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The public middle schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Cook County, Illinois

138 public middle schools in Cook County, Illinois appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the most students per teacher, a proxy for larger classes. Prairie-Hills Junior High School leads the list at 25.5:1, against a median of 12.3:1 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

138

Cook County, Illinois

Top Students/teacher

25.5:1

Median Students/teacher

12.3:1

HIGHEST RATIO · COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Prairie-Hills Junior High School	Markham, IL	Prairie-Hills ESD 144	Middle	766	25.5:1
2	Rickover Jr High School	Sauk Village, IL	CCSD 168	Middle	371	24.7:1
3	Calumet Elem School	Calumet Park, IL	Calumet Public SD 132	Middle	316	22.6:1
4	S T E M Academy	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	Middle	243	21.1:1
5	Creative Communications Acad	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	Middle	246	20.5:1
6	School of Fine Arts	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	Middle	224	20.4:1
7	Brookwood Middle School	Glenwood, IL	Brookwood SD 167	Middle	231	18.5:1
8	Schrum Memorial School	Calumet City, IL	Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157	Middle	274	18.3:1
9	Brookwood Jr High School	Glenwood, IL	Brookwood SD 167	Middle	226	18.1:1
10	Kellar School	Robbins, IL	Posen-Robbins ESD 143-5	Middle	431	18.0:1
11	Brooks Middle School	Harvey, IL	Harvey SD 152	Middle	455	17.5:1
12	Plum Grove Middle School	Rolling Meadows, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	Middle	1,128	16.6:1
13	J Giles Elem School	Norridge, IL	Norridge SD 80	Middle	499	16.4:1
14	Canton Middle School	Streamwood, IL	SD U-46	Middle	531	16.1:1
15	Southwood Middle School	Country Club Hills, IL	Country Club Hills SD 160	Middle	283	15.7:1
16	Memorial Jr High School	Lansing, IL	Lansing SD 158	Middle	854	15.5:1
17	Unity Jr High School	Cicero, IL	Cicero SD 99	Middle	1,919	15.3:1
18	Old Quarry Middle Sch	Lemont, IL	Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A	Middle	856	15.3:1
19	Eastview Middle School	Bartlett, IL	SD U-46	Middle	757	15.3:1
20	Margaret Mead JHS	Elk Grove Village, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	Middle	702	15.3:1
21	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Hoffman Est, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	Middle	621	15.0:1
22	Simmons Middle School	Oak Lawn, IL	Ridgeland SD 122	Middle	725	14.9:1
23	Roosevelt Middle School	Bellwood, IL	Bellwood SD 88	Middle	614	14.9:1
24	Liberty Junior High School	Burbank, IL	Burbank SD 111	Middle	1,087	14.9:1
25	Jack Hille Middle School	Oak Forest, IL	Forest Ridge SD 142	Middle	490	14.8:1
26	Cicero East Elem School	Cicero, IL	Cicero SD 99	Middle	408	14.8:1
27	Richardson Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	844	14.8:1
28	H H Conrady Jr High School	Hickory Hills, IL	North Palos SD 117	Middle	1,047	14.8:1
29	Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch	Oak Lawn, IL	Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	Middle	1,090	14.7:1
30	Palos South Middle School	Palos Park, IL	Palos CCSD 118	Middle	717	14.6:1
31	Columbus East Elem School	Cicero, IL	Cicero SD 99	Middle	411	14.6:1
32	Jerling Junior High School	Orland Park, IL	Orland SD 135	Middle	677	14.6:1
33	Lincoln Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn North SD 98	Middle	793	14.4:1
34	Hernandez Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	720	14.4:1
35	Lincoln Middle School	Schiller Park, IL	Schiller Park SD 81	Middle	474	14.1:1
36	Rosa L Parks Middle School	Dixmoor, IL	W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147	Middle	320	13.9:1
37	Northwest Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	532	13.8:1
38	Barrington Mdle Sch- Prairie Cmps	Barrington, IL	Barrington CUSD 220	Middle	980	13.7:1
39	McKinley Jr High School	South Holland, IL	South Holland SD 150	Middle	287	13.7:1
40	Robert Frost JHS	Schaumburg, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	Middle	737	13.7:1
41	MacArthur Middle School	Prospect Heights, IL	Prospect Heights SD 23	Middle	483	13.6:1
42	Lincoln Middle School	Mt Prospect, IL	Mount Prospect SD 57	Middle	784	13.5:1
43	Heritage Middle School	Lansing, IL	Sunnybrook SD 171	Middle	500	13.5:1
44	Albany Park Multicultural Elem	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	243	13.5:1
45	Gary Elem School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	711	13.4:1
46	Golf Middle School	Morton Grove, IL	Golf ESD 67	Middle	306	13.4:1
47	Chicago Heights Middle School	Chicago Hts, IL	Chicago Heights SD 170	Middle	872	13.4:1
48	Elm Middle School	Elmwood Park, IL	Elmwood Park CUSD 401	Middle	615	13.4:1
49	Colin Powell Middle Sch	Matteson, IL	ESD 159	Middle	564	13.4:1
50	Orland Jr High School	Orland Park, IL	Orland SD 135	Middle	524	13.3:1

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