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Best Middle Schools in Illinois (2025-26)

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Every ranked middle school in Illinois, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.

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Illinois middle schools ranked, 1 to 500 of 591

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1	A+	Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	82%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	482
#2	A+	Reservoir Gifted School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	81%	56%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	277
#3	A+	Hickory Creek Middle School	Frankfort	Frankfort CCSD 157C	77%	69%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	910
#4	A+	Daniel Wright JR High School	Lincolnshire	Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103	75%	70%	Exceeds Expectations	764
#5	A+	Carleton W Washburne School	Winnetka	Winnetka SD 36	70%	69%	Meets Expectations	381
#6	A+	Wood Oaks JR High School	Northbrook	Northbrook ESD 27	69%	65%	Exceeds Expectations	475
#7	A+	Dunlap Middle School	Dunlap	Dunlap CUSD 323	68%	63%	Exceeds Expectations	544
#8	A+	Kennedy Junior High School	Lisle	Naperville CUSD 203	68%	64%	Exceeds Expectations	931
#9	A+	Maple School	Northbrook	Northbrook/Glenview SD 30	68%	67%	Meets Expectations	414
#10	A	Willowbrook Middle School	South Beloit	Prairie Hill CCSD 133	67%	52%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	296
#11	A	Hinsdale Middle School	Hinsdale	Hinsdale CCSD 181	66%	67%	Meets Expectations	751
#12	A	Central School	Glencoe	Glencoe SD 35	65%	71%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	568
#13	A	Charles J Caruso Middle School	Deerfield	Deerfield SD 109	65%	63%	Exceeds Expectations	445
#14	A	Clarendon Hills Middle School	Clarendon Hills	Hinsdale CCSD 181	65%	65%	Meets Expectations	540
#15	A	Northbrook Junior High School	Northbrook	Northbrook SD 28	65%	67%	Meets Expectations	631
#16	A	Alan B Shepard Middle School	Deerfield	Deerfield SD 109	64%	63%	Meets Expectations	460
#17	A	Marie Murphy School	Wilmette	Avoca SD 37	64%	66%	Meets Expectations	276
#18	A	Butler Junior High School	Oak Brook	Butler SD 53	63%	65%	Meets Expectations	190
#19	A	Twin Groves Middle School	Buffalo Grove	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	63%	63%	Meets Expectations	622
#20	A	Germantown Hills Middle School	Germantown Hills	Germantown Hills SD 69	61%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	373
#21	A	Aptakisic Junior High School	Buffalo Grove	Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102	60%	57%	Exceeds Expectations	883
#22	A	Park Junior High School	La Grange Park	La Grange SD 102	60%	60%	Meets Expectations	694
#23	A	Wilmette Junior High School	Wilmette	Wilmette SD 39	60%	63%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	798
#24	A	Field School	Northbrook	West Northfield SD 31	59%	60%	Meets Expectations	309
#25	A	Woodlawn Middle School	Long Grove	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	59%	64%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	670
#26	A-	Morton JR High School	Morton	Morton CUSD 709	57%	43%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	485
#27	A-	Roosevelt School	River Forest	River Forest SD 90	57%	52%	Exceeds Expectations	681
#28	A-	Scullen Middle School	Naperville	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	57%	61%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	935
#29	A-	Gower Middle School	Burr Ridge	Gower SD 62	55%	51%	Exceeds Expectations	374
#30	A-	H H Conrady JR High School	Hickory Hills	North Palos SD 117	55%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,113
#31	A-	Roselle Middle School	Roselle	Roselle SD 12	55%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	242
#32	A-	Teutopolis Junior High School	Teutopolis	Teutopolis CUSD 50	55%	45%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	178
#33	A-	Gordon Gregory Middle School	Naperville	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	54%	61%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	821
#34	A-	Pleasantdale Middle Sch	Burr Ridge	Pleasantdale SD 107	54%	52%	Exceeds Expectations	342
#35	A-	Coal City Middle School	Coal City	Coal City CUSD 1	53%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	494
#36	A-	Somonauk Middle School	Somonauk	Somonauk CUSD 432	53%	44%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	233
#37	B+	Highland Middle School	Libertyville	Libertyville SD 70	52%	62%	Underperforms Expectations	755
#38	B+	Palos South Middle School	Palos Park	Palos CCSD 118	52%	48%	Exceeds Expectations	701
#39	B+	Dunlap Valley Middle School	Dunlap	Dunlap CUSD 323	51%	53%	Meets Expectations	564
#40	B+	Margaret Mead Jhs	Elk Grove Village	Schaumburg CCSD 54	51%	41%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	671
#41	B+	St Joseph Middle School	Saint Joseph	St Joseph CCSD 169	51%	48%	Exceeds Expectations	346
#42	B+	Washington Middle School	Washington	Washington SD 52	51%	44%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	359
#43	B+	Channahon Junior High School	Channahon	Channahon SD 17	50%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	273
#44	B+	Clifford Crone Middle School	Naperville	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	50%	61%	Underperforms Expectations	838
#45	B+	Homer JR High School	Homer Glen	Homer CCSD 33C	50%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	843
#46	B+	Lincoln Middle School	Park Ridge	Park Ridge CCSD 64	50%	65%	Underperforms Expectations	757
#47	B+	Lincoln JR High School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	49%	53%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	766
#48	B+	Thompson Middle School	Saint Charles	St Charles CUSD 303	49%	54%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,267
#49	B+	Washington JR High School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	49%	58%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	558
#50	B+	Westview Hills Middle School	Willowbrook	Maercker SD 60	49%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	444
#51	B+	Attea Middle School	Glenview	Glenview CCSD 34	48%	56%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	780
#52	B+	Byron Middle School	Byron	Byron CUSD 226	48%	53%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	350
#53	B+	Deer Path Middle Sch West	Lake Forest	Lake Forest SD 67	48%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	402
#54	B+	East Dubuque JR High	East Dubuque	East Dubuque USD 119	48%	41%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	89
#55	B+	Eureka Middle School	Eureka	Eureka CUD 140	48%	38%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	482
#56	B+	Francis Granger Middle School	Aurora	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	48%	49%	Meets Expectations	1,021
#57	B+	Lena Winslow JR High School	Lena	Lena Winslow CUSD 202	48%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	165
#58	B+	Madison JR High School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	48%	55%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	546
#59	B+	New Athens JR High	New Athens	New Athens CUSD 60	48%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	109
#60	B+	Robert Frost Jhs	Schaumburg	Schaumburg CCSD 54	48%	44%	Exceeds Expectations	677
#61	B+	Tremont Middle School	Tremont	Tremont CUSD 702	48%	46%	Meets Expectations	306
#62	B+	Wredling Middle School	Saint Charles	St Charles CUSD 303	48%	48%	Meets Expectations	1,375
#63	B	Edgewood Middle School	Highland Park	North Shore SD 112	47%	63%	Underperforms Expectations	739
#64	B	Hadley Junior High School	Glen Ellyn	Glen Ellyn SD 41	47%	44%	Exceeds Expectations	1,148
#65	B	L J Hauser JR High School	Riverside	Riverside SD 96	47%	51%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	562
