Best Middle Schools in Illinois (2025-26)

Ranked middle schools

613

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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 613

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1	A+	Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	96%	69%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	482
#2	A+	Reservoir Gifted School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	92%	66%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	277
#3	A+	Butler Junior High School	Oak Brook	Butler SD 53	88%	66%	Exceeds Expectations	190
#4	A+	Daniel Wright JR High School	Lincolnshire	Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103	87%	70%	Meets Expectations	764
#5	A+	Maple School	Northbrook	Northbrook/Glenview SD 30	87%	66%	Exceeds Expectations	414
#6	A+	Hickory Creek Middle School	Frankfort	Frankfort CCSD 157C	86%	50%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	910
#7	A+	Wood Oaks JR High School	Northbrook	Northbrook ESD 27	86%	67%	Meets Expectations	475
#8	A+	Kennedy Junior High School	Lisle	Naperville CUSD 203	85%	57%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	931
#9	A+	Northbrook Junior High School	Northbrook	Northbrook SD 28	85%	64%	Exceeds Expectations	631
#10	A+	Bradford JR High School	Bradford	Bradford CUSD 1	84%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	44
#11	A+	Clarendon Hills Middle School	Clarendon Hills	Hinsdale CCSD 181	84%	66%	Meets Expectations	540
#12	A+	Deer Path Middle Sch West	Lake Forest	Lake Forest SD 67	84%	60%	Exceeds Expectations	402
#13	A+	Marie Murphy School	Wilmette	Avoca SD 37	84%	57%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	276
#14	A+	Central School	Glencoe	Glencoe SD 35	81%	68%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	568
#15	A+	Charles J Caruso Middle School	Deerfield	Deerfield SD 109	80%	52%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	445
#16	A+	Germantown Hills Middle School	Germantown Hills	Germantown Hills SD 69	80%	53%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	373
#17	A+	Carleton W Washburne School	Winnetka	Winnetka SD 36	79%	66%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	381
#18	A+	Gordon Gregory Middle School	Naperville	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	79%	58%	Exceeds Expectations	821
#19	A+	Hinsdale Middle School	Hinsdale	Hinsdale CCSD 181	79%	68%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	751
#20	A+	Lake Zurich Middle S Campus	Lake Zurich	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	79%	50%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	599
#21	A+	Sandburg Middle School	Elmhurst	Elmhurst SD 205	79%	43%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	618
#22	A+	F E Peacock Middle School	Itasca	Itasca SD 10	78%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	333
#23	A+	Twin Groves Middle School	Buffalo Grove	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	78%	62%	Meets Expectations	622
#24	A+	Wilmette Junior High School	Wilmette	Wilmette SD 39	78%	62%	Meets Expectations	798
#25	A+	H H Conrady JR High School	Hickory Hills	North Palos SD 117	77%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,113
#26	A+	Pleasantdale Middle Sch	Burr Ridge	Pleasantdale SD 107	77%	55%	Exceeds Expectations	342
#27	A+	Roselle Middle School	Roselle	Roselle SD 12	77%	38%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	242
#28	A+	Scullen Middle School	Naperville	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	77%	61%	Meets Expectations	935
#29	A+	Westfield Middle School	Bloomingdale	Bloomingdale SD 13	77%	51%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	484
#30	A+	Woodlawn Middle School	Long Grove	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	77%	62%	Meets Expectations	670
#31	A+	Alan B Shepard Middle School	Deerfield	Deerfield SD 109	76%	53%	Exceeds Expectations	460
#32	A+	Bryan Middle School	Elmhurst	Elmhurst SD 205	76%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	707
#33	A+	Clifford Crone Middle School	Naperville	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	76%	57%	Meets Expectations	838
#34	A+	Hadley Junior High School	Glen Ellyn	Glen Ellyn SD 41	76%	45%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,148
#35	A+	Mcclure JR High School	Western Springs	Western Springs SD 101	76%	54%	Exceeds Expectations	455
#36	A+	Barrington Mdle Sch Prairie Cmps	Barrington	Barrington CUSD 220	75%	43%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	976
#37	A+	Dunlap Middle School	Dunlap	Dunlap CUSD 323	75%	64%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	544
#38	A+	Herrick Middle School	Downers Grove	Downers Grove GSD 58	75%	37%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	666
#39	A+	Highlands Middle School	La Grange Highlands	LaGrange Highlands SD 106	75%	56%	Meets Expectations	426
#40	A+	L J Hauser JR High School	Riverside	Riverside SD 96	75%	44%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	562
#41	A+	Old Quarry Middle Sch	Lemont	Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A	75%	48%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	819
#42	A+	Roosevelt School	River Forest	River Forest SD 90	75%	53%	Exceeds Expectations	681
#43	A+	Columbia Middle School	Columbia	Columbia CUSD 4	74%	55%	Meets Expectations	608
#44	A+	Lincoln JR High School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	74%	48%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	766
#45	A+	Palos South Middle School	Palos Park	Palos CCSD 118	74%	45%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	701
#46	A+	Homer JR High School	Homer Glen	Homer CCSD 33C	73%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	843
#47	A+	Morton JR High School	Morton	Morton CUSD 709	73%	41%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	485
#48	A+	Teutopolis Junior High School	Teutopolis	Teutopolis CUSD 50	73%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	178
#49	A+	Thomas Middle School	Arlington Heights	Arlington Heights SD 25	73%	52%	Exceeds Expectations	961
#50	A	Franklin Middle School	Wheaton	Cusd 200	73%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	575
#51	A	Geneva Middle Sch North	Geneva	Geneva CUSD 304	73%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	607
#52	A	Aptakisic Junior High School	Buffalo Grove	Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102	72%	63%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	883
#53	A	Edgewood Middle School	Highland Park	North Shore SD 112	72%	52%	Meets Expectations	739
#54	A	Emerson Middle School	Niles	Park Ridge CCSD 64	72%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	880
#55	A	Lake Bluff Middle School	Lake Bluff	Lake Bluff ESD 65	72%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	288
#56	A	Lincoln Middle School	Park Ridge	Park Ridge CCSD 64	72%	54%	Meets Expectations	757
#57	A	Madison JR High School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	72%	53%	Meets Expectations	546
#58	A	Wredling Middle School	Saint Charles	St Charles CUSD 303	72%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,375
#59	A	Fred Rodgers Magnet	Aurora	Aurora East USD 131	71%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	277
#60	A	Independence JR High School	Palos Heights	Palos Heights SD 128	71%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	224
#61	A	Park Junior High School	La Grange Park	La Grange SD 102	71%	41%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	694
#62	A	Prairie Knolls Middle Sch	Elgin	Central CUSD 301	71%	48%	Exceeds Expectations	799
#63	A	Attea Middle School	Glenview	Glenview CCSD 34	70%	49%	Exceeds Expectations	780
#64	A	Central Intermediate Sch	Washington	Central SD 51	70%	54%	Meets Expectations	735
#65	A	Field School	Northbrook	West Northfield SD 31	70%	59%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	309
#66	A	Gower Middle School	Burr Ridge	Gower SD 62	70%	43%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	374
