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Best Middle Schools in Illinois (2025-26)

Ranked middle schools

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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.

Illinois rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools

Illinois middle schools ranked, 501 to 591 of 591

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#501	F	Mckinley JR High School	South Holland	South Holland SD 150	11%	12%	Meets Expectations	297
#502	F	Monmouth Roseville JR High Sch	Roseville	Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238	11%	29%	Underperforms Expectations	212
#503	F	Northlawn JR High School	Streator	Streator ESD 44	11%	15%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	617
#504	F	Norwood Elem School	Peoria	Norwood ESD 63	11%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	165
#505	F	S T E M Academy	Calumet City	Dolton SD 149	11%	11%	Meets Expectations	173
#506	F	Shawnee JR High School	Wolf Lake	Shawnee CUSD 84	11%	25%	Underperforms Expectations	65
#507	F	St Elmo JR High School	Saint Elmo	St Elmo CUSD 202	11%	24%	Underperforms Expectations	56
#508	F	U S Grant Middle School	Springfield	Springfield SD 186	11%	15%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	529
#509	F	West Prairie Junior High School	Sciota	West Prairie CUSD 103	11%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	99
#510	F	Carbondale Middle School	Carbondale	Carbondale ESD 95	10%	20%	Underperforms Expectations	446
#511	F	Kankakee Junior High School	Kankakee	Kankakee SD 111	10%	14%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	560
#512	F	Kellar School	Robbins	Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5	10%	11%	Meets Expectations	402
#513	F	Knoxville JR High School	Knoxville	Knoxville CUSD 202	10%	21%	Underperforms Expectations	245
#514	F	Ridgeview JR High School	Colfax	Ridgeview CUSD 19	10%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	133
#515	F	Sandoval JR High School	Sandoval	Sandoval CUSD 501	10%	15%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	98
#516	F	Schuyler Industry Middle School	Rushville	Schuyler-Industry CUSD 5	10%	15%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	272
#517	F	Villa Grove JR High School	Villa Grove	Villa Grove CUSD 302	10%	15%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	111
#518	F	Washington Middle School	Lyons	Lyons SD 103	10%	18%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	688
#518	F	Washington Middle School	Johnston City	Johnston City CUSD 1	10%	18%	Underperforms Expectations	311
#520	F	Woodland Middle School	Gurnee	Woodland CCSD 50	10%	35%	Underperforms Expectations	1,668
#521	F	Brooks Middle School	Harvey	Harvey SD 152	9%	9%	Meets Expectations	487
#522	F	Carpentersville Middle School	Carpentersville	Cusd 300	9%	27%	Underperforms Expectations	1,177
#523	F	Forest Park Middle School	Forest Park	Forest Park SD 91	9%	13%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	160
#524	F	Hernandez Middle School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	9%	12%	Meets Expectations	856
#525	F	Pontiac JR High School	Pontiac	Pontiac CCSD 429	9%	18%	Underperforms Expectations	340
#526	F	Prairie Hills Junior High School	Markham	Prairie-Hills ESD 144	9%	10%	Meets Expectations	825
#527	F	Abbott Middle School	Elgin	Sd U-46	8%	19%	Underperforms Expectations	551
#528	F	Belvidere South Middle School	Belvidere	Belvidere CUSD 100	8%	13%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	780
#529	F	Colin Powell Middle Sch	Matteson	Esd 159	8%	13%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	586
#530	F	Edinburg JR High School	Edinburg	Edinburg CUSD 4	8%	13%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	58
#531	F	Ellis Middle School	Elgin	Sd U-46	8%	11%	Meets Expectations	543
#532	F	Harvard JR High School	Harvard	Harvard CUSD 50	8%	22%	Underperforms Expectations	540
#533	F	Hoopeston Area Middle School	Hoopeston	Hoopeston Area CUSD 11	8%	23%	Underperforms Expectations	249
#534	F	Kimball Middle School	Elgin	Sd U-46	8%	14%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	527
#535	F	Learn Chtr Middle School (Charter)	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	8%	14%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	279
#536	F	Lincoln JR High School	La Salle	La Salle ESD 122	8%	10%	Meets Expectations	258
#537	F	Morrisonville JR High School	Morrisonville	Morrisonville CUSD 1	8%	17%	Underperforms Expectations	43
#538	F	Northeast JR High School	East Moline	Silvis SD 34	8%	17%	Underperforms Expectations	202
#539	F	Northwestern JR High School	Palmyra	Northwestern CUSD 2	8%	22%	Underperforms Expectations	54
#540	F	Paw Paw Junior High School	Paw Paw	Paw Paw CUSD 271	8%	20%	Underperforms Expectations	34
#541	F	Round Lake Middle School	Round Lake Heights	Round Lake CUSD 116	8%	13%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	804
#542	F	Unity JR High School	Cicero	Cicero SD 99	8%	22%	Underperforms Expectations	2,054
#543	F	Zadok Casey Middle School	Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon SD 80	8%	20%	Underperforms Expectations	419
#544	F	Bernard W Flinn Middle School	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	7%	16%	Underperforms Expectations	830
#545	F	Dirksen Junior High School	Joliet	Joliet PSD 86	7%	10%	Meets Expectations	573
#546	F	Freeport Middle School	Freeport	Freeport SD 145	7%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	485
