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The fastest-growing public middle schools in Illinois

Across Illinois, 127 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Wirth/Parks Middle School leads the list at 139%, against a median of 7.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

127

Illinois

Top Enrollment growth

139%

Median Enrollment growth

7.4%

FASTEST GROWING · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Wirth/Parks Middle School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	239	571	139%
2	Aptakisic Junior High School	Buffalo Grove, IL	Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102	507	940	85.4%
3	Gemini Middle School	Niles, IL	East Maine SD 63	723	1,111	53.7%
4	Macomb Middle School	Macomb, IL	Macomb CUSD 185	320	479	49.7%
5	Elm Middle School	Elmwood Park, IL	Elmwood Park CUSD 401	438	615	40.4%
6	Dunlap Valley Middle School	Dunlap, IL	Dunlap CUSD 323	393	546	38.9%
7	Prairie Grove Junior High School	Crystal Lake, IL	Prairie Grove CSD 46	258	357	38.4%
8	Liberty Leadership Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	257	350	36.2%
9	Liberty Intermediate School	Bourbonnais, IL	Bourbonnais SD 53	539	714	32.5%
10	Peter J Palombi School	Lake Villa, IL	Lake Villa CCSD 41	637	844	32.5%
11	Harlem Middle School	Loves Park, IL	Harlem UD 122	1,005	1,330	32.3%
12	Jacksonville Middle School	Jacksonville, IL	Jacksonville SD 117	515	680	32.0%
13	Plum Grove Middle School	Rolling Meadows, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	858	1,128	31.5%
14	Dundee Middle School	Dundee, IL	CUSD 300	880	1,144	30.0%
15	Manhattan Jr High School	Manhattan, IL	Manhattan SD 114	473	615	30.0%
16	Joseph Arthur Middle School	O Fallon, IL	Central SD 104	231	299	29.4%
17	Williamsville Jr High School	Williamsville, IL	Williamsville CUSD 15	344	444	29.1%
18	Liberty Junior High School	Burbank, IL	Burbank SD 111	853	1,087	27.4%
19	Edgewood Middle School	Highland Park, IL	North Shore SD 112	526	663	26.0%
20	Tri-Valley Middle School	Downs, IL	Tri Valley CUSD 3	363	450	24.0%
21	Glenside Middle School	Glendale Heights, IL	Queen Bee SD 16	592	732	23.6%
22	Central Middle School	Burlington, IL	Central CUSD 301	340	418	22.9%
23	Stephen Decatur Middle School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	344	413	20.1%
24	Prairie Knolls Middle Sch	Elgin, IL	Central CUSD 301	642	770	19.9%
25	Columbus East Elem School	Cicero, IL	Cicero SD 99	344	411	19.5%
26	S E Gross Middle School	Brookfield, IL	Brookfield Lagrange Park SD 95	418	498	19.1%
27	Maple School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook/Glenview SD 30	384	451	17.4%
28	Lincoln Jr High School	Skokie, IL	Skokie SD 69	538	628	16.7%
29	Field School	Northbrook, IL	West Northfield SD 31	286	333	16.4%
30	Winston Campus Middle School	Palatine, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	731	847	15.9%
31	Yorkville Middle School	Yorkville, IL	Yorkville CUSD 115	994	1,152	15.9%
32	Dwight D Eisenhower JHS	Hoffman Estates, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	576	662	14.9%
33	Spencer Crossing	New Lenox, IL	New Lenox SD 122	474	544	14.8%
34	Lincoln Middle School	Schiller Park, IL	Schiller Park SD 81	413	474	14.8%
35	Monticello Middle School	Monticello, IL	Monticello CUSD 25	356	405	13.8%
36	Mark W Bills Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	227	258	13.7%
37	Helen Keller JHS	Schaumburg, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	545	617	13.2%
38	Jerling Junior High School	Orland Park, IL	Orland SD 135	602	677	12.5%
39	Roselle Middle School	Roselle, IL	Roselle SD 12	205	230	12.2%
40	Westmont Jr High School	Westmont, IL	CUSD 201	270	302	11.9%
41	Marengo Comm Middle School	Marengo, IL	Marengo-Union E Cons D 165	306	342	11.8%
42	Brooks Middle School	Harvey, IL	Harvey SD 152	407	455	11.8%
43	Byron Middle School	Byron, IL	Byron CUSD 226	329	366	11.2%
44	Rockford Envrnmntl Science Acad	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	996	1,108	11.2%
45	Margaret Mead JHS	Elk Grove Village, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	632	702	11.1%
46	Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School	Mahomet, IL	Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3	733	812	10.8%
47	Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	464	514	10.8%
48	Mascoutah Middle School	Mascoutah, IL	Mascoutah CUD 19	879	973	10.7%
49	Old Quarry Middle Sch	Lemont, IL	Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A	775	856	10.5%
50	Robert Frost JHS	Schaumburg, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	667	737	10.5%

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