#67	A	Lake Zurich Middle N Campus	Hawthorn Woods	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	70%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	704
#68	A	Springman Middle School	Glenview	Glenview CCSD 34	70%	49%	Exceeds Expectations	784
#69	A	Washington JR High School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	70%	50%	Meets Expectations	558
#70	A	Central Middle School	Burlington	Central CUSD 301	69%	46%	Exceeds Expectations	406
#71	A	Donovan JR High School	Donovan	Donovan CUSD 3	69%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	59
#72	A	Fulton JR High School	O Fallon	O Fallon CCSD 90	69%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	649
#73	A	Highland Middle School	Libertyville	Libertyville SD 70	69%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	755
#74	A	Lakeview JR High School	Downers Grove	Center Cass SD 66	69%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	378
#75	A	St Joseph Middle School	Saint Joseph	St Joseph CCSD 169	69%	49%	Meets Expectations	346
#76	A	Thompson Middle School	Saint Charles	St Charles CUSD 303	69%	41%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,267
#77	A	Williamsville JR High School	Williamsville	Williamsville CUSD 15	69%	38%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	473
#78	A	Heritage Grove Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	68%	47%	Exceeds Expectations	866
#79	A	Lexington JR High School	Lexington	Lexington CUSD 7	68%	36%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	113
#80	A	Macarthur Middle School	Prospect Heights	Prospect Heights SD 23	68%	48%	Exceeds Expectations	492
#81	A	Mahomet Seymour JR High School	Mahomet	Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3	68%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	810
#82	A	Margaret Mead Jhs	Elk Grove Village	Schaumburg CCSD 54	68%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	671
#83	A	Monroe Middle School	Wheaton	Cusd 200	68%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	682
#84	A	Summit Hill Junior High School	Frankfort	Summit Hill SD 161	68%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	640
#85	A	Byron Middle School	Byron	Byron CUSD 226	67%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	350
#86	A	Coal City Middle School	Coal City	Coal City CUSD 1	67%	38%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	494
#87	A	Dunlap Valley Middle School	Dunlap	Dunlap CUSD 323	67%	48%	Meets Expectations	564
#88	A	Francis Granger Middle School	Aurora	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	67%	42%	Exceeds Expectations	1,021
#89	A	Lisle JR High School	Lisle	Lisle CUSD 202	67%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	318
#90	A	Mokena JR High School	Mokena	Mokena SD 159	67%	43%	Exceeds Expectations	499
#91	A	Oak Prairie JR High School	Homer Glen	Will County SD 92	67%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	452
#92	A	River Ridge Middle School	Hanover	River Ridge CUSD 210	67%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	105
#93	A	Somonauk Middle School	Somonauk	Somonauk CUSD 432	67%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	233
#94	A	South Middle School	Arlington Heights	Arlington Heights SD 25	67%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	850
#95	A	Washington Middle School	Washington	Washington SD 52	67%	42%	Exceeds Expectations	359
#96	A	Westmont JR High School	Westmont	Cusd 201	67%	30%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	301
#97	A	Willowbrook Middle School	South Beloit	Prairie Hill CCSD 133	67%	46%	Exceeds Expectations	296
#98	A	Eureka Middle School	Eureka	Eureka CUD 140	66%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	482
#99	A	Still Middle School	Aurora	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	66%	49%	Meets Expectations	642
#100	A-	Barrington Middle Sch Station	Barrington	Barrington CUSD 220	66%	41%	Exceeds Expectations	964
#101	A-	Edison Middle School	Wheaton	Cusd 200	66%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	674
#102	A-	Fremont JR Highmiddle School	Mundelein	Fremont SD 79	65%	40%	Exceeds Expectations	763
#103	A-	Jefferson JR High School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	65%	40%	Exceeds Expectations	817
#104	A-	Millburn Middle School	Lindenhurst	Millburn CCSD 24	65%	43%	Exceeds Expectations	394
#105	A-	Prairieview Ogden JR High Sch	Thomasboro	Prairieview-Ogden CCSD 197	65%	36%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	53
#106	A-	Bednarcik Junior High School	Aurora	Cusd 308	64%	36%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	571
#107	A-	Geneva Middle Sch South	Geneva	Geneva CUSD 304	64%	46%	Meets Expectations	593
#108	A-	Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield	Springfield SD 186	64%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	298
#109	A-	O Neill Middle School	Downers Grove	Downers Grove GSD 58	64%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	433
#110	A-	Plum Grove JR High School	Rolling Meadows	Palatine CCSD 15	64%	53%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	807
#111	A-	Century Junior High School	Orland Park	Orland SD 135	63%	39%	Exceeds Expectations	671
#112	A-	John E Albright Middle School	Villa Park	Salt Creek SD 48	63%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	197
#113	A-	Marlowe Middle School	Lake In The Hills	Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158	63%	40%	Exceeds Expectations	1,191
#114	A-	Nichols Middle School	Evanston	Evanston CCSD 65	63%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	650
#115	A-	Oliver Mccracken Middle School	Skokie	Skokie SD 73-5	63%	36%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	347
#116	A-	Waterloo Junior High School	Waterloo	Waterloo CUSD 5	63%	40%	Exceeds Expectations	619
#117	A-	Golf Middle School	Morton Grove	Golf ESD 67	62%	37%	Exceeds Expectations	310
#118	A-	Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School	Oak Park	Oak Park ESD 97	62%	36%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	958
#119	A-	Heineman Middle School	Algonquin	Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158	62%	37%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	751
#120	A-	Northwood Middle School	Highland Park	North Shore SD 112	62%	39%	Exceeds Expectations	478
#121	A-	Roscoe Middle School	Roscoe	Kinnikinnick CCSD 131	62%	36%	Exceeds Expectations	577
#122	A-	Tremont Middle School	Tremont	Tremont CUSD 702	62%	48%	Meets Expectations	306
#123	A-	Triad Middle School	Saint Jacob	Triad CUSD 2	62%	40%	Exceeds Expectations	901
#124	A-	East Dubuque JR High	East Dubuque	East Dubuque USD 119	61%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	89
#125	A-	New Athens JR High	New Athens	New Athens CUSD 60	61%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	109
#126	A-	Richard Ira Jones Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	61%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	837
#127	A-	Staunton JR High School	Staunton	Staunton CUSD 6	61%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	243
#128	A-	Stephen Mack Middle School	Rockton	Rockton SD 140	61%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	547
#129	A-	Thayer J Hill Middle School	Naperville	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	61%	39%	Exceeds Expectations	777
#130	A-	Virgil I Grissom Middle School	Tinley Park	Kirby SD 140	61%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	596
#131	A-	Channahon Junior High School	Channahon	Channahon SD 17	60%	37%	Exceeds Expectations	273
#132	A-	Farmington Central JR High Sch	Farmington	Farmington Central CUSD 265	60%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	262
#133	A-	Liberty Junior High School	New Lenox	New Lenox SD 122	60%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	593
#134	A-	Lincoln Hall Middle School	Lincolnwood	Lincolnwood SD 74	60%	43%	Meets Expectations	412
#135	A-	Lincoln Middle School	Mt Prospect	Mount Prospect SD 57	60%	41%	Meets Expectations	780
#136	A-	Mascoutah Middle School	Mascoutah	Mascoutah CUD 19	60%	36%	Exceeds Expectations	897