#547	F	Henry W Cowherd Middle School	Aurora	Aurora East USD 131	7%	15%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	883
#548	F	Miguel Juarez Middle School	Waukegan	Waukegan CUSD 60	7%	8%	Meets Expectations	672
#549	F	Robert E Abbott Middle School	Waukegan	Waukegan CUSD 60	7%	8%	Meets Expectations	630
#550	F	West Middle School	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	7%	19%	Underperforms Expectations	849
#551	F	Aspira Charter Haugan Campus (Charter)	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	6%	20%	Underperforms Expectations	103
#552	F	Dupo JR High School	Dupo	Comm Unit School District No 196	6%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	144
#553	F	Field Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	6%	13%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	155
#554	F	Griggsville Perry Middle School	Perry	Griggsville-Perry CUSD 4	6%	22%	Underperforms Expectations	95
#555	F	Hardin County JR High School	Elizabethtown	Hardin County CUSD 1	6%	15%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	139
#556	F	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield	Springfield SD 186	6%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	539
#557	F	Northwest Middle School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	6%	8%	Meets Expectations	486
#558	F	Shields Middle School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	6%	8%	Meets Expectations	443
#559	F	Urbana Middle School	Urbana	Urbana SD 116	6%	12%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	903
#560	F	Westville JR High School	Westville	Westville CUSD 2	6%	12%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	177
#561	F	Zion Central Middle School	Zion	Zion ESD 6	6%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	323
#562	F	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	5%	14%	Underperforms Expectations	699
#563	F	Coolidge Middle School	Phoenix	South Holland SD 151	5%	9%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	507
#564	F	Dongola JR High School	Dongola	Dongola USD 66	5%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	53
#565	F	Meredosia Chambersburg JR High	Meredosia	Meredosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11	5%	19%	Underperforms Expectations	46
#566	F	Murphysboro Middle School	Murphysboro	Murphysboro CUSD 186	5%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	444
#567	F	Patoka JR High School	Patoka	Patoka CUSD 100	5%	25%	Underperforms Expectations	48
#568	F	Washington Middle School	Springfield	Springfield SD 186	5%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	531
#569	F	C F Simmons Middle School	Aurora	Aurora East USD 131	4%	13%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	795
#570	F	Clay City JR High School	Clay City	Clay City CUSD 10	4%	23%	Underperforms Expectations	61
#571	F	East St Louis Lincoln Middle Sch	East Saint Louis	East St Louis SD 189	4%	7%	Meets Expectations	446
#572	F	Egyptian JR High School	Tamms	Egyptian CUSD 5	4%	17%	Underperforms Expectations	67
#573	F	Gompers Junior High School	Joliet	Joliet PSD 86	4%	12%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	649
#574	F	J W Eater JR High School	Rantoul	Rantoul City SD 137	4%	7%	Meets Expectations	516
#575	F	Madero Middle School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	4%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	253
#576	F	Rickover JR High School	Sauk Village	Ccsd 168	4%	9%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	370
#577	F	Rockford Envrnmntl Science Acad	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	4%	15%	Underperforms Expectations	1,051
#578	F	School Of Fine Arts	Calumet City	Dolton SD 149	4%	8%	Meets Expectations	175
#579	F	Southwood Middle School	Country Club Hills	Country Club Hills SD 160	4%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	381
#580	F	West Central Middle School	Stronghurst	West Central CUSD 235	4%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	184
#581	F	Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center	Ford Heights	Ford Heights SD 169	3%	9%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	153
#582	F	Creative Communications Acad	Calumet City	Dolton SD 149	3%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	177
#583	F	Harold B Dawson Middle School	West Peoria	Peoria SD 150	3%	7%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	360
#584	F	K D Waldo Middle School	Aurora	Aurora East USD 131	3%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	846
#585	F	Kennedy Middle School	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	3%	9%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	380
#586	F	Madison JR High School	Madison	Madison CUSD 12	3%	4%	Meets Expectations	122
#587	F	Masonclark Middle Sch	East Saint Louis	East St Louis SD 189	3%	5%	Meets Expectations	615
#588	F	Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago	North Chicago SD 187	3%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	529
#589	F	Stephen Decatur Middle School	Decatur	Decatur SD 61	3%	7%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	459
#590	F	Sterling Middle School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	2%	6%	Meets Expectations	385
#591	F	Von Steuben Middle School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	1%	7%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	269

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