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The fastest-growing public middle schools in Illinois · page 2

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FASTEST GROWING · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
51	School of Fine Arts	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	203	224	10.3%
52	Glen Crest Middle School	Glen Ellyn, IL	CCSD 89	657	723	10.0%
53	Lundahl Middle School	Crystal Lake, IL	Crystal Lake CCSD 47	726	797	9.8%
54	Northwood Middle School	Highland Park, IL	North Shore SD 112	493	540	9.5%
55	Huntley Middle School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	791	865	9.4%
56	Northwest Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	488	532	9.0%
57	Triad Middle School	Saint Jacob, IL	Triad CUSD 2	851	925	8.7%
58	Highlands Middle School	La Grange Highlands, IL	LaGrange Highlands SD 106	395	429	8.6%
59	Lisle Jr High School	Lisle, IL	Lisle CUSD 202	312	338	8.3%
60	Daniel Wright Jr High School	Lincolnshire, IL	Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103	666	720	8.1%
61	Hickory Creek Middle School	Frankfort, IL	Frankfort CCSD 157C	873	943	8.0%
62	Cooper Middle School	Buffalo Grove, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	679	732	7.8%
63	River Bend Middle School	Fulton, IL	River Bend CUSD 2	212	228	7.5%
64	Twin Groves Middle School	Buffalo Grove, IL	Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96	582	625	7.4%
65	Cass Jr High School	Darien, IL	Cass SD 63	292	313	7.2%
66	Virgil I Grissom Middle School	Tinley Park, IL	Kirby SD 140	585	627	7.2%
67	Minooka Jr High School	Minooka, IL	Minooka CCSD 201	956	1,024	7.1%
68	Carbondale Middle School	Carbondale, IL	Carbondale ESD 95	427	457	7.0%
69	River Trails Middle School	Mount Prospect, IL	River Trails SD 26	475	508	6.9%
70	Galesburg Jr High School	Galesburg, IL	Galesburg CUSD 205	485	518	6.8%
71	Independence Jr High School	Palos Heights, IL	Palos Heights SD 128	221	236	6.8%
72	Willowbrook Middle School	South Beloit, IL	Prairie Hill CCSD 133	326	348	6.7%
73	Lincoln Middle School	Park Ridge, IL	Park Ridge CCSD 64	704	749	6.4%
74	Sullivan Middle School	Sullivan, IL	Sullivan CUSD 300	250	266	6.4%
75	Yorkville Intermediate School	Yorkville, IL	Yorkville CUSD 115	600	638	6.3%
76	Wood Oaks Jr High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook ESD 27	429	455	6.1%
77	John J Lukancic Middle Sch	Romeoville, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	557	591	6.1%
78	Mt Zion Jr High School	Mount Zion, IL	Mt Zion CUSD 3	357	378	5.9%
79	Washington Jr High School	Rock Island, IL	Rock Island SD 41	501	529	5.6%
80	Morton Jr High School	Morton, IL	Morton CUSD 709	478	504	5.4%
81	Bentley Elem School	New Lenox, IL	New Lenox SD 122	361	380	5.3%
82	Thomas Middle School	Arlington Heights, IL	Arlington Heights SD 25	974	1,024	5.1%
83	Plano Middle School	Plano, IL	Plano CUSD 88	341	358	5.0%
84	Herrin Middle School	Herrin, IL	Herrin CUSD 4	489	513	4.9%
85	Gower Middle School	Burr Ridge, IL	Gower SD 62	391	409	4.6%
86	Emerson Middle School	Niles, IL	Park Ridge CCSD 64	851	890	4.6%
87	Fulton Jr High School	O Fallon, IL	O Fallon CCSD 90	638	667	4.5%
88	Edison Jr High School	Rock Island, IL	Rock Island SD 41	381	398	4.5%
89	J Giles Elem School	Norridge, IL	Norridge SD 80	478	499	4.4%
90	Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	576	601	4.3%
91	Frederick School	Grayslake, IL	Grayslake CCSD 46	640	667	4.2%
92	Jefferson Elem School	Charleston, IL	Charleston CUSD 1	673	698	3.7%
93	Hinsdale Middle School	Hinsdale, IL	Hinsdale CCSD 181	730	755	3.4%
94	Golf Middle School	Morton Grove, IL	Golf ESD 67	296	306	3.4%
95	Alex M Martino Jr High School	New Lenox, IL	New Lenox SD 122	572	591	3.3%
96	North Boone Middle School	Poplar Grove, IL	North Boone CUSD 200	226	233	3.1%
97	Reservoir Gifted School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	299	308	3.0%
98	Lake Zurich Middle - S Campus	Lake Zurich, IL	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	582	599	2.9%
99	Central School	Glencoe, IL	Glencoe SD 35	546	561	2.7%
100	Franklin Middle School	Champaign, IL	Champaign CUSD 4	648	665	2.6%

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