#137	A-	Pinckneyville Middle School	Pinckneyville	Pinckneyville SD 50	60%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	213
#138	A-	Roanoke Benson JR High School	Benson	Roanoke Benson CUSD 60	60%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	148
#139	A-	Thomas Jefferson JR High School	Woodridge	Woodridge SD 68	60%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	566
#140	A-	Wolf Branch Middle School	Swansea	Wolf Branch SD 113	60%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	339
#141	A-	Hawthorn Middle School North	Vernon Hills	Hawthorn CCSD 73	59%	45%	Meets Expectations	623
#142	A-	Prairie View Middle School	Tinley Park	Kirby SD 140	59%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	605
#143	B+	Alex M Martino JR High School	New Lenox	New Lenox SD 122	59%	39%	Exceeds Expectations	574
#144	B+	Amelia V Carriel JR High	O Fallon	O Fallon CCSD 90	59%	37%	Exceeds Expectations	676
#145	B+	Benjamin Middle School	West Chicago	Benjamin SD 25	59%	39%	Meets Expectations	250
#146	B+	Creekside Middle School	Woodstock	Woodstock CUSD 200	59%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	728
#147	B+	Eldorado Middle School	Eldorado	Eldorado CUSD 4	59%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	231
#148	B+	Helen Keller Jhs	Schaumburg	Schaumburg CCSD 54	59%	39%	Exceeds Expectations	560
#149	B+	Manhattan JR High School	Manhattan	Manhattan SD 114	59%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	570
#150	B+	Millbrook Junior High School	Newark	Newark CCSD 66	59%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	124
#151	B+	New Berlin JR High School	New Berlin	New Berlin CUSD 16	59%	33%	Exceeds Expectations	175
#152	B+	Westview Hills Middle School	Willowbrook	Maercker SD 60	59%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	444
#153	B+	Wm F Gurrie Middle School	La Grange	La Grange SD 105 South	59%	38%	Exceeds Expectations	288
#154	B+	Cass JR High School	Darien	Cass SD 63	58%	40%	Meets Expectations	324
#155	B+	Eastview Middle School	Bartlett	Sd U-46	58%	35%	Exceeds Expectations	725
#156	B+	Hubble Middle School	Warrenville	Cusd 200	58%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	714
#157	B+	Jerling Junior High School	Orland Park	Orland SD 135	58%	38%	Meets Expectations	637
#158	B+	Liberty Middle School	Edwardsville	Edwardsville CUSD 7	58%	43%	Meets Expectations	896
#159	B+	Murphy Junior High School	Plainfield	Cusd 308	58%	40%	Meets Expectations	713
#160	B+	Orion Middle School	Orion	Orion CUSD 223	58%	44%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	223
#161	B+	Peotone JR High School	Peotone	Peotone CUSD 207U	58%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	294
#162	B+	Percy Julian Middle School	Oak Park	Oak Park ESD 97	58%	39%	Meets Expectations	921
#163	B+	Sam Rotolo Middle Sch	Batavia	Batavia USD 101	58%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	1,142
#164	B+	Gcms Middle School	Gibson City	Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5	57%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	208
#165	B+	Haven Middle School	Evanston	Evanston CCSD 65	57%	38%	Meets Expectations	695
#166	B+	Marshall JR High School	Marshall	Marshall CUSD 2C	57%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	190
#167	B+	Massac JR High School	Metropolis	Massac UD 1	57%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	244
#168	B+	Park West School	Round Lake	Grayslake CCSD 46	57%	26%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	320
#169	B+	Carterville JR High Sch	Carterville	Carterville CUSD 5	56%	24%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	363
#170	B+	East Prairie Middle School	Tuscola	Tuscola CUSD 301	56%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	285
#171	B+	Highland Middle School	Highland	Highland CUSD 5	56%	37%	Meets Expectations	607
#172	B+	Lena Winslow JR High School	Lena	Lena Winslow CUSD 202	56%	36%	Exceeds Expectations	165
#173	B+	Robert Frost Jhs	Schaumburg	Schaumburg CCSD 54	56%	43%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	677
#174	B+	Warrensburg Latham Middle Sch	Warrensburg	Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11	56%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	225
#175	B+	West Prairie Junior High School	Sciota	West Prairie CUSD 103	56%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	99
#176	B+	Churchville Middle School	Elmhurst	Elmhurst SD 205	55%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	486
#177	B+	Epg Middle School	Gridley	El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11	55%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	381
#178	B+	Floyd Henson JR High Sch	Flora	Flora CUSD 35	55%	25%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	289
#179	B+	Geneseo Middle School	Geneseo	Geneseo CUSD 228	55%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	591
#180	B+	Limestone Middle Sch	Kankakee	Herscher CUSD 2	55%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	501
#181	B+	Medinah Middle School	Roselle	Medinah SD 11	55%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	222
#182	B+	Monticello Middle School	Monticello	Monticello CUSD 25	55%	39%	Meets Expectations	379
#183	B+	Northwood Middle School	Woodstock	Woodstock CUSD 200	55%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	626
#184	B+	Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	55%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	379
#185	B+	Reed Custer Middle School	Braidwood	Reed Custer CUSD 255U	55%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	287
#186	B+	Riverdale Middle School	Port Byron	Riverdale CUSD 100	55%	32%	Exceeds Expectations	267
#187	B+	Seneca Elem School South Campus	Seneca	Seneca CCSD 170	55%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	197
#188	B+	Westchester Middle School	Westchester	Westchester SD 92-5	55%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	323
#189	B+	S E Gross Middle School	Brookfield	Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95	54%	33%	Exceeds Expectations	462
#190	B	Beecher Junior High School	Beecher	Beecher CUSD 200U	54%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	246
#191	B	Dundee Middle School	Dundee	Cusd 300	54%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,129
#192	B	Glen Crest Middle School	Glen Ellyn	Ccsd 89	54%	39%	Meets Expectations	702
#193	B	Hillsboro JR High School	Hillsboro	Hillsboro CUSD 3	54%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	345
#194	B	Illini Bluffs Middle School	Glasford	Illini Bluffs CUSD 327	54%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	205
#195	B	John F Kennedy Middle Sch	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	54%	32%	Exceeds Expectations	906
#196	B	Orland JR High School	Orland Park	Orland SD 135	54%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	545
#197	B	Plt Middle School	Prophetstown	Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico CUSD3	54%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	168
#198	B	River Trails Middle School	Mount Prospect	River Trails SD 26	54%	46%	Underperforms Expectations	498
#199	B	Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington	Wilmington CUSD 209U	54%	32%	Exceeds Expectations	295
#200	B	A Vito Martinez Middle School	Romeoville	Valley View CUSD 365U	53%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	638
#201	B	Auburn JR High At Divernon	Divernon	Auburn CUSD 10	53%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	241
#202	B	Chillicothe JR High	Chillicothe	Il Valley Central USD 321	53%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	239
#203	B	Dwight D Eisenhower Jhs	Hoffman Estates	Schaumburg CCSD 54	53%	33%	Meets Expectations	617
#204	B	Erie Middle School	Erie	Erie CUSD 1	53%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	176
#205	B	Evans Junior High School	Bloomington	McLean County USD 5	53%	34%	Meets Expectations	742
#206	B	Litchfield Middle School	Litchfield	Litchfield CUSD 12	53%	32%	Exceeds Expectations	246
#207	B	Maroa Forsyth Middle School	Maroa	Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2	53%	39%	Meets Expectations	260