#66	B	Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield	Springfield SD 186	47%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	298
#67	B	Pecatonica Comm Middle School	Pecatonica	Pecatonica CUSD 321	47%	37%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	285
#68	B	Percy Julian Middle School	Oak Park	Oak Park ESD 97	47%	52%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	921
#69	B	Sandburg Middle School	Elmhurst	Elmhurst SD 205	47%	57%	Underperforms Expectations	618
#70	B	South Middle School	Arlington Heights	Arlington Heights SD 25	47%	54%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	850
#71	B	Westfield Middle School	Bloomingdale	Bloomingdale SD 13	47%	47%	Meets Expectations	484
#72	B	Wolf Branch Middle School	Swansea	Wolf Branch SD 113	47%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	339
#73	B	Hawthorn Middle School South	Vernon Hills	Hawthorn CCSD 73	46%	41%	Exceeds Expectations	656
#74	B	Lake Zurich Middle S Campus	Lake Zurich	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	46%	60%	Underperforms Expectations	599
#75	B	Mascoutah Middle School	Mascoutah	Mascoutah CUD 19	46%	41%	Exceeds Expectations	897
#76	B	Millburn Middle School	Lindenhurst	Millburn CCSD 24	46%	51%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	394
#77	B	Old Quarry Middle Sch	Lemont	Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A	46%	48%	Meets Expectations	819
#78	B	Roscoe Middle School	Roscoe	Kinnikinnick CCSD 131	46%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	577
#79	B	Stephen Mack Middle School	Rockton	Rockton SD 140	46%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	547
#80	B	Cass JR High School	Darien	Cass SD 63	45%	43%	Exceeds Expectations	324
#81	B	Donovan JR High School	Donovan	Donovan CUSD 3	45%	18%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	59
#82	B	J Giles Elem School	Norridge	Norridge SD 80	45%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	500
#83	B	Plum Grove JR High School	Rolling Meadows	Palatine CCSD 15	45%	52%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	807
#84	B	Prairieview Ogden JR High Sch	Thomasboro	Prairieview-Ogden CCSD 197	45%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	53
#85	B	Triad Middle School	Saint Jacob	Triad CUSD 2	45%	46%	Meets Expectations	901
#86	B	Alex M Martino JR High School	New Lenox	New Lenox SD 122	44%	45%	Meets Expectations	574
#87	B	Chillicothe JR High	Chillicothe	Il Valley Central USD 321	44%	25%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	239
#88	B	Dwight D Eisenhower Jhs	Hoffman Estates	Schaumburg CCSD 54	44%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	617
#89	B	Franklin Middle School	Wheaton	Cusd 200	44%	50%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	575
#90	B	Lake Zurich Middle N Campus	Hawthorn Woods	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	44%	57%	Underperforms Expectations	704
#91	B	Virgil I Grissom Middle School	Tinley Park	Kirby SD 140	44%	37%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	596
#92	B	Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington	Wilmington CUSD 209U	44%	36%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	295
#93	B	Heritage Grove Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	43%	51%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	866
#94	B	Prairie View Middle School	Tinley Park	Kirby SD 140	43%	43%	Meets Expectations	605
#95	B-	Benjamin Middle School	West Chicago	Benjamin SD 25	43%	44%	Meets Expectations	250
#96	B-	Central Middle School	Burlington	Central CUSD 301	43%	46%	Meets Expectations	406
#97	B-	Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School	Oak Park	Oak Park ESD 97	43%	43%	Meets Expectations	958
#98	B-	Jasper Co JR High	Newton	Jasper County CUD 1	43%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	192
#99	B-	Orion Middle School	Orion	Orion CUSD 223	43%	40%	Exceeds Expectations	223
#100	B-	Prairie Knolls Middle Sch	Elgin	Central CUSD 301	43%	55%	Underperforms Expectations	799
#101	B-	Roanoke Benson JR High School	Benson	Roanoke Benson CUSD 60	43%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	148
#102	B-	Summit Hill Junior High School	Frankfort	Summit Hill SD 161	43%	37%	Exceeds Expectations	640
#103	B-	Thomas Middle School	Arlington Heights	Arlington Heights SD 25	43%	54%	Underperforms Expectations	961
#104	B-	Bryan Middle School	Elmhurst	Elmhurst SD 205	42%	58%	Underperforms Expectations	707
#105	B-	Emerson Middle School	Niles	Park Ridge CCSD 64	42%	61%	Underperforms Expectations	880
#106	B-	Glen Crest Middle School	Glen Ellyn	Ccsd 89	42%	43%	Meets Expectations	702
#107	B-	Lakeview JR High School	Downers Grove	Center Cass SD 66	42%	47%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	378
#108	B-	Macarthur Middle School	Prospect Heights	Prospect Heights SD 23	42%	45%	Meets Expectations	492
#109	B-	Mayo Middle School	Paris	Paris-Union SD 95	42%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	250
#110	B-	River Trails Middle School	Mount Prospect	River Trails SD 26	42%	46%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	498
#111	B-	Thayer J Hill Middle School	Naperville	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	42%	43%	Meets Expectations	777
#112	B-	F E Peacock Middle School	Itasca	Itasca SD 10	41%	44%	Meets Expectations	333
#113	B-	Fremont JR Highmiddle School	Mundelein	Fremont SD 79	41%	54%	Underperforms Expectations	763
#114	B-	Highland Middle School	Highland	Highland CUSD 5	41%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	607
#115	B-	Lincoln Middle School	Mt Prospect	Mount Prospect SD 57	41%	47%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	780
#116	B-	Mokena JR High School	Mokena	Mokena SD 159	41%	43%	Meets Expectations	499
#117	B-	Monticello Middle School	Monticello	Monticello CUSD 25	41%	40%	Meets Expectations	379
#118	B-	Nippersink Middle School	Richmond	Nippersink SD 2	41%	41%	Meets Expectations	385
#119	B-	Sam Rotolo Middle Sch	Batavia	Batavia USD 101	41%	45%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,142
#120	B-	Wm F Gurrie Middle School	La Grange	La Grange SD 105 South	41%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	288
#121	B-	Crestwood JR High School	Paris	Paris CUSD 4	40%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	128
#122	B-	Erie Middle School	Erie	Erie CUSD 1	40%	36%	Exceeds Expectations	176
#123	B-	Hawthorn Middle School North	Vernon Hills	Hawthorn CCSD 73	40%	42%	Meets Expectations	623
#124	B-	Independence JR High School	Palos Heights	Palos Heights SD 128	40%	41%	Meets Expectations	224
#125	B-	Jefferson JR High School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	40%	47%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	817
#126	B-	Kenyon Woods Middle School	South Elgin	Sd U-46	40%	39%	Exceeds Expectations	905
#127	B-	Lake Bluff Middle School	Lake Bluff	Lake Bluff ESD 65	40%	46%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	288
#128	B-	Medinah Middle School	Roselle	Medinah SD 11	40%	42%	Meets Expectations	222
#129	B-	Midland Middle School	Sparland	Midland CUSD 7	40%	30%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	196
#130	B-	Mossville JR High	Mossville	Il Valley Central USD 321	40%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	186
#131	B-	Richard F Bernotas Middle Sch	Crystal Lake	Crystal Lake CCSD 47	40%	40%	Meets Expectations	779
#132	B-	Riverdale Middle School	Port Byron	Riverdale CUSD 100	40%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	267
#133	B-	Scales Mound JR High School	Scales Mound	Scales Mound CUSD 211	40%	37%	Exceeds Expectations	61
#134	B-	Springman Middle School	Glenview	Glenview CCSD 34	40%	53%	Underperforms Expectations	784
#135	B-	Yorkville Middle School	Yorkville	Yorkville CUSD 115	40%	45%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,105
#136	B-	Troy Middle School	Plainfield	Troy CCSD 30C	39%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	912
