,922
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School	Public	6-8	201 W State St	Mahomet	61853	Champaign County	Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 586-4415	812	54	15.1	23.3%	689 (84.9%)	20 (2.5%)	43 (5.3%)	14 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.5%)	85.9	117^th of 1126 public middle schools	89.6%		87.8	152^nd of 1368 public middle schools	88.9%	35		78.0		72.6	81.4	88.5	80.7		57.0	67.1	63.0	62.3	97.8%		$13,159	$574	$12,585
J W Eater Junior High School	Public	6-8	400 E Wabash Ave	Rantoul	61866	Champaign County	Rantoul City School District 137	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 893-5401	477	46	10.3	87.2%	119 (24.9%)	132 (27.7%)	166 (34.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (11.7%)	8.2	1058^th of 1126 public middle schools	6.0%		21.6	1083^rd of 1368 public middle schools	20.8%	25		30.5		31.5	33.9	37.0	34.1		8.3	16.7	13.7	12.9	99.4%		$18,756	$1,798	$16,958
Rise Academy at JW Eater	Public	5-8	1 Aviation Ctr	Rantoul	61866	Champaign County	Rantoul City School District 137	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(217) 893-5401	0	4	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
St Joseph Middle School	Public	5-8	606 E Peters Dr	Saint Joseph	61873	Champaign County	St Joseph CCSD 169	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 469-2334	325	24	13.7	18.8%	300 (92.3%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (3.1%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	90.6	70^th of 1126 public middle schools	93.8%		94.7	57^th of 1368 public middle schools	95.8%	13	64.7	73.8	84.7	88.1	86.3	92.9	88.0	55.3	57.1	72.6	71.4	63.8	99.4%		$11,589	$159	$11,430
Unity Junior High School	Public	6-8	1121 County Road 800 N	Tolono	61880	Champaign County	Tolono CUSD 7	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 485-6735	367	25	14.9	27.8%	319 (86.9%)	11 (3.0%)	12 (3.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.0%)	50.4	518^th of 1126 public middle schools	54.0%		56.3	533^rd of 1368 public middle schools	61.0%	15		55.9		75.0	62.1	69.5	68.8		36.6	38.8	22.0	32.4	99.4%		$16,510	$2,742	$13,769
Urbana Middle School	Public	7-8	1201 S Vine St	Urbana	61801	Champaign County	Urbana School District 116	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 384-3685	877	73	12.0	75.4%	208 (23.7%)	334 (38.1%)	221 (25.2%)	28 (3.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (9.1%)	8.6	1053^rd of 1126 public middle schools	6.5%		15.3	1211^th of 1368 public middle schools	11.5%	158		35.9			21.7	36.0	28.4			17.1	11.2	14.2	99%		$22,078	$1,295	$20,783
Urbana Sixth Grade Center	Public	6	1602 S Anderson St	Urbana	61801	Champaign County	Urbana School District 116	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(217) 384-3670	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)				27.0			27.0		10.0			10.0	99.7%		$18,890	$944	$17,946

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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