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

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Cook County, Illinois, drawn from 138 qualifying public middle schools. Sunset Ridge Elem School leads the list at 8.1:1, 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

Best Students/teacher

8.1:1

Median Students/teacher

12.3:1

LOWEST RATIO · COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Sunset Ridge Elem School	Northfield, IL	Sunset Ridge SD 29	Middle	274	8.1:1
2	Wm F Gurrie Middle School	La Grange, IL	La Grange SD 105 South	Middle	278	8.3:1
3	Northbrook Junior High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook SD 28	Middle	621	8.4:1
4	Heritage Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn South SD 100	Middle	447	8.7:1
5	The Skokie School	Winnetka, IL	Winnetka SD 36	Middle	362	9.0:1
6	Carleton W Washburne School	Winnetka, IL	Winnetka SD 36	Middle	376	9.0:1
7	Holmes Jr High School	Mount Prospect, IL	Comm Cons SD 59	Middle	459	9.4:1
8	Oliver McCracken Middle School	Skokie, IL	Skokie SD 73-5	Middle	340	9.4:1
9	Marie Murphy School	Wilmette, IL	Avoca SD 37	Middle	253	9.5:1
10	Nichols Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	Middle	628	9.5:1
11	Central School	Glencoe, IL	Glencoe SD 35	Middle	561	9.6:1
12	Chippewa Middle School	Des Plaines, IL	CCSD 62	Middle	652	9.6:1
13	Lincoln Hall Middle School	Lincolnwood, IL	Lincolnwood SD 74	Middle	413	9.7:1
14	Tefft Middle School	Streamwood, IL	SD U-46	Middle	606	9.7:1
15	Jack London Middle School	Wheeling, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	Middle	628	9.7:1
16	Field School	Northbrook, IL	West Northfield SD 31	Middle	333	9.8:1
17	Wood Oaks Jr High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook ESD 27	Middle	455	9.9:1
18	Madero Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	231	9.9:1
19	Algonquin Middle School	Des Plaines, IL	CCSD 62	Middle	597	9.9:1
20	Chute Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	Middle	598	10.1:1
21	Pleasantdale Middle Sch	Burr Ridge, IL	Pleasantdale SD 107	Middle	352	10.1:1
22	Grove Jr High School	Elk Grove Village, IL	Comm Cons SD 59	Middle	741	10.3:1
23	Mannheim Middle School	Melrose Park, IL	Mannheim SD 83	Middle	768	10.3:1
24	Roosevelt School	River Forest, IL	River Forest SD 90	Middle	625	10.3:1
25	Everett F Kerr Middle School	Blue Island, IL	Cook County SD 130	Middle	304	10.4:1
26	Wentworth Jr High School	Calumet City, IL	Calumet City SD 155	Middle	302	10.4:1
27	Stevenson Middle School	Melrose Park, IL	Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89	Middle	682	10.5:1
28	Attea Middle School	Glenview, IL	Glenview CCSD 34	Middle	714	10.5:1
29	Maple School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook/Glenview SD 30	Middle	451	10.6:1
30	Friendship Jr High School	Des Plaines, IL	Comm Cons SD 59	Middle	633	10.7:1
31	Freedom Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn South SD 100	Middle	504	10.8:1
32	Shields Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	330	10.8:1
33	Heritage Middle School	Summit, IL	Summit SD 104	Middle	447	10.9:1
34	Oliver W Holmes Middle School	Wheeling, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	Middle	615	10.9:1
35	Independence Jr High School	Palos Heights, IL	Palos Heights SD 128	Middle	236	10.9:1
36	Haven Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	Middle	660	11.0:1
37	Helen Keller JHS	Schaumburg, IL	Schaumburg CCSD 54	Middle	617	11.0:1
38	Highcrest Middle School	Wilmette, IL	Wilmette SD 39	Middle	748	11.0:1
39	Nathan Hale Middle School	Crestwood, IL	Cook County SD 130	Middle	334	11.1:1
40	James Hart School	Homewood, IL	Homewood SD 153	Middle	681	11.2:1
41	Washington Middle School	Lyons, IL	Lyons SD 103	Middle	659	11.2:1
42	Walter R Sundling Middle School	Palatine, IL	Palatine CCSD 15	Middle	679	11.2:1
43	Michelle Obama Sch of Technology	Park Forest, IL	Park Forest SD 163	Middle	428	11.3:1
44	Arbor Park Middle School	Oak Forest, IL	Arbor Park SD 145	Middle	520	11.3:1
45	Geo T Wilkins Jr High School	Justice, IL	Indian Springs SD 109	Middle	508	11.4:1
46	Prairie Jr High School	Alsip, IL	Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126	Middle	303	11.4:1
47	Springman Middle School	Glenview, IL	Glenview CCSD 34	Middle	811	11.5:1
48	Emerson Middle School	Niles, IL	Park Ridge CCSD 64	Middle	890	11.6:1
49	Elden D Finley Jr High School	Chicago Ridge, IL	Chicago Ridge SD 127-5	Middle	405	11.6:1
50	Westchester Middle School	Westchester, IL	Westchester SD 92-5	Middle	324	11.6:1

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