#137	B-	Waterloo Junior High School	Waterloo	Waterloo CUSD 5	39%	37%	Exceeds Expectations	619
#138	C+	Bednarcik Junior High School	Aurora	Cusd 308	39%	43%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	571
#139	C+	Still Middle School	Aurora	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	39%	42%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	642
#140	C+	Thomas Jefferson JR High School	Woodridge	Woodridge SD 68	39%	36%	Exceeds Expectations	566
#141	C+	Aplington Middle School	Polo	Polo CUSD 222	38%	25%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	115
#142	C+	Barrington Middle Sch Station	Barrington	Barrington CUSD 220	38%	53%	Underperforms Expectations	964
#143	C+	Century Junior High School	Orland Park	Orland SD 135	38%	51%	Underperforms Expectations	671
#144	C+	Creekside Middle School	Woodstock	Woodstock CUSD 200	38%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	728
#145	C+	Edison Middle School	Wheaton	Cusd 200	38%	49%	Underperforms Expectations	674
#146	C+	Fulton JR High School	O Fallon	O Fallon CCSD 90	38%	45%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	649
#147	C+	Helen Keller Jhs	Schaumburg	Schaumburg CCSD 54	38%	39%	Meets Expectations	560
#148	C+	Millbrook Junior High School	Newark	Newark CCSD 66	38%	37%	Meets Expectations	124
#149	C+	Monroe Middle School	Wheaton	Cusd 200	38%	36%	Exceeds Expectations	682
#150	C+	Sherrard JR High School	Sherrard	Sherrard CUSD 200	38%	47%	Underperforms Expectations	220
#151	C+	Carterville JR High Sch	Carterville	Carterville CUSD 5	37%	25%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	363
#152	C+	Geneva Middle Sch North	Geneva	Geneva CUSD 304	37%	51%	Underperforms Expectations	607
#153	C+	Liberty Middle School	Edwardsville	Edwardsville CUSD 7	37%	42%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	896
#154	C+	Murphy Junior High School	Plainfield	Cusd 308	37%	42%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	713
#155	C+	Paxton Buckley Loda JR High Sch	Paxton	Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10	37%	33%	Exceeds Expectations	269
#156	C+	Williamsville JR High School	Williamsville	Williamsville CUSD 15	37%	47%	Underperforms Expectations	473
#157	C+	Winnebago Middle School	Winnebago	Winnebago CUSD 323	37%	33%	Exceeds Expectations	298
#158	C+	Brownstown JR High School	Brownstown	Brownstown CUSD 201	36%	30%	Exceeds Expectations	58
#159	C+	Columbia Middle School	Columbia	Columbia CUSD 4	36%	45%	Underperforms Expectations	608
#160	C+	Mahomet Seymour JR High School	Mahomet	Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3	36%	39%	Meets Expectations	810
#161	C+	Nichols Middle School	Evanston	Evanston CCSD 65	36%	39%	Meets Expectations	650
#162	C+	Orland JR High School	Orland Park	Orland SD 135	36%	36%	Meets Expectations	545
#163	C+	Richard Ira Jones Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	36%	45%	Underperforms Expectations	837
#164	C	Amelia V Carriel JR High	O Fallon	O Fallon CCSD 90	35%	38%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	676
#165	C	Barrington Mdle Sch Prairie Cmps	Barrington	Barrington CUSD 220	35%	51%	Underperforms Expectations	976
#166	C	Cooper Middle School	Buffalo Grove	Wheeling CCSD 21	35%	36%	Meets Expectations	675
#167	C	Eastview Middle School	Bartlett	Sd U-46	35%	43%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	725
#168	C	Elverado Junior High School	Vergennes	Elverado CUSD 196	35%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	73
#169	C	Epg Middle School	Gridley	El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11	35%	32%	Exceeds Expectations	381
#170	C	Gcms Middle School	Gibson City	Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5	35%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	208
#171	C	Glenn Westlake Middle School	Lombard	Lombard SD 44	35%	37%	Meets Expectations	967
#172	C	Jerling Junior High School	Orland Park	Orland SD 135	35%	35%	Meets Expectations	637
#173	C	Lexington JR High School	Lexington	Lexington CUSD 7	35%	35%	Meets Expectations	113
#174	C	Liberty Junior High School	New Lenox	New Lenox SD 122	35%	46%	Underperforms Expectations	593
#175	C	Lincoln Middle School	Edwardsville	Edwardsville CUSD 7	35%	42%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	818
#176	C	Manhattan JR High School	Manhattan	Manhattan SD 114	35%	49%	Underperforms Expectations	570
#177	C	Marshall JR High School	Marshall	Marshall CUSD 2C	35%	30%	Exceeds Expectations	190
#178	C	Meridian JR High School	Stillman Valley	Meridian CUSD 223	35%	35%	Meets Expectations	308
#179	C	Oliver Mccracken Middle School	Skokie	Skokie SD 73-5	35%	37%	Meets Expectations	347
#180	C	Orangeville JR High School	Orangeville	Orangeville CUSD 203	35%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	75
#181	C	Pearl City JR High School	Pearl City	Pearl City CUSD 200	35%	30%	Exceeds Expectations	81
#182	C	S E Gross Middle School	Brookfield	Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95	35%	38%	Meets Expectations	462
#183	C	Unity JR High School	Tolono	Tolono CUSD 7	35%	35%	Meets Expectations	346
#184	C	Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	34%	33%	Meets Expectations	933
#185	C	Jane Addams Middle School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	34%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	587
#186	C	John J Lukancic Middle Sch	Romeoville	Valley View CUSD 365U	34%	24%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	619
#187	C	Lisle JR High School	Lisle	Lisle CUSD 202	34%	44%	Underperforms Expectations	318
#188	C	Northwood Middle School	Highland Park	North Shore SD 112	34%	43%	Underperforms Expectations	478
#189	C	Prairie Central JR High School	Forrest	Prairie Central CUSD 8	34%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	228
#190	C	Westmont JR High School	Westmont	Cusd 201	34%	36%	Meets Expectations	301
#191	C	Chippewa Middle School	Des Plaines	Ccsd 62	33%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	615
#192	C	Geneva Middle Sch South	Geneva	Geneva CUSD 304	33%	40%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	593
#193	C	Lincoln JR High School	Lincoln	Lincoln ESD 27	33%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	341
#194	C	Manteno Middle School	Manteno	Manteno CUSD 5	33%	39%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	553
#195	C	Oak Prairie JR High School	Homer Glen	Will County SD 92	33%	37%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	452
#196	C	Pinckneyville Middle School	Pinckneyville	Pinckneyville SD 50	33%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	213
#197	C	Walter R Sundling JR High Sch	Palatine	Palatine CCSD 15	33%	36%	Meets Expectations	609
#198	C	Genoa Kingston Middle School	Genoa	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	32%	44%	Underperforms Expectations	353
#199	C	Hannah Beardsley Middle School	Crystal Lake	Crystal Lake CCSD 47	32%	34%	Meets Expectations	847
#200	C	Hubble Middle School	Warrenville	Cusd 200	32%	35%	Meets Expectations	714
#201	C	Mt Zion JR High School	Mount Zion	Mt Zion CUSD 3	32%	34%	Meets Expectations	403
#202	C	Chiddix JR High School	Normal	McLean County USD 5	31%	34%	Meets Expectations	594
#203	C	Dundee Middle School	Dundee	Cusd 300	31%	31%	Meets Expectations	1,129
#204	C	Haven Middle School	Evanston	Evanston CCSD 65	31%	49%	Underperforms Expectations	695
#205	C	Lundahl Middle School	Crystal Lake	Crystal Lake CCSD 47	31%	36%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	821
#206	C	Marlowe Middle School	Lake In The Hills	Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158	31%	40%	Underperforms Expectations	1,191
#207	C	Nuttall Middle School	Robinson	Robinson CUSD 2	31%	26%	Exceeds Expectations	332
#208	C	Park West School	Round Lake	Grayslake CCSD 46	31%	30%	Exceeds Expectations	320
#209	C-	Carlinville Middle School	Carlinville	Carlinville CUSD 1	31%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	286
