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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Illinois · page 13

Ranks 601–640 of the highest-performing public schools in reading in Illinois. Back to page 1.

BEST IN READING · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
601	Von Steuben Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	266	25.7%
602	Carl Sandburg Middle Sch	Freeport, IL	Freeport SD 145	Middle	430	25.4%
603	Creative Communications Acad	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	Middle	246	25.3%
604	Edison Jr High School	Rock Island, IL	Rock Island SD 41	Middle	398	23.8%
605	Round Lake Middle School	Round Lake Heights, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	Middle	783	23.1%
606	Roosevelt Middle School	Bellwood, IL	Bellwood SD 88	Middle	614	22.9%
607	Northwest Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	532	22.6%
608	Neal Math Science Academy	North Chicago, IL	North Chicago SD 187	Middle	601	22.3%
609	Huntley Middle School	Dekalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	Middle	865	22.3%
610	West Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	793	22.2%
611	Henry W Cowherd Middle School	Aurora, IL	Aurora East USD 131	Middle	807	22.0%
612	Robert E Abbott Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	585	21.8%
613	Blackhawk Elementary School	South Beloit, IL	County of Winnebago SD 320	Middle	139	21.5%
614	Rosa L Parks Middle School	Dixmoor, IL	W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147	Middle	320	21.4%
615	Harold B Dawson Middle School	West Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	331	21.1%
616	Zion Central Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	Middle	330	21.1%
617	Urbana Middle School	Urbana, IL	Urbana SD 116	Middle	877	21.0%
618	Jack Benny Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	475	20.9%
619	Coolidge Junior High Sch	Granite City, IL	Granite City CUSD 9	Middle	854	20.8%
620	Shiloh Park Middle School	Zion, IL	Zion ESD 6	Middle	358	20.5%
621	Carpentersville Middle School	Carpentersville, IL	CUSD 300	Middle	1,142	20.2%
622	South View Upper Elem School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	Middle	664	20.2%
623	Magee Middle School	Round Lake, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	Middle	642	19.6%
624	U S Grant Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	498	19.6%
625	North Ridge Middle School	Danville, IL	Danville CCSD 118	Middle	740	19.4%
626	School of Fine Arts	Calumet City, IL	Dolton SD 149	Middle	224	18.8%
627	Clinton Rosette Middle School	DeKalb, IL	DeKalb CUSD 428	Middle	575	17.9%
628	Westville Jr High School	Westville, IL	Westville CUSD 2	Middle	205	17.3%
629	Jefferson Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	517	16.0%
630	Mason/Clark Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	Middle	540	15.6%
631	Sterling Middle School	Peoria, IL	Peoria SD 150	Middle	374	15.6%
632	K D Waldo Middle School	Aurora, IL	Aurora East USD 131	Middle	729	14.4%
633	Parkview Jr High School	Creve Coeur, IL	Creve Coeur SD 76	Middle	193	14.4%
634	Miguel Juarez Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	651	14.4%
635	Rockford Envrnmntl Science Acad	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	1,108	14.2%
636	Wirth/Parks Middle School	Cahokia, IL	Cahokia CUSD 187	Middle	571	13.4%
637	Edith M Smith Middle School	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan CUSD 60	Middle	493	13.0%
638	Stephen Decatur Middle School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	Middle	413	12.8%
639	Kennedy Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	393	10.6%
640	Washington Middle School	Springfield, IL	Springfield SD 186	Middle	516	9.9%

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