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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Illinois

640 public middle schools in Illinois appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Thurgood Marshall School leads the list at 98.4%, against a median of 57.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

640

Illinois

Top % Proficient (Reading)

98.4%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

57.2%

BEST IN READING · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	514	98.4%
2	Reservoir Gifted School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	308	98.0%
3	Hickory Creek Middle School	Frankfort, IL	Frankfort CCSD 157C	Middle	943	93.3%
4	Maple School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook/Glenview SD 30	Middle	451	92.3%
5	Butler Junior High School	Oak Brook, IL	Butler SD 53	Middle	163	91.9%
6	H H Conrady Jr High School	Hickory Hills, IL	North Palos SD 117	Middle	1,047	90.6%
7	Daniel Wright Jr High School	Lincolnshire, IL	Lincolnshire-Prairieview SD 103	Middle	720	90.4%
8	Westfield Middle School	Bloomingdale, IL	Bloomingdale SD 13	Middle	493	90.3%
9	Kennedy Junior High School	Lisle, IL	Naperville CUSD 203	Middle	937	90.0%
10	Northbrook Junior High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook SD 28	Middle	621	89.9%
11	McClure Jr High School	Western Springs, IL	Western Springs SD 101	Middle	469	89.8%
12	Marie Murphy School	Wilmette, IL	Avoca SD 37	Middle	253	89.6%
13	Germantown Hills Middle School	Germantown Hills, IL	Germantown Hills SD 69	Middle	374	89.6%
14	Clarendon Hills Middle School	Clarendon Hills, IL	Hinsdale CCSD 181	Middle	448	89.6%
15	Palos South Middle School	Palos Park, IL	Palos CCSD 118	Middle	717	89.4%
16	Wood Oaks Jr High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook ESD 27	Middle	455	89.1%
17	Highcrest Middle School	Wilmette, IL	Wilmette SD 39	Middle	748	89.1%
18	Sunset Ridge Elem School	Northfield, IL	Sunset Ridge SD 29	Middle	274	88.6%
19	Lake Zurich Middle - S Campus	Lake Zurich, IL	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	Middle	599	88.4%
20	Pleasantdale Middle Sch	Burr Ridge, IL	Pleasantdale SD 107	Middle	352	88.2%
21	Franklin Middle School	Wheaton, IL	CUSD 200	Middle	525	87.8%
22	Highlands Middle School	La Grange Highlands, IL	LaGrange Highlands SD 106	Middle	429	87.4%
23	Independence Jr High School	Palos Heights, IL	Palos Heights SD 128	Middle	236	87.4%
24	Stockton Middle School	Stockton, IL	Stockton CUSD 206	Middle	100	87.4%
25	Alan B Shepard Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	Middle	476	87.1%
26	Charles J Caruso Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	Middle	440	87.1%
27	Gordon Gregory Middle School	Naperville, IL	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	Middle	811	87.0%
28	L J Hauser Jr High School	Riverside, IL	Riverside SD 96	Middle	597	86.9%
29	Willowbrook Middle School	South Beloit, IL	Prairie Hill CCSD 133	Middle	348	86.8%
30	Oak Prairie Jr High School	Homer Glen, IL	Will County SD 92	Middle	460	86.6%
31	Roselle Middle School	Roselle, IL	Roselle SD 12	Middle	230	86.4%
32	Deer Path Middle Sch West	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	Middle	361	86.3%
33	Morton Jr High School	Morton, IL	Morton CUSD 709	Middle	504	86.3%
34	Fred Rodgers Magnet Acad	Aurora, IL	Aurora East USD 131	Middle	284	86.1%
35	Deer Path Middle Sch East	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	Middle	375	86.1%
36	Homer Jr High School	Homer Glen, IL	Homer CCSD 33C	Middle	865	85.9%
37	Central School	Glencoe, IL	Glencoe SD 35	Middle	561	85.6%
38	The Skokie School	Winnetka, IL	Winnetka SD 36	Middle	362	85.3%
39	Old Quarry Middle Sch	Lemont, IL	Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A	Middle	856	85.2%
40	Hinsdale Middle School	Hinsdale, IL	Hinsdale CCSD 181	Middle	755	85.2%
41	Hadley Junior High School	Glen Ellyn, IL	Glen Ellyn SD 41	Middle	1,143	85.0%
42	Scullen Middle School	Naperville, IL	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	Middle	948	85.0%
43	Roosevelt School	River Forest, IL	River Forest SD 90	Middle	625	84.9%
44	Wilmette Junior High School	Wilmette, IL	Wilmette SD 39	Middle	766	84.8%
45	Margaret Mead JHS	Elk Grove Village, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	Middle	702	84.5%
46	Park Junior High School	La Grange Park, IL	La Grange SD 102	Middle	661	84.4%
47	Bryan Middle School	Elmhurst, IL	Elmhurst SD 205	Middle	687	84.3%
48	Lincoln Jr High School	Naperville, IL	Naperville CUSD 203	Middle	774	83.7%
49	Sandburg Middle School	Elmhurst, IL	Elmhurst SD 205	Middle	633	83.2%
50	St Joseph Middle School	Saint Joseph, IL	St Joseph CCSD 169	Middle	325	83.0%

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