#208	B	Mossville JR High	Mossville	Il Valley Central USD 321	53%	36%	Meets Expectations	186
#209	B	North Prairie JR High	Winthrop Harbor	Winthrop Harbor SD 1	53%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	256
#210	B	Prairie Grove Junior High School	Crystal Lake	Prairie Grove CSD 46	53%	40%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	321
#211	B	Rochester JR High School	Rochester	Rochester CUSD 3A	53%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	339
#212	B	Worth JR High School	Worth	Worth SD 127	53%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	346
#213	B	Carlinville Middle School	Carlinville	Carlinville CUSD 1	52%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	286
#214	B	Carlyle Junior High School	Carlyle	Carlyle CUSD 1	52%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	296
#215	B	Chute Middle School	Evanston	Evanston CCSD 65	52%	26%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	581
#216	B	Cooper Middle School	Buffalo Grove	Wheeling CCSD 21	52%	36%	Meets Expectations	675
#217	B	Glenwood Middle School	Chatham	Ball Chatham CUSD 5	52%	36%	Meets Expectations	753
#218	B	Hawthorn Middle School South	Vernon Hills	Hawthorn CCSD 73	52%	41%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	656
#219	B	J Giles Elem School	Norridge	Norridge SD 80	52%	34%	Meets Expectations	500
#220	B	Kaneland Harter Middle School	Sugar Grove	Kaneland CUSD 302	52%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	894
#221	B	Nippersink Middle School	Richmond	Nippersink SD 2	52%	43%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	385
#222	B	Pana JR High School	Pana	Pana CUSD 8	52%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	264
#223	B	Tri City JR High School	Buffalo	Tri City CUSD 1	52%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	113
#224	B	Williamsfield Middle School	Williamsfield	Williamsfield CUSD 210	52%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	74
#225	B	Elmwood Junior High School	Elmwood	Elmwood CUSD 322	51%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	101
#226	B	Elverado Junior High School	Vergennes	Elverado CUSD 196	51%	15%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	73
#227	B	Jane Addams Middle School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	51%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	587
#228	B	Manteno Middle School	Manteno	Manteno CUSD 5	51%	35%	Meets Expectations	553
#229	B	Mayo Middle School	Paris	Paris-Union SD 95	51%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	250
#230	B	Meridian JR High School	Stillman Valley	Meridian CUSD 223	51%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	308
#231	B	Old Orchard JR High School	Skokie	Skokie SD 68	51%	33%	Meets Expectations	635
#232	B	Richland County Middle School	Olney	Richland County CUSD 1	51%	25%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	472
#233	B	Stratford Middle School	Bloomingdale	Ccsd 93	51%	32%	Meets Expectations	580
#234	B	Wauconda Middle School	Wauconda	Wauconda CUSD 118	51%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	529
#235	B-	Cary JR High School	Cary	Cary CCSD 26	51%	33%	Meets Expectations	681
#236	B-	Oak Lawn Hometown Middle Sch	Oak Lawn	Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	51%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,121
#237	B-	Olympia Middle School	Stanford	Olympia CUSD 16	51%	26%	Exceeds Expectations	386
#238	B-	Carmi White Cnty JR High Sch	Carmi	Carmi-White County CUSD 5	50%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	214
#239	B-	Chippewa Middle School	Des Plaines	Ccsd 62	50%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	615
#240	B-	Herrin Middle School	Herrin	Herrin CUSD 4	50%	24%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	507
#241	B-	Mt Zion JR High School	Mount Zion	Mt Zion CUSD 3	50%	36%	Meets Expectations	403
#242	B-	Taylorville JR High School	Taylorville	Taylorville CUSD 3	50%	31%	Meets Expectations	683
#243	B-	Traughber JR High School	Oswego	Cusd 308	50%	32%	Meets Expectations	1,135
#244	B-	Troy Middle School	Plainfield	Troy CCSD 30C	50%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	912
#245	B-	Unity Middle School	Mendon	Cusd 4	50%	33%	Meets Expectations	184
#246	B-	Algonquin Middle School	Algonquin	Cusd 300	49%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	399
#247	B-	Chiddix JR High School	Normal	McLean County USD 5	49%	29%	Meets Expectations	594
#248	B-	Eisenhower JR High School	Darien	Darien SD 61	49%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	411
#249	B-	Gemini Middle School	Niles	East Maine SD 63	49%	32%	Meets Expectations	1,075
#250	B-	Glenn Westlake Middle School	Lombard	Lombard SD 44	49%	34%	Meets Expectations	967
#251	B-	Hinckley Big Rock Middle Sch	Big Rock	Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429	49%	32%	Meets Expectations	152
#252	B-	John J Lukancic Middle Sch	Romeoville	Valley View CUSD 365U	49%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	619
#253	B-	Lincoln Middle School	Edwardsville	Edwardsville CUSD 7	49%	36%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	818
#254	B-	Nuttall Middle School	Robinson	Robinson CUSD 2	49%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	332
#255	B-	Prairie JR High School	Alsip	Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126	49%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	336
#256	B-	Scales Mound JR High School	Scales Mound	Scales Mound CUSD 211	49%	35%	Meets Expectations	61
#257	B-	Villa Grove JR High School	Villa Grove	Villa Grove CUSD 302	49%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	111
#258	B-	Algonquin Middle School	Des Plaines	Ccsd 62	48%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	580
#259	B-	Antioch Upper Grade School	Antioch	Antioch CCSD 34	48%	33%	Meets Expectations	902
#260	B-	Aux Sable Middle Sch	Joliet	Plainfield SD 202	48%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	855
#261	B-	Central Middle School	Tinley Park	Ccsd 146	48%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	739
#262	B-	Elm Middle School	Elmwood Park	Elmwood Park CUSD 401	48%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	660
#263	B-	Friendship JR High School	Des Plaines	Comm Cons SD 59	48%	29%	Meets Expectations	617
#264	B-	Genoa Kingston Middle School	Genoa	Genoa Kingston CUSD 424	48%	26%	Exceeds Expectations	353
#265	B-	Glenside Middle School	Glendale Heights	Queen Bee SD 16	48%	29%	Meets Expectations	773
#266	B-	Grayslake Middle School	Grayslake	Grayslake CCSD 46	48%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	661
#267	B-	Hannah Beardsley Middle School	Crystal Lake	Crystal Lake CCSD 47	48%	33%	Meets Expectations	847
#268	B-	Heritage Middle School	Berwyn	Berwyn South SD 100	48%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	490
#269	B-	Indian Trail Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	48%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	593
#270	B-	Jersey Community Middle School	Jerseyville	Jersey CUSD 100	48%	35%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	499
#271	B-	Lincoln Middle School	Schiller Park	Schiller Park SD 81	48%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	457
#272	B-	Parkland School	Mchenry	McHenry CCSD 15	48%	26%	Exceeds Expectations	680
#273	B-	Paxton Buckley Loda JR High Sch	Paxton	Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10	48%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	269
#274	B-	Richard F Bernotas Middle Sch	Crystal Lake	Crystal Lake CCSD 47	48%	35%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	779
#275	B-	Sycamore Middle School	Sycamore	Sycamore CUSD 427	48%	29%	Meets Expectations	822
#276	B-	Alden Hebron Middle School	Hebron	Alden Hebron SD 19	47%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	87
#277	B-	Bluffs Junior High School	Bluffs	Scott-Morgan CUSD 2	47%	18%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	38
#278	B-	Forest Park Middle School	Forest Park	Forest Park SD 91	47%	13%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	160