#210	C-	Grayslake Middle School	Grayslake	Grayslake CCSD 46	31%	29%	Meets Expectations	661
#211	C-	Jewel Middle School	North Aurora	Aurora West USD 129	31%	29%	Meets Expectations	585
#212	C-	Massac JR High School	Metropolis	Massac UD 1	31%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	244
#213	C-	Antioch Upper Grade School	Antioch	Antioch CCSD 34	30%	33%	Meets Expectations	902
#214	C-	Bement Middle School	Bement	Bement CUSD 5	30%	26%	Exceeds Expectations	73
#215	C-	Cary JR High School	Cary	Cary CCSD 26	30%	39%	Underperforms Expectations	681
#216	C-	Chute Middle School	Evanston	Evanston CCSD 65	30%	29%	Meets Expectations	581
#217	C-	Eisenhower JR High School	Darien	Darien SD 61	30%	33%	Meets Expectations	411
#218	C-	Farmington Central JR High Sch	Farmington	Farmington Central CUSD 265	30%	29%	Meets Expectations	262
#219	C-	Fox River Grove Middle School	Fox River Grove	Fox River Grove Cons SD 3	30%	39%	Underperforms Expectations	176
#220	C-	Gemini Middle School	Niles	East Maine SD 63	30%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	1,075
#221	C-	Hillsboro JR High School	Hillsboro	Hillsboro CUSD 3	30%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	345
#222	C-	Indian Trail Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	30%	31%	Meets Expectations	593
#223	C-	Jersey Community Middle School	Jerseyville	Jersey CUSD 100	30%	34%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	499
#224	C-	John F Kennedy Middle Sch	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	30%	34%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	906
#225	C-	Lincoln JR High School	Skokie	Skokie SD 69	30%	31%	Meets Expectations	578
#226	C-	Northwood Middle School	Woodstock	Woodstock CUSD 200	30%	35%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	626
#227	C-	Old Orchard JR High School	Skokie	Skokie SD 68	30%	33%	Meets Expectations	635
#228	C-	Prairie Grove Junior High School	Crystal Lake	Prairie Grove CSD 46	30%	45%	Underperforms Expectations	321
#229	C-	Reed Custer Middle School	Braidwood	Reed Custer CUSD 255U	30%	29%	Meets Expectations	287
#230	C-	Seneca Elem School South Campus	Seneca	Seneca CCSD 170	30%	33%	Meets Expectations	197
#231	C-	Spoon River Valley JR High Sch	London Mills	Spoon River Valley CUSD 4	30%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	50
#232	C-	Stratford Middle School	Bloomingdale	Ccsd 93	30%	32%	Meets Expectations	580
#233	C-	Carmi White Cnty JR High Sch	Carmi	Carmi-White County CUSD 5	29%	35%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	214
#234	C-	Central Middle School	Tinley Park	Ccsd 146	29%	41%	Underperforms Expectations	739
#235	C-	Geo T Wilkins JR High School	Justice	Indian Springs SD 109	29%	29%	Meets Expectations	497
#236	C-	Heineman Middle School	Algonquin	Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158	29%	37%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	751
#237	C-	Hester JR High School	Franklin Park	Franklin Park SD 84	29%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	446
#238	C-	Jay Stream Middle School	Carol Stream	Ccsd 93	29%	30%	Meets Expectations	505
#239	C-	Limestone Middle Sch	Kankakee	Herscher CUSD 2	29%	34%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	501
#240	C-	Minooka JR High School	Minooka	Minooka CCSD 201	29%	34%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,058
#241	C-	Algonquin Middle School	Algonquin	Cusd 300	28%	30%	Meets Expectations	399
#241	C-	Algonquin Middle School	Des Plaines	Ccsd 62	28%	28%	Meets Expectations	580
#243	C-	Anna Junior High School	Anna	Anna CCSD 37	28%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	238
#244	C-	Athens Junior High School	Athens	Athens CUSD 213	28%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	165
#245	C-	Carthage Middle School	Carthage	Carthage ESD 317	28%	29%	Meets Expectations	171
#246	C-	Central Middle School	Evergreen Park	Evergreen Park ESD 124	28%	30%	Meets Expectations	619
#247	C-	Elmwood Junior High School	Elmwood	Elmwood CUSD 322	28%	33%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	101
#248	C-	Floyd Henson JR High Sch	Flora	Flora CUSD 35	28%	28%	Meets Expectations	289
#249	C-	Glenwood Middle School	Chatham	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	28%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	753
#250	C-	Hinckley Big Rock Middle Sch	Big Rock	Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429	28%	32%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	152
#251	C-	Jackson Middle School	Villa Park	SD 45 DuPage County	28%	29%	Meets Expectations	647
#252	C-	James Hart School	Homewood	Homewood SD 153	28%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	711
#253	C-	Leroy Junior High School	Le Roy	LeRoy CUSD 2	28%	30%	Meets Expectations	126
#254	C-	Litchfield Middle School	Litchfield	Litchfield CUSD 12	28%	35%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	246
#255	C-	Marengo Comm Middle School	Marengo	Marengo-Union E Cons D 165	28%	34%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	307
#256	C-	Maroa Forsyth Middle School	Maroa	Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2	28%	35%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	260
#257	C-	Pontiac JR High School	Fairview Heights	Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105	28%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	206
#258	C-	Quincy JR High School	Quincy	Quincy SD 172	28%	29%	Meets Expectations	1,348
#259	C-	Salt Fork Junior High School	Sidell	Salt Fork CUSD 512	28%	23%	Exceeds Expectations	186
#260	C-	Southwestern Middle School	Piasa	Southwestern CUSD 9	28%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	189
#261	C-	Taylorville JR High School	Taylorville	Taylorville CUSD 3	28%	27%	Meets Expectations	683
#262	C-	Traughber JR High School	Oswego	Cusd 308	28%	45%	Underperforms Expectations	1,135
#263	C-	Wauconda Middle School	Wauconda	Wauconda CUSD 118	28%	34%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	529
#264	C-	Westchester Middle School	Westchester	Westchester SD 92-5	28%	29%	Meets Expectations	323
#265	C-	Williamsfield Middle School	Williamsfield	Williamsfield CUSD 210	28%	30%	Meets Expectations	74
#266	D+	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield	Springfield SD 186	27%	29%	Meets Expectations	713
#267	D+	Blackhawk Middle School	Bensenville	Bensenville SD 2	27%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	668
#268	D+	Fischer Middle School	Aurora	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	27%	31%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	927
#269	D+	Macomb Junior High School	Macomb	Macomb CUSD 185	27%	28%	Meets Expectations	308
#270	D+	Parkside JR High School	Normal	McLean County USD 5	27%	33%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	641
#271	D+	Watseka Junior High School	Watseka	Iroquois County CUSD 9	27%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	201
#272	D+	Bismarck Henning JR High School	Bismarck	Bismarck Henning CUSD	26%	28%	Meets Expectations	249
#273	D+	Edison Middle School	Champaign	Champaign CUSD 4	26%	25%	Meets Expectations	699
#274	D+	Evans Junior High School	Bloomington	McLean County USD 5	26%	33%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	742
#275	D+	Friendship JR High School	Des Plaines	Comm Cons SD 59	26%	30%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	617
#276	D+	Glenside Middle School	Glendale Heights	Queen Bee SD 16	26%	28%	Meets Expectations	773
#277	D+	Herrin Middle School	Herrin	Herrin CUSD 4	26%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	507
#278	D+	Lincoln Hall Middle School	Lincolnwood	Lincolnwood SD 74	26%	36%	Underperforms Expectations	412
#279	D+	Olympia Middle School	Stanford	Olympia CUSD 16	26%	29%	Meets Expectations	386
#280	D+	Rockridge JR High School	Taylor Ridge	Rockridge CUSD 300	26%	41%	Underperforms Expectations	233
