Palos South Middle School
Palos Park, IL · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Palos South Middle School is a middle school in Palos Park, IL with 701 students enrolled and a 66% proficiency rate. Part of Palos CCSD 118. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Palos South Middle School is a middle school located in Palos Park, Illinois. The school serves 701 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 66% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Palos South Middle School is part of the Palos CCSD 118 in Illinois.
How This School Compares
Palos South Middle School has 701 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Palos CCSD 118 (701 students). Its 66% proficiency rate is 4 percentage points above the district average of 61%. Compared to the Illinois state average of 48%, the school performs 17 points higher. With a 14.3:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Palos South Middle School has 701 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1.
According to EDFacts data, 66% of students at Palos South Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Palos South Middle School is part of the Palos CCSD 118 in Palos Park, Illinois. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.