#279	B-	Havana JR High School	Havana	Havana CUSD 126	47%	18%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	315
#280	B-	Leroy Junior High School	Le Roy	LeRoy CUSD 2	47%	29%	Meets Expectations	126
#281	B-	Western JR High School	Kinderhook	Western CUSD 12	47%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	160
#282	C+	Big Hollow Middle School	Ingleside	Big Hollow SD 38	47%	28%	Meets Expectations	803
#283	C+	Fox River Grove Middle School	Fox River Grove	Fox River Grove Cons SD 3	47%	30%	Meets Expectations	176
#284	C+	Midland Middle School	Sparland	Midland CUSD 7	47%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	196
#285	C+	Morrisonville JR High School	Morrisonville	Morrisonville CUSD 1	47%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	43
#286	C+	River Bend Middle School	Fulton	River Bend CUSD 2	47%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	213
#287	C+	Trico JR High School	Campbell Hill	Trico CUSD 176	47%	18%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	168
#288	C+	Central JR High School	Belleville	Belleville SD 118	46%	14%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	366
#289	C+	Griggsville Perry Middle School	Perry	Griggsville-Perry CUSD 4	46%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	95
#290	C+	Hester JR High School	Franklin Park	Franklin Park SD 84	46%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	446
#291	C+	Jay Stream Middle School	Carol Stream	Ccsd 93	46%	31%	Meets Expectations	505
#292	C+	John L Nash Middle School	Clifton	Central CUSD 4	46%	27%	Meets Expectations	291
#293	C+	Kenyon Woods Middle School	South Elgin	Sd U-46	46%	27%	Meets Expectations	905
#294	C+	Lincoln Middle School	Berwyn	Berwyn North SD 98	46%	11%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	807
#295	C+	Prairie Central JR High School	Forrest	Prairie Central CUSD 8	46%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	228
#296	C+	Rockridge JR High School	Taylor Ridge	Rockridge CUSD 300	46%	41%	Underperforms Expectations	233
#297	C+	Sandwich Middle School	Sandwich	Sandwich CUSD 430	46%	30%	Meets Expectations	438
#298	C+	Anna Junior High School	Anna	Anna CCSD 37	45%	18%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	238
#299	C+	Bement Middle School	Bement	Bement CUSD 5	45%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	73
#300	C+	Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	45%	19%	Exceeds Expectations	933
#301	C+	Cisne Middle School	Cisne	North Wayne CUSD 200	45%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	103
#302	C+	Cissna Park JR High School	Cissna Park	Cissna Park CUSD 6	45%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	55
#303	C+	Crestwood JR High School	Paris	Paris CUSD 4	45%	23%	Exceeds Expectations	128
#304	C+	Du Quoin Middle School	Du Quoin	Du Quoin CUSD 300	45%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	398
#305	C+	Dupo JR High School	Dupo	Comm Unit School District No 196	45%	14%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	144
#306	C+	Emge Junior High School	Belleville	Harmony Emge SD 175	45%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	184
#307	C+	Fischer Middle School	Aurora	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	45%	32%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	927
#308	C+	James Hart School	Homewood	Homewood SD 153	45%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	711
#309	C+	Minooka JR High School	Minooka	Minooka CCSD 201	45%	29%	Meets Expectations	1,058
#310	C+	North Boone Middle School	Poplar Grove	North Boone CUSD 200	45%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	242
#311	C+	Parkside Middle School	Peru	Peru ESD 124	45%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	368
#312	C+	Rock Falls Middle School	Rock Falls	Rock Falls ESD 13	45%	13%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	241
#313	C+	Sangamon Valley Middle School	Illiopolis	Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	45%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	150
#314	C+	Shabbona Middle School	Morris	Morris SD 54	45%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	327
#315	C+	Spoon River Valley JR High Sch	London Mills	Spoon River Valley CUSD 4	45%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	50
#316	C+	Unity JR High School	Tolono	Tolono CUSD 7	45%	31%	Meets Expectations	346
#317	C+	Watseka Junior High School	Watseka	Iroquois County CUSD 9	45%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	201
#318	C+	Winnebago Middle School	Winnebago	Winnebago CUSD 323	45%	30%	Meets Expectations	298
#319	C+	Yorkville Middle School	Yorkville	Yorkville CUSD 115	45%	35%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,105
#320	C+	Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center	Bourbonnais	Bourbonnais SD 53	44%	29%	Meets Expectations	499
#321	C+	Carthage Middle School	Carthage	Carthage ESD 317	44%	28%	Meets Expectations	171
#322	C+	Fieldcrest Middle School	Wenona	Fieldcrest CUSD 6	44%	34%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	195
#323	C+	Greenville JR High School	Greenville	Bond County CUSD 2	44%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	300
#324	C+	Lundahl Middle School	Crystal Lake	Crystal Lake CCSD 47	44%	33%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	821
#325	C+	Marengo Comm Middle School	Marengo	Marengo-Union E Cons D 165	44%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	307
#326	C+	Pecatonica Comm Middle School	Pecatonica	Pecatonica CUSD 321	44%	36%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	285
#327	C+	Putnam County JR High School	Mc Nabb	Putnam County CUSD 535	44%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	162
#328	C+	Sherrard JR High School	Sherrard	Sherrard CUSD 200	44%	38%	Underperforms Expectations	220
#329	C+	Washington Elem School	Oglesby	Oglesby ESD 125	44%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	134
#330	C+	Athens Junior High School	Athens	Athens CUSD 213	43%	27%	Meets Expectations	165
#331	C+	Effingham Junior High School	Effingham	Effingham CUSD 40	43%	31%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	522
#332	C	Carl Sandburg Middle School	Mundelein	Mundelein ESD 75	43%	24%	Meets Expectations	539
#333	C	Drauden Point Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	43%	26%	Meets Expectations	688
#334	C	Gillespie Middle School	Gillespie	Gillespie CUSD 7	43%	18%	Exceeds Expectations	248
#335	C	Holmes JR High School	Mount Prospect	Comm Cons SD 59	43%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	454
#336	C	Ingersoll Middle School	Canton	Canton Union SD 66	43%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	645
#337	C	Northbrook School	Mendota	Mendota CCSD 289	43%	13%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	508
#338	C	Paw Paw Junior High School	Paw Paw	Paw Paw CUSD 271	43%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	34
#339	C	Simmons Middle School	Oak Lawn	Ridgeland SD 122	43%	19%	Exceeds Expectations	751
#340	C	Sullivan Middle School	Sullivan	Sullivan CUSD 300	43%	26%	Meets Expectations	334
#341	C	Bismarck Henning JR High School	Bismarck	Bismarck Henning CUSD	42%	27%	Meets Expectations	249
#342	C	Central Junior High	Kewanee	Kewanee CUSD 229	42%	14%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	250
#343	C	Geo T Wilkins JR High School	Justice	Indian Springs SD 109	42%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	497
#344	C	Harrisburg Middle School	Harrisburg	Harrisburg CUSD 3	42%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	331
#345	C	Hubert H Humphrey Middle School	Bolingbrook	Valley View CUSD 365U	42%	15%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	690
#346	C	Logan JR High School	Princeton	Princeton ESD 115	42%	22%	Meets Expectations	424
#347	C	Marquardt Middle School	Glendale Heights	Marquardt SD 15	42%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	806
#348	C	Mchenry Middle School	Mchenry	McHenry CCSD 15	42%	27%	Meets Expectations	696
#349	C	Midwest Central Middle School	Green Valley	Midwest Central CUSD 191	42%	22%	Meets Expectations	181