#281	D+	Sandwich Middle School	Sandwich	Sandwich CUSD 430	26%	28%	Meets Expectations	438
#282	D+	Alden Hebron Middle School	Hebron	Alden Hebron SD 19	25%	26%	Meets Expectations	87
#283	D+	Aux Sable Middle Sch	Joliet	Plainfield SD 202	25%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	855
#284	D+	Calumet Elem School	Calumet Park	Calumet Public SD 132	25%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	310
#285	D+	Carl Sandburg JR High School	Rolling Meadows	Palatine CCSD 15	25%	31%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	470
#286	D+	Churchville Middle School	Elmhurst	Elmhurst SD 205	25%	31%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	486
#287	D+	Coolidge Junior High Sch	Granite City	Granite City CUSD 9	25%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	871
#288	D+	Fieldcrest Middle School	Wenona	Fieldcrest CUSD 6	25%	27%	Meets Expectations	195
#289	D+	Fred Rodgers Magnet	Aurora	Aurora East USD 131	25%	36%	Underperforms Expectations	277
#290	D+	Galatia JR High	Galatia	Galatia CUSD 1	25%	23%	Exceeds Expectations	89
#291	D+	Greenville JR High School	Greenville	Bond County CUSD 2	25%	24%	Meets Expectations	300
#292	D+	Herrick Middle School	Downers Grove	Downers Grove GSD 58	25%	46%	Underperforms Expectations	666
#293	D+	Holmes JR High School	Mount Prospect	Comm Cons SD 59	25%	28%	Meets Expectations	454
#294	D+	Illini Bluffs Middle School	Glasford	Illini Bluffs CUSD 327	25%	27%	Meets Expectations	205
#295	D+	Irving Middle School	Maywood	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	25%	18%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	541
#296	D+	John E Albright Middle School	Villa Park	Salt Creek SD 48	25%	38%	Underperforms Expectations	197
#297	D+	Johnsburg JR High School	Johnsburg	Johnsburg CUSD 12	25%	32%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	344
#298	D+	Kaneland Harter Middle School	Sugar Grove	Kaneland CUSD 302	25%	40%	Underperforms Expectations	894
#299	D+	Kingsley JR High School	Normal	McLean County USD 5	25%	31%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	753
#300	D+	Midwest Central Middle School	Green Valley	Midwest Central CUSD 191	25%	24%	Meets Expectations	181
#301	D+	North Ridge Middle School	Danville	Danville CCSD 118	25%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	685
#302	D+	O Neill Middle School	Downers Grove	Downers Grove GSD 58	25%	35%	Underperforms Expectations	433
#303	D+	Peter J Palombi School	Lake Villa	Lake Villa CCSD 41	25%	36%	Underperforms Expectations	837
#304	D+	Prairie JR High School	Alsip	Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126	25%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	336
#305	D+	Schrum Memorial School	Calumet City	Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157	25%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	277
#306	D+	Serena Middle School	Serena	Serena CUSD 2	25%	35%	Underperforms Expectations	186
#307	D+	Shabbona Middle School	Morris	Morris SD 54	25%	26%	Meets Expectations	327
#308	D+	Staunton JR High School	Staunton	Staunton CUSD 6	25%	26%	Meets Expectations	243
#309	D+	Thompson JR High School	Oswego	Cusd 308	25%	32%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	840
#310	D+	Tri City JR High School	Buffalo	Tri City CUSD 1	25%	27%	Meets Expectations	113
#311	D+	Veterans Memorial Middle Sch	Blue Island	Cook County SD 130	25%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	370
#312	D+	Washington Junior High	Riverdale	Dolton SD 148	25%	12%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	131
#313	D+	Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	Bethalto	Bethalto CUSD 8	25%	26%	Meets Expectations	531
#314	D+	Wood Dale JR High School	Wood Dale	Wood Dale SD 7	25%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	294
#315	D+	Beecher Junior High School	Beecher	Beecher CUSD 200U	24%	27%	Meets Expectations	246
#316	D+	Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	Bourbonnais	Bourbonnais SD 53	24%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	499
#317	D+	Jack Hille Middle School	Oak Forest	Forest Ridge SD 142	24%	31%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	528
#318	D+	Meridian Middle School	Macon	Meridian CUSD 15	24%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	207
#319	D+	Morrison JR High School	Morrison	Morrison CUSD 6	24%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	220
#320	D+	Richland County Middle School	Olney	Richland County CUSD 1	24%	26%	Meets Expectations	472
#321	D	Marion JR High School	Marion	Marion CUSD 2	24%	25%	Meets Expectations	726
#322	D	Shepherd Middle School	Ottawa	Ottawa ESD 141	24%	26%	Meets Expectations	389
#323	D	Timber Ridge Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	24%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	878
#324	D	Washington JR High And Academy Prgm	Joliet	Joliet PSD 86	24%	18%	Exceeds Expectations	774
#325	D	Brown County Middle School	Mount Sterling	Brown County CUSD 1	23%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	206
#326	D	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Mundelein	Mundelein ESD 75	23%	33%	Underperforms Expectations	539
#327	D	Chrisman Scottland JR High School	Chrisman	Edgar County CUD 6	23%	22%	Meets Expectations	69
#328	D	Cuba Middle School	Cuba	CUSD 3 Fulton County	23%	19%	Exceeds Expectations	87
#329	D	Drauden Point Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	23%	37%	Underperforms Expectations	688
#330	D	Eldorado Middle School	Eldorado	Eldorado CUSD 4	23%	23%	Meets Expectations	231
#331	D	Gallatin Junior High School	Junction	Gallatin CUSD 7	23%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	201
#332	D	Indian Creek Middle School	Waterman	Indian Creek CUSD 425	23%	33%	Underperforms Expectations	206
#333	D	Iroquois West Middle School	Onarga	Iroquois West CUSD 10	23%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	197
#334	D	Jack London Middle School	Wheeling	Wheeling CCSD 21	23%	24%	Meets Expectations	596
#335	D	Mchenry Middle School	Mchenry	McHenry CCSD 15	23%	27%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	696
#336	D	Parkside Middle School	Peru	Peru ESD 124	23%	23%	Meets Expectations	368
#337	D	Plank Junior High	Oswego	Cusd 308	23%	37%	Underperforms Expectations	624
#338	D	River Ridge Middle School	Hanover	River Ridge CUSD 210	23%	36%	Underperforms Expectations	105
#339	D	Sycamore Middle School	Sycamore	Sycamore CUSD 427	23%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	822
#340	D	Tefft Middle School	Streamwood	Sd U-46	23%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	730
#341	D	Big Hollow Middle School	Ingleside	Big Hollow SD 38	22%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	803
#342	D	Elm Middle School	Elmwood Park	Elmwood Park CUSD 401	22%	23%	Meets Expectations	660
#343	D	Hampshire Middle School	Hampshire	Cusd 300	22%	36%	Underperforms Expectations	795
#344	D	Heritage Middle School	Berwyn	Berwyn South SD 100	22%	23%	Meets Expectations	490
#345	D	Lincoln Middle School	Schiller Park	Schiller Park SD 81	22%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	457
#346	D	Logan JR High School	Princeton	Princeton ESD 115	22%	25%	Meets Expectations	424
#347	D	Mercer County JR High School	Aledo	Mercer County School District 404	22%	23%	Meets Expectations	299
#348	D	Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	22%	36%	Underperforms Expectations	379
#349	D	Carlyle Junior High School	Carlyle	Carlyle CUSD 1	21%	23%	Meets Expectations	296
#350	D	Central JR High School	Belleville	Belleville SD 118	21%	21%	Meets Expectations	366
#351	D	Effingham Junior High School	Effingham	Effingham CUSD 40	21%	43%	Underperforms Expectations	522
#352	D	Ingersoll Middle School	Canton	Canton Union SD 66	21%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	645
#353	D	Jefferson Middle School	Villa Park	SD 45 DuPage County	21%	23%	Meets Expectations	421
