Friendship Junior High School

Public 6-8

 550 Elizabeth Ln
       Des Plaines, IL  60018-5573


(847) 593-4350

District: Community Cons School District 59

SchoolDigger Rank:
437th of 1,367 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,116 Help


Students who attend Friendship Junior High School usually attend:

High:    Elk Grove High School

Feeder schools for Friendship Junior High School:

Elementary:    Brentwood Elementary School
    Devonshire School
    Robert Frost Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.8 Help
Number of students:  617

Racial breakdown:

White:
39.7%
Hispanic:
33.2%
Asian:
17.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  60.8% Help


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Compare Details Friendship Junior High School ranks better than 68% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 3 ranked middle schools in the Community Cons School District 59! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.5. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Friendship Junior High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (39.7%), Hispanic (33.2%), Asian (17%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 60.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Community Cons School District 59. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Friendship Junior High School is 10.8. 1 middle schools in the Community Cons School District 59 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Friendship Junior High School is $21,116, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Community Cons School District 59!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Friendship Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Friendship Junior High School 437th of 1367 Illinois public middle schools. (See Friendship Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Community Cons School District 59:

SchoolDigger ranks Community Cons School District 59 478th of 823 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Friendship Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 70.46 374th 1185 68.4%
2004 68.46 428th 1204 64.5%
2005 76.77 276th 1209 77.2%
2006 78.06 239th 1272 81.2%
2007 72.24 342nd 1287 73.4%
2008 62.23 580th 1293 55.1%
2009 72.43 365th 1318 72.3%
2010 67.52 472nd 1327 64.4%
2011 65.99 520th 1344 61.3%
2012 62.52 566th 1365 58.5%
2013 55.69 613th 1367 55.2%
2014 58.97 543rd 1322 58.9%
2015 54.82 494th 1302 62.1%
2016 57.35 477th 1294 63.1%
2017 60.70 444th 1293 65.7%
2018 57.20 505th 1293 60.9%
2019 60.49 475th 1356 65.0%
2021 53.31 475th 1241 61.7%
2022 66.31 372nd 1369 72.8%
2023 60.50 437th 1367 68.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.50 175th 285 38.6%
2019 49.74 111th 339 67.3%
2021 50.27 84th 277 69.7%
2022 61.92 71st 454 84.4%
2023 61.65 87th 480 81.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.45 130th 602 78.4%
2019 43.48 336th 792 57.6%
2021 28.25 446th 548 18.6%
2022 29.56 610th 781 21.9%
2023 58.14 220th 805 72.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.72 394th 1161 66.1%
2019 56.26 446th 1217 63.4%
2021 55.98 329th 1019 67.7%
2022 74.02 184th 1221 84.9%
2023 63.13 324th 1234 73.7%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.01 457th 1226 62.7%
2019 63.38 423rd 1276 66.8%
2021 52.26 418th 1017 58.9%
2022 68.58 322nd 1286 75.0%
2023 58.64 439th 1275 65.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 38.24 373rd 674 44.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.10 527th 1223 56.9%
2019 55.06 514th 1296 60.3%
2021 48.17 460th 1048 56.1%
2022 62.91 377th 1286 70.7%
2023 60.01 413th 1292 68.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.98 149th 209 28.7%
2019 32.52 146th 201 27.4%
2021 24.62 88th 112 21.4%
2022 34.61 135th 198 31.8%
2023 37.35 127th 192 33.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.22 133rd 511 74.0%
2019 71.86 95th 565 83.2%
2022 82.68 49th 573 91.4%
2023 80.16 49th 569 91.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.67 430th 590 27.1%
2019 35.26 422nd 639 34.0%
2021 29.71 392nd 517 24.2%
2022 43.93 332nd 662 49.8%
2023 35.43 424th 661 35.9%
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Rank History for White students at Friendship Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.78 443rd 889 50.2%
2019 52.08 418th 905 53.8%
2021 47.54 387th 813 52.4%
2022 56.72 350th 898 61.0%
2023 49.28 417th 895 53.4%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Friendship Junior High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 376 11 63 44 n/a n/a n/a 0 494
1989 363 9 77 50 1 n/a n/a 0 500
1990 358 8 68 57 1 n/a n/a 0 492
1991 337 8 71 58 0 n/a n/a 0 474
1992 347 13 73 54 0 n/a n/a 0 487
1993 367 16 87 65 0 n/a n/a 0 535
1994 381 30 90 92 0 n/a n/a 0 593
1995 344 27 107 99 0 n/a n/a 0 577
1996 344 27 107 99 0 n/a n/a 0 577
1997 363 23 118 84 0 n/a n/a 0 588
1998 380 21 123 90 0 n/a n/a 0 614
1999 378 28 124 93 0 n/a n/a 0 623
2000 389 31 135 100 1 n/a n/a 0 656
2001 411 32 120 115 1 n/a n/a 0 679
2002 402 29 122 125 3 n/a n/a 0 681
2003 402 29 122 125 3 n/a n/a 0 681
2004 365 26 134 110 1 n/a n/a 0 636
2005 369 23 124 123 0 n/a n/a 0 639
2006 367 22 111 120 0 n/a n/a 3 623
2007 358 27 100 165 0 n/a n/a 2 652
2008 351 31 101 163 0 n/a n/a 11 657
2009 317 26 101 183 0 n/a n/a 14 641
2010 275 0 95 204 29 n/a n/a 29 632
2011 266 37 96 250 1 2 14 0 666
2012 257 37 93 266 3 5 12 0 673
2013 289 32 110 269 9 3 16 0 728
2014 285 32 116 263 7 2 14 0 719
2015 288 40 131 265 5 3 18 0 750
2016 302 22 118 233 2 3 12 0 692
2017 299 25 122 205 2 4 9 0 666
2018 297 31 111 213 4 7 11 0 674
2019 288 32 109 218 8 8 11 0 674
2020 282 29 109 234 14 5 10 0 683
2021 276 22 113 212 13 0 16 0 652
2022 257 32 107 206 13 2 13 0 630
2023 245 34 105 205 10 3 15 0 617