#350	C	Parker Junior High School	Flossmoor	Flossmoor SD 161	42%	17%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	858
#351	C	Plank Junior High	Oswego	Cusd 308	42%	26%	Meets Expectations	624
#352	C	Reagan Middle School	Dixon	Dixon USD 170	42%	27%	Meets Expectations	551
#353	C	Sesser Valier JR High School	Sesser	Sesser-Valier CUSD 196	42%	18%	Exceeds Expectations	135
#354	C	V I T JR High School	Table Grove	V I T Cusd 2	42%	17%	Exceeds Expectations	71
#355	C	Abingdon Avon Middle Sch	Avon	Abingdon-Avon CUSD 276	41%	16%	Exceeds Expectations	200
#356	C	Arbor Park Middle School	Oak Forest	Arbor Park SD 145	41%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	486
#357	C	Benton Grade Sch 5 8	Benton	Benton CCSD 47	41%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	458
#358	C	Charleston Middle School	Charleston	Charleston CUSD 1	41%	23%	Meets Expectations	399
#359	C	Herget Middle School	Aurora	Aurora West USD 129	41%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	584
#360	C	Jack Hille Middle School	Oak Forest	Forest Ridge SD 142	41%	24%	Meets Expectations	528
#361	C	Jack London Middle School	Wheeling	Wheeling CCSD 21	41%	24%	Meets Expectations	596
#362	C	Jacksonville Middle School	Jacksonville	Jacksonville SD 117	41%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	718
#363	C	Kingsley JR High School	Normal	McLean County USD 5	41%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	753
#364	C	Orangeville JR High School	Orangeville	Orangeville CUSD 203	41%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	75
#365	C	Parkside JR High School	Normal	McLean County USD 5	41%	22%	Meets Expectations	641
#366	C	Southwestern Middle School	Piasa	Southwestern CUSD 9	41%	26%	Meets Expectations	189
#367	C	Timber Ridge Middle School	Plainfield	Plainfield SD 202	41%	24%	Meets Expectations	878
#368	C	Wood Dale JR High School	Wood Dale	Wood Dale SD 7	41%	23%	Meets Expectations	294
#369	C	Argenta Oreana Middle School	Argenta	Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1	40%	17%	Exceeds Expectations	199
#370	C	Brown County Middle School	Mount Sterling	Brown County CUSD 1	40%	24%	Meets Expectations	206
#371	C	Central JR High School	East Peoria	East Peoria SD 86	40%	22%	Meets Expectations	462
#372	C	Central Junior High School	Camp Point	Central CUSD 3	40%	22%	Meets Expectations	246
#373	C	Durand JR High School	Durand	Durand CUSD 322	40%	24%	Meets Expectations	79
#374	C	Edinburg JR High School	Edinburg	Edinburg CUSD 4	40%	26%	Meets Expectations	58
#375	C	Galatia JR High	Galatia	Galatia CUSD 1	40%	16%	Exceeds Expectations	89
#376	C	Indian Creek Middle School	Waterman	Indian Creek CUSD 425	40%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	206
#377	C	Lincoln JR High School	Skokie	Skokie SD 69	40%	32%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	578
#378	C	Mattoon Middle School	Mattoon	Mattoon CUSD 2	40%	22%	Meets Expectations	645
#379	C	Okaw Valley Middle School	Findlay	Okaw Valley CUSD 302	40%	18%	Exceeds Expectations	115
#380	C	Serena Middle School	Serena	Serena CUSD 2	40%	27%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	186
#381	C	Woodland Middle School	Gurnee	Woodland CCSD 50	40%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,668
#382	C	St Elmo JR High School	Saint Elmo	St Elmo CUSD 202	39%	24%	Meets Expectations	56
#383	C-	Amboy JR High School	Amboy	Amboy CUSD 272	39%	22%	Meets Expectations	210
#384	C-	Aplington Middle School	Polo	Polo CUSD 222	39%	39%	Underperforms Expectations	115
#385	C-	Brownstown JR High School	Brownstown	Brownstown CUSD 201	39%	23%	Meets Expectations	58
#386	C-	Hamlin Upper Grade Center	Alsip	Atwood Heights SD 125	39%	17%	Exceeds Expectations	174
#387	C-	Iroquois West Middle School	Onarga	Iroquois West CUSD 10	39%	22%	Meets Expectations	197
#388	C-	Jewel Middle School	North Aurora	Aurora West USD 129	39%	19%	Meets Expectations	585
#389	C-	Knoxville JR High School	Knoxville	Knoxville CUSD 202	39%	20%	Meets Expectations	245
#390	C-	Matthews Middle School	Island Lake	Wauconda CUSD 118	39%	26%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	510
#391	C-	Mazon Verona Kinsman Middle Sch	Mazon	Mazon-Verona-Kinsman ESD 2C	39%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	145
#392	C-	Morrison JR High School	Morrison	Morrison CUSD 6	39%	26%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	220
#393	C-	Roxana Junior High School	Roxana	Roxana CUSD 1	39%	27%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	368
#394	C-	Thompson JR High School	Oswego	Cusd 308	39%	22%	Meets Expectations	840
#395	C-	Belvidere Central Middle School	Belvidere	Belvidere CUSD 100	38%	18%	Meets Expectations	897
#396	C-	Blackhawk Middle School	Bensenville	Bensenville SD 2	38%	18%	Meets Expectations	668
#397	C-	Carl Sandburg JR High School	Rolling Meadows	Palatine CCSD 15	38%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	470
#398	C-	Edison Junior High School	Pekin	Pekin PSD 108	38%	18%	Exceeds Expectations	312
#399	C-	Hampshire Middle School	Hampshire	Cusd 300	38%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	795
#400	C-	Jackson Middle School	Villa Park	SD 45 DuPage County	38%	27%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	647
#401	C-	Lincoln JR High School	Lincoln	Lincoln ESD 27	38%	19%	Meets Expectations	341
#402	C-	Riverton Middle School	Riverton	Riverton CUSD 14	38%	21%	Meets Expectations	371
#403	C-	Stevenson Middle School	Melrose Park	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	38%	23%	Meets Expectations	736
#404	C-	Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	Bethalto	Bethalto CUSD 8	38%	27%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	531
#405	C-	Astoria Junior High School	Astoria	Astoria CUSD 1	37%	13%	Exceeds Expectations	67
#406	C-	Canton Middle School	Streamwood	Sd U-46	37%	20%	Meets Expectations	548
#407	C-	Edison Middle School	Champaign	Champaign CUSD 4	37%	17%	Exceeds Expectations	699
#408	C-	Kellar School	Robbins	Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5	37%	10%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	402
#409	C-	Macomb Junior High School	Macomb	Macomb CUSD 185	37%	18%	Meets Expectations	308
#410	C-	Meridian Middle School	Macon	Meridian CUSD 15	37%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	207
#411	C-	Patoka JR High School	Patoka	Patoka CUSD 100	37%	16%	Exceeds Expectations	48
#412	C-	Peter J Palombi School	Lake Villa	Lake Villa CCSD 41	37%	26%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	837
#413	C-	Rochelle Middle School	Rochelle	Rochelle CCSD 231	37%	13%	Exceeds Expectations	474
#414	C-	Shepherd Middle School	Ottawa	Ottawa ESD 141	37%	19%	Meets Expectations	389
#415	C-	Central Middle School	Evergreen Park	Evergreen Park ESD 124	36%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	619
#416	C-	Gavin South Middle School	Ingleside	Gavin SD 37	36%	19%	Meets Expectations	297
#417	C-	Lincolnwood JR High School	Raymond	Panhandle CUSD 2	36%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	97
#418	C-	Marion JR High School	Marion	Marion CUSD 2	36%	21%	Meets Expectations	726
#419	C-	Norwood Elem School	Peoria	Norwood ESD 63	36%	14%	Exceeds Expectations	165
#420	C-	Stark County Junior High School	Toulon	Stark County CUSD 100	36%	20%	Meets Expectations	148
#421	C-	West JR High School	Belleville	Belleville SD 118	36%	12%	Exceeds Expectations	422
#422	C-	East Alton Middle School	East Alton	East Alton SD 13	35%	17%	Meets Expectations	191
#423	C-	Evergreen Academy Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	35%	14%	Exceeds Expectations	204
#424	C-	Mt Carmel Junior High School	Mount Carmel	Wabash CUSD 348	35%	20%	Meets Expectations	202
#425	C-	Plano Middle School	Plano	Plano CUSD 88	35%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	345
#426	C-	Washington Middle School	Aurora	Aurora West USD 129	35%	15%	Meets Expectations	657
#427	D+	Clinton JR High School	Clinton	Clinton CUSD 15	35%	21%	Meets Expectations	370
#428	D+	Cobden JR High School	Cobden	Cobden SUD 17	35%	22%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	93