#354	D	Larsen Middle School	Elgin	Sd U-46	21%	22%	Meets Expectations	611
#355	D	Marquardt Middle School	Glendale Heights	Marquardt SD 15	21%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	806
#356	D	Matthews Middle School	Island Lake	Wauconda CUSD 118	21%	34%	Underperforms Expectations	510
#357	D	Mattoon Middle School	Mattoon	Mattoon CUSD 2	21%	21%	Meets Expectations	645
#358	D	Oak Lawn Hometown Middle Sch	Oak Lawn	Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	21%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,121
#359	D	Okaw Valley Middle School	Findlay	Okaw Valley CUSD 302	21%	22%	Meets Expectations	115
#360	D	Pana JR High School	Pana	Pana CUSD 8	21%	22%	Meets Expectations	264
#361	D	Roxana Junior High School	Roxana	Roxana CUSD 1	21%	26%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	368
#362	D	South Beloit JR High School	South Beloit	County of Winnebago SD 320	21%	20%	Meets Expectations	144
#363	D	Warrensburg Latham Middle Sch	Warrensburg	Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11	21%	23%	Meets Expectations	225
#364	D	Albany Park Multicultural Elem	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	20%	16%	Exceeds Expectations	222
#365	D	Cisne Middle School	Cisne	North Wayne CUSD 200	20%	26%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	103
#366	D	Edison Junior High School	Pekin	Pekin PSD 108	20%	19%	Meets Expectations	312
#367	D	Franklin Middle School	Champaign	Champaign CUSD 4	20%	22%	Meets Expectations	677
#368	D	Hamlin Upper Grade Center	Alsip	Atwood Heights SD 125	20%	22%	Meets Expectations	174
#369	D	John L Nash Middle School	Clifton	Central CUSD 4	20%	26%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	291
#370	D	Lincoln Middle School	Berwyn	Berwyn North SD 98	20%	16%	Exceeds Expectations	807
#371	D	Mazon Verona Kinsman Middle Sch	Mazon	Mazon-Verona-Kinsman ESD 2C	20%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	145
#372	D	Mt Carmel Junior High School	Mount Carmel	Wabash CUSD 348	20%	21%	Meets Expectations	202
#373	D	North Boone Middle School	Poplar Grove	North Boone CUSD 200	20%	22%	Meets Expectations	242
#374	D	River Bend Middle School	Fulton	River Bend CUSD 2	20%	21%	Meets Expectations	213
#375	D	Rock Falls Middle School	Rock Falls	Rock Falls ESD 13	20%	19%	Meets Expectations	241
#376	D	Western JR High School	Kinderhook	Western CUSD 12	20%	18%	Exceeds Expectations	160
#377	D	Worth JR High School	Worth	Worth SD 127	20%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	346
#378	D	Freedom Middle School	Berwyn	Berwyn South SD 100	19%	14%	Exceeds Expectations	494
#379	D-	East Prairie Middle School	Tuscola	Tuscola CUSD 301	19%	32%	Underperforms Expectations	285
#380	D-	Havana JR High School	Havana	Havana CUSD 126	19%	22%	Meets Expectations	315
#381	D-	Hubert H Humphrey Middle School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	19%	18%	Meets Expectations	690
#382	D-	John R Lewis Middle School	Waukegan	Waukegan CUSD 60	19%	12%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	774
#383	D-	Parker Junior High School	Flossmoor	Flossmoor SD 161	19%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	858
#384	D-	Burr Ridge Middle School	Burr Ridge	Ccsd 180	18%	21%	Meets Expectations	204
#385	D-	Cumberland Middle School	Toledo	Cumberland CUSD 77	18%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	288
#386	D-	Gavin South Middle School	Ingleside	Gavin SD 37	18%	29%	Underperforms Expectations	297
#387	D-	Geneseo Middle School	Geneseo	Geneseo CUSD 228	18%	36%	Underperforms Expectations	591
#388	D-	Gillespie Middle School	Gillespie	Gillespie CUSD 7	18%	21%	Meets Expectations	248
#389	D-	Harrisburg Middle School	Harrisburg	Harrisburg CUSD 3	18%	22%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	331
#390	D-	Heritage Middle School	Lansing	Sunnybrook SD 171	18%	19%	Meets Expectations	470
#391	D-	Jacksonville Middle School	Jacksonville	Jacksonville SD 117	18%	20%	Meets Expectations	718
#392	D-	Liberty Leadership Middle School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	18%	20%	Meets Expectations	268
#393	D-	Mannheim Middle School	Melrose Park	Mannheim SD 83	18%	17%	Meets Expectations	833
#394	D-	New Berlin JR High School	New Berlin	New Berlin CUSD 16	18%	29%	Underperforms Expectations	175
#395	D-	O W Huth Middle School	Matteson	Matteson ESD 162	18%	20%	Meets Expectations	454
#396	D-	Parkland School	Mchenry	McHenry CCSD 15	18%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	680
#397	D-	Parkview JR High School	Creve Coeur	Creve Coeur SD 76	18%	19%	Meets Expectations	228
#397	D-	Parkview JR High School	Lawrenceville	Lawrence County CUD 20	18%	20%	Meets Expectations	235
#399	D-	Plt Middle School	Prophetstown	Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico CUSD3	18%	20%	Meets Expectations	168
#400	D-	Rochelle Middle School	Rochelle	Rochelle CCSD 231	18%	18%	Meets Expectations	474
#401	D-	Simmons Middle School	Oak Lawn	Ridgeland SD 122	18%	22%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	751
#402	D-	Spring Garden Middle School	Ina	Spring Garden CCSD 178	18%	21%	Meets Expectations	86
#403	D-	Trico JR High School	Campbell Hill	Trico CUSD 176	18%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	168
#404	D-	Valmeyer JR High	Valmeyer	Valmeyer CUSD 3	18%	29%	Underperforms Expectations	86
#405	D-	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Moline	Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40	18%	19%	Meets Expectations	829
#406	D-	Auburn JR High At Divernon	Divernon	Auburn CUSD 10	17%	20%	Meets Expectations	241
#407	D-	Benton Grade Sch 5 8	Benton	Benton CCSD 47	17%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	458
#408	D-	Challand Middle School	Sterling	Sterling CUSD 5	17%	18%	Meets Expectations	710
#409	D-	Chicago Heights Middle School	Chicago Hts	Chicago Heights SD 170	17%	14%	Exceeds Expectations	940
#410	D-	Clinton JR High School	Clinton	Clinton CUSD 15	17%	22%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	370
#411	D-	East Alton Middle School	East Alton	East Alton SD 13	17%	19%	Meets Expectations	191
#412	D-	Elden D Finley JR High School	Chicago Ridge	Chicago Ridge SD 127-5	17%	20%	Meets Expectations	400
#413	D-	Herget Middle School	Aurora	Aurora West USD 129	17%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	584
#414	D-	Indian Trail JR High School	Addison	Addison SD 4	17%	18%	Meets Expectations	1,199
#415	D-	Northbrook School	Mendota	Mendota CCSD 289	17%	17%	Meets Expectations	508
#416	D-	Northlake Middle School	Northlake	Berkeley SD 87	17%	18%	Meets Expectations	379
#417	D-	Sullivan Middle School	Sullivan	Sullivan CUSD 300	17%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	334
#418	D-	Washington Middle School	Aurora	Aurora West USD 129	17%	22%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	657
#419	D-	West Carroll Middle School	Mount Carroll	West Carroll CUSD 314	17%	19%	Meets Expectations	193
#420	D-	West JR High School	Belleville	Belleville SD 118	17%	19%	Meets Expectations	422
#421	D-	Amboy JR High School	Amboy	Amboy CUSD 272	16%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	210
#422	D-	Bloomington JR High School	Bloomington	Bloomington SD 87	16%	18%	Meets Expectations	1,006
#423	D-	Bluffs Junior High School	Bluffs	Scott-Morgan CUSD 2	16%	17%	Meets Expectations	38
#424	D-	Bradford JR High School	Bradford	Bradford CUSD 1	16%	19%	Meets Expectations	44
#425	D-	Broadmoor Junior High School	Pekin	Pekin PSD 108	16%	28%	Underperforms Expectations	354
#426	D-	Canton Middle School	Streamwood	Sd U-46	16%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	548
#427	D-	Central Junior High	Kewanee	Kewanee CUSD 229	16%	19%	Meets Expectations	250
#428	D-	Harlem Middle School	Loves Park	Harlem UD 122	16%	18%	Meets Expectations	957
#429	D-	Reagan Middle School	Dixon	Dixon USD 170	16%	35%	Underperforms Expectations	551
#430	D-	Spring Wood Middle School	Hanover Park	Keeneyville SD 20	16%	25%	Underperforms Expectations	450