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 Friendship Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 494 33.4 14.7 n/a
1989 500 29.3 17.0 n/a
1990 492 30.0 16.4 n/a
1991 474 30.3 15.6 n/a
1992 487 29.7 16.3 n/a
1993 535 34.3 15.6 n/a
1994 593 37.5 15.8 n/a
1995 577 40.0 14.4 n/a
1996 577 40.0 14.4 n/a
1997 588 38.0 15.5 n/a
1998 614 40.0 15.4 n/a
1999 623 38.5 16.2 n/a
2000 656 40.0 16.4 n/a
2001 679 44.3 15.3 n/a
2002 681 44.3 15.4 26.7
2003 681 44.3 15.4 26.7
2004 636 44.1 14.4 25.9
2005 639 47.7 13.4 24.4
2006 623 48.7 12.8 24.7
2007 652 50.0 13.0 34
2008 657 46.0 14.3 36.7
2009 641 50.5 12.7 39.1
2010 632 49.5 12.7 47.4
2011 666 48.5 13.7 51.8
2012 673 49.0 13.7 3.4
2013 728 57.9 12.5 55.2
2014 719 n/a n/a 55.2
2015 750 54.0 13.8 60.7
2016 692 52.0 13.3 46.5
2017 666 52.0 12.8 53.5
2018 674 52.2 12.8 53.9
2019 674 46.0 14.6 52.1
2020 683 47.0 14.5 54.9
2021 652 n/a n/a n/a
2022 630 46.9 13.4 51.3
2023 617 57.0 10.8 60.8

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 Friendship Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 494 33.4 14.7 n/a
1989 500 29.3 17.0 n/a
1990 492 30.0 16.4 n/a
1991 474 30.3 15.6 n/a
1992 487 29.7 16.3 n/a
1993 535 34.3 15.6 n/a
1994 593 37.5 15.8 n/a
1995 577 40.0 14.4 n/a
1996 577 40.0 14.4 n/a
1997 588 38.0 15.5 n/a
1998 614 40.0 15.4 n/a
1999 623 38.5 16.2 n/a
2000 656 40.0 16.4 n/a
2001 679 44.3 15.3 n/a
2002 681 44.3 15.4 26.7
2003 681 44.3 15.4 26.7
2004 636 44.1 14.4 25.9
2005 639 47.7 13.4 24.4
2006 623 48.7 12.8 24.7
2007 652 50.0 13.0 34
2008 657 46.0 14.3 36.7
2009 641 50.5 12.7 39.1
2010 632 49.5 12.7 47.4
2011 666 48.5 13.7 51.8
2012 673 49.0 13.7 3.4
2013 728 57.9 12.5 55.2
2014 719 n/a n/a 55.2
2015 750 54.0 13.8 60.7
2016 692 52.0 13.3 46.5
2017 666 52.0 12.8 53.5
2018 674 52.2 12.8 53.9
2019 674 46.0 14.6 52.1
2020 683 47.0 14.5 54.9
2021 652 n/a n/a n/a
2022 630 46.9 13.4 51.3
2023 617 57.0 10.8 60.8

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.

Immunization Rates

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201599.6%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.6%99.3%99.7%
201699.7%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.3%98.8%33.0%
2017100.0%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.3%98.8%100.0%66.1%
201899.9%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.6%98.7%99.9%97.6%
2019100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%99.3%100.0%98.2%
202199.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.1%99.5%92.5%
202298.7%99.0%99.0%99.0%98.4%98.9%99.5%95.8%
202398.4%98.4%98.2%98.4%98.5%97.9%98.9%94.0%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Friendship Junior High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $322 (1.9%) $16,303 (98.1%) $16,626
2020 $374 (2.3%) $16,090 (97.7%) $16,464
2021 $891 (5.0%) $17,042 (95.0%) $17,933
2022 $891 (5.0%) $17,042 (95.0%) $17,933
2023 $1,195 (5.7%) $19,921 (94.3%) $21,116

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Friendship Junior High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 475th of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 437th of 1367 Middle schools
 3.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Friendship Junior High School)3026.1
 3.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Community Cons School District 59)27.224.6
 2.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Friendship Junior High School)19.125.3
 6.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Community Cons School District 59)16.420.8
 4.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Friendship Junior High School)43.543.8
 0.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Community Cons School District 59)33.435
 1.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Friendship Junior High School)29.839
 9.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Community Cons School District 59)2132.1
 11.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Friendship Junior High School)45.640.6
 5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Community Cons School District 59)34.230
 4.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Friendship Junior High School)37.624.4
 13.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Community Cons School District 59)23.122
 1.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Friendship Junior High School)64.857
 7.8%
   8th Grade Science (Community Cons School District 59)54.451.8
 2.6%
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students674617
 8.5%
African American3234
 6.3%
American Indian810
 25%
Asian109105
 3.7%
Hispanic218205
 6%
Pacific Islander83
 62.5%
White288245
 14.9%
Two or More Races1115
 36.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients52.1%60.8%
 8.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Friendship Junior High School

Students who attend Friendship Junior High School usually go on to attend Elk Grove High School

Students at Friendship Junior High School are 40% White, 33% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 6% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

Friendship Junior High School ranks 437th of 1367 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 617 students attended Friendship Junior High School.


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