#429	D+	Heritage Middle School	Summit	Summit SD 104	35%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	472
#430	D+	Jasper Co JR High	Newton	Jasper County CUD 1	35%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	192
#431	D+	Jefferson Middle School	Aurora	Aurora West USD 129	35%	13%	Exceeds Expectations	584
#432	D+	Mannheim Middle School	Melrose Park	Mannheim SD 83	35%	13%	Exceeds Expectations	833
#433	D+	Mary Miller Junior High School	Georgetown	Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4	35%	16%	Meets Expectations	196
#434	D+	Mercer County JR High School	Aledo	Mercer County School District 404	35%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	299
#435	D+	Pontiac JR High School	Fairview Heights	Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105	35%	20%	Meets Expectations	206
#436	D+	Collinsville Middle School	Collinsville	Collinsville CUSD 10	34%	15%	Meets Expectations	950
#437	D+	Delavan JR High School	Delavan	Delavan CUSD 703	34%	20%	Meets Expectations	68
#438	D+	Grove JR High School	Elk Grove Village	Comm Cons SD 59	34%	30%	Underperforms Expectations	791
#439	D+	Harlem Middle School	Loves Park	Harlem UD 122	34%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	957
#440	D+	Illini Central Middle School	Mason City	Illini Central CUSD 189	34%	16%	Meets Expectations	142
#441	D+	Jefferson Middle School	Champaign	Champaign CUSD 4	34%	20%	Meets Expectations	738
#442	D+	O W Huth Middle School	Matteson	Matteson ESD 162	34%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	454
#443	D+	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield	Springfield SD 186	33%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	713
#444	D+	Brookwood JR High School	Glenwood	Brookwood SD 167	33%	16%	Meets Expectations	241
#445	D+	Bushnell Prairie City JR High Sch	Bushnell	Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170	33%	17%	Meets Expectations	136
#446	D+	Columbia Central School	Steger	Steger SD 194	33%	10%	Exceeds Expectations	616
#447	D+	Indian Trail JR High School	Addison	Addison SD 4	33%	19%	Meets Expectations	1,199
#448	D+	Jefferson Middle School	Villa Park	SD 45 DuPage County	33%	17%	Meets Expectations	421
#449	D+	Momence JR High School	Momence	Momence CUSD 1	33%	14%	Meets Expectations	344
#450	D+	Parkview JR High School	Lawrenceville	Lawrence County CUD 20	33%	15%	Meets Expectations	235
#451	D+	Walter R Sundling JR High Sch	Palatine	Palatine CCSD 15	33%	29%	Underperforms Expectations	609
#452	D+	West Oak Middle School	Mundelein	Diamond Lake SD 76	33%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	302
#453	D+	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Moline	Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40	33%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	829
#454	D+	Aspira Charter Haugan Campus (Charter)	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	32%	16%	Meets Expectations	103
#455	D+	Freedom Middle School	Berwyn	Berwyn South SD 100	32%	17%	Meets Expectations	494
#456	D+	Gallatin Junior High School	Junction	Gallatin CUSD 7	32%	15%	Meets Expectations	201
#457	D+	Leman Middle School	West Chicago	West Chicago ESD 33	32%	16%	Meets Expectations	1,124
#458	D+	Pearl City JR High School	Pearl City	Pearl City CUSD 200	32%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	81
#459	D+	Bradley Central Middle School	Bradley	Bradley SD 61	31%	16%	Meets Expectations	407
#460	D+	Burr Ridge Middle School	Burr Ridge	Ccsd 180	31%	15%	Meets Expectations	204
#461	D+	Central JR High School	West Frankfort	Frankfort CUSD 168	31%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	219
#462	D+	Challand Middle School	Sterling	Sterling CUSD 5	31%	18%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	710
#463	D+	Coolidge Middle School	Phoenix	South Holland SD 151	31%	10%	Exceeds Expectations	507
#464	D+	Cuba Middle School	Cuba	CUSD 3 Fulton County	31%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	87
#465	D+	Everett F Kerr Middle School	Blue Island	Cook County SD 130	31%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	308
#466	D+	Lewis Clark JR High School	Wood River	Wood River-Hartford ESD 15	31%	17%	Meets Expectations	195
#467	D+	Mckinley JR High School	South Holland	South Holland SD 150	31%	11%	Exceeds Expectations	297
#468	D+	Murphysboro Middle School	Murphysboro	Murphysboro CUSD 186	31%	12%	Meets Expectations	444
#469	D+	Salt Fork Junior High School	Sidell	Salt Fork CUSD 512	31%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	186
#470	D+	Tefft Middle School	Streamwood	Sd U-46	31%	15%	Meets Expectations	730
#471	D+	Valmeyer JR High	Valmeyer	Valmeyer CUSD 3	31%	33%	Underperforms Expectations	86
#472	D	Elden D Finley JR High School	Chicago Ridge	Chicago Ridge SD 127-5	31%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	400
#473	D	Whiteside Middle School	Belleville	Whiteside SD 115	31%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	496
#474	D	Broadmoor Junior High School	Pekin	Pekin PSD 108	30%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	354
#475	D	Dongola JR High School	Dongola	Dongola USD 66	30%	14%	Meets Expectations	53
#476	D	Grant Middle School	Fairview Heights	Grant CCSD 110	30%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	235
#477	D	Heritage Middle School	Lansing	Sunnybrook SD 171	30%	12%	Meets Expectations	470
#478	D	Learn Chtr Middle School (Charter)	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	30%	14%	Meets Expectations	279
#479	D	Monmouth Roseville JR High Sch	Roseville	Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238	30%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	212
#480	D	Quincy JR High School	Quincy	Quincy SD 172	30%	26%	Underperforms Expectations	1,348
#481	D	South Beloit JR High School	South Beloit	County of Winnebago SD 320	30%	14%	Meets Expectations	144
#482	D	South Central Middle School	Kinmundy	South Central CUD 401	30%	18%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	144
#483	D	Spring Wood Middle School	Hanover Park	Keeneyville SD 20	30%	26%	Underperforms Expectations	450
#484	D	Washington JR High School	Rock Island	Rock Island SD 41	30%	16%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	484
#485	D	Washington Middle School	Johnston City	Johnston City CUSD 1	30%	15%	Meets Expectations	311
#486	D	Winston Campus JR High	Palatine	Palatine CCSD 15	30%	23%	Underperforms Expectations	591
#487	D	Albany Park Multicultural Elem	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	29%	18%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	222
#488	D	Belvidere South Middle School	Belvidere	Belvidere CUSD 100	29%	13%	Meets Expectations	780
#489	D	Bloomington JR High School	Bloomington	Bloomington SD 87	29%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,006
#490	D	Cumberland Middle School	Toledo	Cumberland CUSD 77	29%	26%	Underperforms Expectations	288
#491	D	John R Lewis Middle School	Waukegan	Waukegan CUSD 60	29%	11%	Meets Expectations	774
#492	D	Johnsburg JR High School	Johnsburg	Johnsburg CUSD 12	29%	31%	Underperforms Expectations	344
#493	D	Nathan Hale Middle School	Crestwood	Cook County SD 130	29%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	335
#494	D	Northlawn JR High School	Streator	Streator ESD 44	29%	15%	Meets Expectations	617
#495	D	Ridgeview JR High School	Colfax	Ridgeview CUSD 19	29%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	133
#496	D	Spring Garden Middle School	Ina	Spring Garden CCSD 178	29%	18%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	86
#497	D	Zeigler Royalton JR High School	Zeigler	Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188	29%	14%	Meets Expectations	114
#498	D	Alton Middle School	Alton	Alton CUSD 11	28%	16%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,241
#499	D	Central A And M Middle School	Assumption	Central A & M CUD 21	28%	16%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	168
#500	D	Crete Monee Middle School University	Park	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	28%	12%	Meets Expectations	965