#431	D-	V I T JR High School	Table Grove	V I T Cusd 2	16%	16%	Meets Expectations	71
#432	D-	Washington JR High School	Rock Island	Rock Island SD 41	16%	17%	Meets Expectations	484
#433	D-	Whiteside Middle School	Belleville	Whiteside SD 115	16%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	496
#434	D-	Winston Campus JR High	Palatine	Palatine CCSD 15	16%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	591
#435	D-	Arbor Park Middle School	Oak Forest	Arbor Park SD 145	15%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	486
#436	D-	Argenta Oreana Middle School	Argenta	Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1	15%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	199
#437	D-	Central JR High School	East Peoria	East Peoria SD 86	15%	22%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	462
#438	D-	Central Junior High School	Camp Point	Central CUSD 3	15%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	246
#439	D-	Cobden JR High School	Cobden	Cobden SUD 17	15%	17%	Meets Expectations	93
#440	D-	Collinsville Middle School	Collinsville	Collinsville CUSD 10	15%	18%	Meets Expectations	950
#441	D-	Durand JR High School	Durand	Durand CUSD 322	15%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	79
#442	D-	Evergreen Academy Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	15%	13%	Exceeds Expectations	204
#443	D-	Grove JR High School	Elk Grove Village	Comm Cons SD 59	15%	25%	Underperforms Expectations	791
#444	D-	Liberty Junior High School	Burbank	Burbank SD 111	15%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,190
#445	D-	Lincolnwood JR High School	Raymond	Panhandle CUSD 2	15%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	97
#446	D-	Macarthur Middle School	Berkeley	Berkeley SD 87	15%	18%	Meets Expectations	452
#447	D-	Magee Middle School	Round Lake	Round Lake CUSD 116	15%	17%	Meets Expectations	673
#448	D-	Memorial JR High School	Lansing	Lansing SD 158	15%	14%	Meets Expectations	860
#449	D-	North Mac Middle School	Girard	North Mac CUSD 34	15%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	234
#450	D-	North Prairie JR High	Winthrop Harbor	Winthrop Harbor SD 1	15%	24%	Underperforms Expectations	256
#451	D-	Sesser Valier JR High School	Sesser	Sesser-Valier CUSD 196	15%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	135
#452	D-	South Central Middle School	Kinmundy	South Central CUD 401	15%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	144
#453	D-	West Oak Middle School	Mundelein	Diamond Lake SD 76	15%	25%	Underperforms Expectations	302
#454	D-	Central JR High School	West Frankfort	Frankfort CUSD 168	14%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	219
#455	D-	Charleston Middle School	Charleston	Charleston CUSD 1	14%	22%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	399
#456	D-	Du Quoin Middle School	Du Quoin	Du Quoin CUSD 300	14%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	398
#457	D-	Edison JR High School	Rock Island	Rock Island SD 41	14%	15%	Meets Expectations	422
#458	D-	Grant Middle School	Fairview Heights	Grant CCSD 110	14%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	235
#459	D-	Huntley Middle School	Dekalb	DeKalb CUSD 428	14%	17%	Meets Expectations	934
#460	D-	Jefferson Middle School	Aurora	Aurora West USD 129	14%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	584
#460	D-	Jefferson Middle School	Champaign	Champaign CUSD 4	14%	24%	Underperforms Expectations	738
#462	D-	Riverton Middle School	Riverton	Riverton CUSD 14	14%	26%	Underperforms Expectations	371
#463	D-	Abingdon Avon Middle Sch	Avon	Abingdon-Avon CUSD 276	13%	15%	Meets Expectations	200
#464	D-	Belvidere Central Middle School	Belvidere	Belvidere CUSD 100	13%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	897
#465	D-	Bradley Central Middle School	Bradley	Bradley SD 61	13%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	407
#466	D-	Crete Monee Middle School University	Park	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	13%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	965
#467	D-	Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	13%	32%	Underperforms Expectations	961
#468	D-	Emge Junior High School	Belleville	Harmony Emge SD 175	13%	22%	Underperforms Expectations	184
#469	D-	Mary Miller Junior High School	Georgetown	Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4	13%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	196
#470	D-	Mulberry Grove JR High School	Mulberry Grove	Mulberry Grove CUSD 1	13%	26%	Underperforms Expectations	78
#471	D-	Sangamon Valley Middle School	Illiopolis	Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	13%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	150
#472	D-	Unity Middle School	Mendon	Cusd 4	13%	23%	Underperforms Expectations	184
#473	D-	Viking School	Gurnee	Gurnee SD 56	13%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	527
#474	F	Brookwood JR High School	Glenwood	Brookwood SD 167	13%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	241
#475	F	Delavan JR High School	Delavan	Delavan CUSD 703	13%	16%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	68
#476	F	Mark W Bills Middle School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	13%	14%	Meets Expectations	262
#477	F	Momence JR High School	Momence	Momence CUSD 1	13%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	344
#478	F	Putnam County JR High School	Mc Nabb	Putnam County CUSD 535	13%	23%	Underperforms Expectations	162
#479	F	Stark County Junior High School	Toulon	Stark County CUSD 100	13%	15%	Meets Expectations	148
#480	F	Washington Elem School	Oglesby	Oglesby ESD 125	13%	15%	Meets Expectations	134
#481	F	Zeigler Royalton JR High School	Zeigler	Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188	13%	14%	Meets Expectations	114
#482	F	Beach Park Middle School	Beach Park	Beach Park CCSD 3	12%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	730
#483	F	Clinton Rosette Middle School	Dekalb	DeKalb CUSD 428	12%	15%	Meets Expectations	615
#484	F	Columbia Central School	Steger	Steger SD 194	12%	15%	Meets Expectations	616
#485	F	Glenview Middle School	East Moline	East Moline SD 37	12%	25%	Underperforms Expectations	1,150
#486	F	John Deere Middle School	Moline	Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40	12%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	755
#487	F	Leman Middle School	West Chicago	West Chicago ESD 33	12%	31%	Underperforms Expectations	1,124
#488	F	Oliver W Holmes Middle School	Wheeling	Wheeling CCSD 21	12%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	613
#489	F	Richardson Middle School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	12%	12%	Meets Expectations	934
#490	F	Stanton School	Fox Lake	Fox Lake GSD 114	12%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	290
#491	F	Wentworth JR High School	Calumet City	Calumet City SD 155	12%	13%	Meets Expectations	311
#492	F	Alton Middle School	Alton	Alton CUSD 11	11%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,241
#493	F	Astoria Junior High School	Astoria	Astoria CUSD 1	11%	13%	Meets Expectations	67
#494	F	Central A And M Middle School	Assumption	Central A & M CUD 21	11%	15%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	168
#495	F	Edith M Smith Middle School	Waukegan	Waukegan CUSD 60	11%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	503
#496	F	Hufford Junior High School	Joliet	Joliet PSD 86	11%	14%	Meets Expectations	1,151
#497	F	Illini Central Middle School	Mason City	Illini Central CUSD 189	11%	13%	Meets Expectations	142
#498	F	Jack Benny Middle School	Waukegan	Waukegan CUSD 60	11%	13%	Meets Expectations	529
#499	F	Joseph Arthur Middle School	O Fallon	Central SD 104	11%	33%	Underperforms Expectations	234
#500	F	Lewis Clark JR High School	Wood River	Wood River-Hartford ESD 15	11%	14%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	195

