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The fastest-growing public middle schools in Illinois · page 3

Ranks 101–127 of the fastest-growing public schools in Illinois. Back to page 1.

FASTEST GROWING · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
101	Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains, IL	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	383	393	2.6%
102	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	717	736	2.6%
103	Northbrook Junior High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook SD 28	606	621	2.5%
104	Simmons Middle School	Oak Lawn, IL	Ridgeland SD 122	707	725	2.5%
105	Shiloh Middle School	Shiloh, IL	Shiloh Village SD 85	323	331	2.5%
106	Waterloo Junior High School	Waterloo, IL	Waterloo CUSD 5	598	613	2.5%
107	Edison Middle School	Wheaton, IL	CUSD 200	620	635	2.4%
108	Columbia Middle School	Columbia, IL	Columbia CUSD 4	598	612	2.3%
109	Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	942	963	2.2%
110	Francis Granger Middle School	Aurora, IL	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	993	1,011	1.8%
111	Carterville Intermediate Sch	Carterville, IL	Carterville CUSD 5	492	500	1.6%
112	Walter R Sundling Middle School	Palatine, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	668	679	1.6%
113	Palos South Middle School	Palos Park, IL	Palos CCSD 118	706	717	1.6%
114	Chute Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	589	598	1.5%
115	Amboy Jr High School	Amboy, IL	Amboy CUSD 272	207	210	1.4%
116	Indian Creek Middle School	Waterman, IL	Indian Creek CUSD 425	210	213	1.4%
117	Eldorado Middle School	Eldorado, IL	Eldorado CUSD 4	243	246	1.2%
118	Orion Middle School	Orion, IL	Orion CUSD 223	241	244	1.2%
119	Maroa-Forsyth Middle School	Maroa, IL	Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2	268	271	1.1%
120	Central Junior High	Kewanee, IL	Kewanee CUSD 229	233	235	0.9%
121	John Deere Middle School	Moline, IL	Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40	764	770	0.8%
122	Broadmoor Junior High School	Pekin, IL	Pekin PSD 108	384	387	0.8%
123	Sunset Ridge Elem School	Northfield, IL	Sunset Ridge SD 29	272	274	0.7%
124	Hester Jr High School	Franklin Park, IL	Franklin Park SD 84	424	426	0.5%
125	Homer Jr High School	Homer Glen, IL	Homer CCSD 33C	861	865	0.5%
126	Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch	Oak Lawn, IL	Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	1,086	1,090	0.4%
127	Columbia Central School	Steger, IL	Steger SD 194	644	646	0.3%

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