How Illinois's middle schools compare

A: 142B: 139C: 145D: 141F: 46

46% of the 613 ranked middle schools in Illinois earn an A or B (142 A grades, 139 B, 145 C, 141 D, 46 F), against 46% of middle schools nationwide. 425 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (69% here, 70% nationally), and 271 exceed it. On average 46% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 27% (national averages: 45% actual, 38% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Bradford JR High School (84% against 17%, A+), Donovan JR High School (69% against 22%, A), H H Conrady JR High School (77% against 31%, A+), Fred Rodgers Magnet (71% against 27%, A), Pinckneyville Middle School (60% against 20%, A-).

Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 154): Indian Prairie CUSD 204 (6), Naperville CUSD 203 (5), Cusd 200 (3), Hinsdale CCSD 181 (2).

Cities with the most ranked middle schools: Aurora (11, 4 at A or B), Chicago (10, 0 at A or B), Naperville (8, 8 at A or B), Plainfield (8, 6 at A or B), Rockford (7, 1 at A or B).

The largest ranked middle schools: Unity JR High School (2,054 students, D-, #536), Woodland Middle School (1,668 students, C, #381), Wredling Middle School (1,375 students, A, #58).

Middle schools in Illinois that are not ranked

4 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 (2)

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

D Deland Weldon Middle School, Weldon
F Lovejoy Middle School, Lovejoy

Not yet graded (2)

Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.

Galena Middle School, Galena
United JR High Sch, Monmouth

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 613 ranked middle schools in Illinois with a SchoolGrade of A+, 96% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 69%.

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 617 public middle schools in Illinois; 613 are ranked here and 4 are listed as not ranked.