How Illinois's middle schools compare

A: 36B: 101C: 128D: 208F: 118

23% of the 591 ranked middle schools in Illinois earn an A or B (36 A grades, 101 B, 128 C, 208 D, 118 F), against 47% of middle schools nationwide. 321 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (54% here, 71% nationally), and 126 exceed it. On average 27% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 30% (national averages: 39% actual, 38% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Thurgood Marshall School (82% against 42%, A+), Donovan JR High School (45% against 18%, B), Reservoir Gifted School (81% against 56%, A+), Lincoln Magnet School (47% against 22%, B), H H Conrady JR High School (55% against 35%, A-).

Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 148): Indian Prairie CUSD 204 (6), Naperville CUSD 203 (5), Schaumburg CCSD 54 (4), Dunlap CUSD 323 (2).

Cities with the most ranked middle schools: Aurora (11, 1 at A or B), Chicago (10, 0 at A or B), Naperville (8, 8 at A or B), Plainfield (8, 2 at A or B), Rockford (7, 1 at A or B).

The largest ranked middle schools: Unity JR High School (2,054 students, F, #542), Woodland Middle School (1,668 students, F, #520), Wredling Middle School (1,375 students, B+, #62).

Middle schools in Illinois that are not ranked

24 graded middle schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.

Very small schools (1)

Schools with fewer than 30 students have grades that swing on a handful of test results.

F Deland Weldon Middle School, Weldon

Closed schools (2)

NCES lists these schools as closed or inactive since their last graded year.

B- Galena Middle School, Galena
D- United JR High Sch, Monmouth

Not yet graded (21)

Too little test data to grade.

Bushnell Prairie City JR High Sch, Bushnell
Cissna Park JR High School, Cissna Park
Coulterville Junior High School, Coulterville
Everett F Kerr Middle School, Blue Island
Golf Middle School, Morton Grove
Heritage Middle School, Summit
Highlands Middle School, La Grange Highlands
Lincoln Junior High School, Dolton
Lovejoy Middle School, Lovejoy
Mcclure JR High School, Western Springs
Michelle Obama Sch Of Technology, Park Forest
Nathan Hale Middle School, Crestwood
Peotone JR High School, Peotone
Plano Middle School, Plano
Rochester JR High School, Rochester
Roosevelt Junior High School, Dolton
Roosevelt Middle School, Bellwood
Rosa L Parks Middle School, Dixmoor
Shiloh Park Middle School, Zion
Stevenson Middle School, Melrose Park
Wirthparks Middle School, Cahokia

About this ranking

Scope: every public middle school in Illinois.
Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the middle schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works

Questions about middle schools in Illinois

What is the best middle school in Illinois?

Thurgood Marshall School in Rockford ranks first among the 591 ranked middle schools in Illinois with a SchoolGrade of A+, 82% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 42%.

How are middle schools in Illinois ranked?

By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.

How many middle schools does Illinois have?

SchoolGrade grades 615 public middle schools in Illinois; 591 are ranked here and 24 are listed as not ranked.