Middle Schools in Big Hollow School District 38

Summary:

Big Hollow School District 38 in Illinois has a single middle school, Big Hollow Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has shown steady improvement in its academic performance over the past three years, with a rising statewide ranking and strong proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) that exceed the district and state averages.

Big Hollow Middle School's ELA proficiency rates are a particular strength, with 61.8% of students performing at or above grade level in 2024-2025, compared to 55.9% for the Big Hollow School District 38 and 53.1% for the state. However, the school's Mathematics proficiency rates are below the district and state averages, indicating an area for potential improvement. The school's Science proficiency rates are mixed, with 8th-grade students performing significantly better than the state average, but 5th-grade students performing slightly below.

Other key metrics for Big Hollow Middle School include a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (37.91% in 2023-2024) and a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in 2024-2025, both of which are important factors to consider. The school's per-student spending of $13,769 and a low student-teacher ratio of 15.3 in 2023-2024 suggest that the school is allocating resources effectively, which may be contributing to its improving performance.

District Detail

26051 W Nippersink Rd
Ingleside, IL 60041-8785

(847) 740-1490

SchoolDigger Rank:
423^rd of 811 Illinois districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-8
Students: 1,653

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISA Science (2025)		IAR English Language Arts (2025)					IAR Mathematics (2025)					% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Big Hollow Middle School	Public	5-8	26051 W Nippersink Rd	Ingleside	60041	Lake County	Big Hollow School District 38	No	(n/a)	No	No	(847) 740-5322	744	54	13.7	32.5%	379 (50.9%)	48 (6.5%)	242 (32.5%)	30 (4.0%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.4%)	64.1	436^th of 1368 public middle schools	68.1%		58.8	467^th of 1363 public middle schools	65.7%	31	38.8	61.7	50.3	62.4	68.3	66.3	61.8	31.5	22.9	36.2	26.0	29.3	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.9	98.6	97.4	98.9	75.8	$15,391	$327	$15,063

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gavin School District 37	1.33 mi	2	541^st
Round Lake CUSD 116	2.11 mi	9	787^th
Lake ROE	2.62 mi	7
Grayslake CCSD 46	2.94 mi	9	268^th
Fox Lake GSD 114	2.99 mi	2	668^th

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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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