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The fastest-growing public middle schools in Cook County, Illinois

This ranking covers the fastest-growing public middle schools in Cook County, Illinois, drawn from 40 qualifying public middle schools. Gemini Middle School leads the list at 53.7%, against a median of 8.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Cook County, Illinois

Top Enrollment growth

53.7%

Median Enrollment growth

8.8%

FASTEST GROWING · COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Gemini Middle School	Niles, IL	East Maine SD 63	723	1,111	53.7%
2	Elm Middle School	Elmwood Park, IL	Elmwood Park CUSD 401	438	615	40.4%
3	Plum Grove Middle School	Rolling Meadows, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	858	1,128	31.5%
4	Liberty Junior High School	Burbank, IL	Burbank SD 111	853	1,087	27.4%
5	Columbus East Elem School	Cicero, IL	Cicero SD 99	344	411	19.5%
6	S E Gross Middle School	Brookfield, IL	Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95	418	498	19.1%
7	Maple School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook/Glenview SD 30	384	451	17.4%
8	Lincoln Jr High School	Skokie, IL	Skokie SD 69	538	628	16.7%
9	Field School	Northbrook, IL	West Northfield SD 31	286	333	16.4%
10	Winston Campus Middle School	Palatine, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	731	847	15.9%
11	Dwight D Eisenhower JHS	Hoffman Estates, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	576	662	14.9%
12	Lincoln Middle School	Schiller Park, IL	Schiller Park SD 81	413	474	14.8%
13	Helen Keller JHS	Schaumburg, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	545	617	13.2%
14	Jerling Junior High School	Orland Park, IL	Orland SD 135	602	677	12.5%
15	Brooks Middle School	Harvey, IL	Harvey SD 152	407	455	11.8%
16	Margaret Mead JHS	Elk Grove Village, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	632	702	11.1%
17	Old Quarry Middle Sch	Lemont, IL	Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A	775	856	10.5%
18	Robert Frost JHS	Schaumburg, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	667	737	10.5%
19	School of Fine Arts	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	203	224	10.3%
20	Northwest Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	488	532	9.0%
21	Highlands Middle School	La Grange Highlands, IL	LaGrange Highlands SD 106	395	429	8.6%
22	Cooper Middle School	Buffalo Grove, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	679	732	7.8%
23	Virgil I Grissom Middle School	Tinley Park, IL	Kirby SD 140	585	627	7.2%
24	River Trails Middle School	Mount Prospect, IL	River Trails SD 26	475	508	6.9%
25	Independence Jr High School	Palos Heights, IL	Palos Heights SD 128	221	236	6.8%
26	Lincoln Middle School	Park Ridge, IL	Park Ridge CCSD 64	704	749	6.4%
27	Wood Oaks Jr High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook ESD 27	429	455	6.1%
28	Thomas Middle School	Arlington Heights, IL	Arlington Heights SD 25	974	1,024	5.1%
29	Emerson Middle School	Niles, IL	Park Ridge CCSD 64	851	890	4.6%
30	J Giles Elem School	Norridge, IL	Norridge SD 80	478	499	4.4%
31	Golf Middle School	Morton Grove, IL	Golf ESD 67	296	306	3.4%
32	Central School	Glencoe, IL	Glencoe SD 35	546	561	2.7%
33	Northbrook Junior High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook SD 28	606	621	2.5%
34	Simmons Middle School	Oak Lawn, IL	Ridgeland SD 122	707	725	2.5%
35	Walter R Sundling Middle School	Palatine, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	668	679	1.6%
36	Palos South Middle School	Palos Park, IL	Palos CCSD 118	706	717	1.6%
37	Chute Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	589	598	1.5%
38	Sunset Ridge Elem School	Northfield, IL	Sunset Ridge SD 29	272	274	0.7%
39	Hester Jr High School	Franklin Park, IL	Franklin Park SD 84	424	426	0.5%
40	Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch	Oak Lawn, IL	Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	1,086	1,090	0.4%

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