Best Middle Schools in Illinois

The top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Illinois, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 64%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Unity Jr High School	Cicero, IL	2,054	38%
2	Woodland Middle School	Gurnee, IL	1,668	53%
3	Disney Elem Magnet School	Chicago, IL	1,455	55%
4	Wredling Middle School	Saint Charles, IL	1,375	65%
5	Marlowe Middle School	Lake in the Hills, IL	1,191	67%
6	Sam Rotolo Middle Sch	Batavia, IL	1,142	63%
7	Traughber Jr High School	Oswego, IL	1,135	70%
8	Beasley Elem Magnet Academic Ctr	Chicago, IL	1,046	39%
9	Francis Granger Middle School	Aurora, IL	1,021	64%
10	Minooka Intermediate School	Minooka, IL	988	64%
11	Barrington Mdle Sch- Prairie Cmps	Barrington, IL	976	69%
12	Skinner Elem School	Chicago, IL	976	64%
13	Barrington Middle Sch Station	Barrington, IL	964	69%
14	Thomas Middle School	Arlington Heights, IL	961	62%
15	Scullen Middle School	Naperville, IL	935	65%
16	Percy Julian Middle School	Oak Park, IL	921	72%
17	Triad Middle School	Saint Jacob, IL	901	63%
18	Mascoutah Middle School	Mascoutah, IL	897	68%
19	Park View Elem School	Morton Grove, IL	893	63%
20	Clifford Crone Middle School	Naperville, IL	838	75%
21	Sycamore Middle School	Sycamore, IL	822	62%
22	Gordon Gregory Middle School	Naperville, IL	821	67%
23	Lundahl Middle School	Crystal Lake, IL	821	66%
24	Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School	Mahomet, IL	810	70%
25	Prairie Knolls Middle Sch	Elgin, IL	799	67%
26	Coonley Elem School	Chicago, IL	795	67%
27	Hampshire Middle School	Hampshire, IL	795	65%
28	Attea Middle School	Glenview, IL	780	62%
29	Richard F Bernotas Middle Sch	Crystal Lake, IL	779	64%
30	Glenwood Middle School	Chatham, IL	753	68%
31	Heineman Middle School	Algonquin, IL	751	67%
32	Ebinger Elem School	Chicago, IL	749	64%
33	Central Middle School	Tinley Park, IL	739	64%
34	Central Intermediate Sch	Washington, IL	735	73%
35	Creekside Middle School	Woodstock, IL	728	62%
36	Glenwood Intermediate Sch	Chatham, IL	726	63%
37	Eastview Middle School	Bartlett, IL	725	66%
38	Hunting Ridge Elem School	Palatine, IL	714	65%
39	Murphy Junior High School	Plainfield, IL	713	64%
40	Fairview South Elementary School	Skokie, IL	702	64%
41	Glen Crest Middle School	Glen Ellyn, IL	702	63%
42	Palos South Middle School	Palos Park, IL	701	66%
43	McHenry Middle School	McHenry, IL	696	62%
44	Yorkville Intermediate School	Yorkville, IL	691	67%
45	Bristol Bay Elem Sch	Yorkville, IL	683	66%
46	Mayer Elem School	Chicago, IL	673	67%
47	Grayslake Middle School	Grayslake, IL	661	66%
48	Hawthorn Middle School South	Vernon Hills, IL	656	65%
49	Pritzker Elem School	Chicago, IL	651	64%
50	Fulton Jr High School	O Fallon, IL	649	70%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in Illinois?

The largest middle school in Illinois is Unity Jr High School in Cicero with 2,054 students and a 38% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in Illinois?

This page shows the top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Illinois by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.