Best Middle Schools in Illinois for General Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Illinois!

Every year, the Illinois State Board of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, General Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the ISA and IAR test scores by the Illinois State Board of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (General Education vs All Students - 2022)					ID
Rank (of 1359)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (General Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (General Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Lisbon Grade School	Public	K-8	127 S Canal St	Newark	60541	Kendall County	Lisbon CCSD 90	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(815) 736-6325	107	11	9.4	17.8%	97 (90.7%)	5 (4.7%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.8%)	$10,362			$417			$9,945	99.9%	99.4%	0.51%			172316002552
2	Decatur Classical Elementary School	Public	K-8	7030 N Sacramento Ave	Chicago	60645	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-2201	311	20	15.5	11.9%	141 (45.3%)	15 (4.8%)	37 (11.9%)	93 (29.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.7%)	$17,841			$2,429			$15,412	99.9%	99.9%	0.07%			170993000692
3	Reservoir Gifted School	Public	5-8	3706 N Grand Blvd	Peoria	61614	Peoria County	Peoria School District 150	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(309) 672-6563	285	15	18.6	25.3%	170 (59.6%)	40 (14.0%)	24 (8.4%)	17 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (11.9%)	$13,413			$1,306			$12,107	99.8%	99.9%	0.07%			173123000973
4	Thurgood Marshall School	Public	5-8	4664 N Rockton Ave	Rockford	61103	Winnebago County	Rockford School District 205	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(815) 490-5400	471	29	16.2	11.9%	297 (63.1%)	22 (4.7%)	53 (11.3%)	68 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (6.2%)	$18,472			$609			$17,863	99.7%	99.8%	0.08%			173451006242
5	Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center	Public	K-8	4929 N Sawyer Ave	Chicago	60625	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-0540	256	15	17	10.9%	146 (57.0%)	10 (3.9%)	28 (10.9%)	41 (16.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (11.7%)	$17,672			$2,627			$15,045	99.6%	99.6%	0.07%			170993004944
6	Young Magnet High School	Public	7-12	211 S Laflin St	Chicago	60607	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-7500	2,051	130	15.8	34.5%	552 (26.9%)	348 (17.0%)	560 (27.3%)	479 (23.4%)	4 (0.2%)	19 (0.9%)	89 (4.3%)	$16,374			$2,084			$14,289	99.6%	99.6%	0.08%			170993000714
7	Iles Elementary School	Public	1-8	1700 S 15th St	Springfield	62703	Sangamon County	Springfield School District 186	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(217) 525-3226	377	24	16	15.9%	155 (41.1%)	67 (17.8%)	13 (3.4%)	90 (23.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (13.3%)	$20,155			$3,810			$16,345	99.5%	99.7%	0.22%			173708003825
8	Skinner North Elementary School	Public	K-8	640 W Scott St	Chicago	60610	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 534-8500	493	32	15.4	9.3%	153 (31.0%)	31 (6.3%)	46 (9.3%)	216 (43.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.1%)	$15,326			$2,021			$13,306	99.4%	99.5%	0.08%			170993006081
9	Rondout Elementary School	Public	K-8	28593 N Bradley Rd	Lake Forest	60045	Lake County	Rondout School District 72	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(847) 362-2021	137	18	7.4	5.8%	98 (71.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (11.7%)	8 (5.8%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (10.2%)	$41,858			$75			$41,783	99.3%	99.3%	0.07%			173462003626
10	Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School	Public	1-8	3020 W 108th St	Chicago	60655	Cook County	Chicago Public Schools District 299	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(773) 535-2636	212	12	17.3	28.8%	36 (17.0%)	68 (32.1%)	25 (11.8%)	72 (34.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.2%)	$19,373			$2,635			$16,737	99.3%	99.3%	0.08%			170993000860

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on IAR English Language Arts, IAR Mathematics, ISA Science test scores released by the Illinois State Board of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Illinois State Board of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Illinois State Board of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.