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

558 public middle schools in Illinois appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch leads the list at 8.0:1, against a median of 13.0:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

558

Illinois

Best Students/teacher

8.0:1

Median Students/teacher

13.0:1

LOWEST RATIO · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	East St Louis-Lincoln Middle Sch	East Saint Louis, IL	East St Louis SD 189	Middle	359	8.0:1
2	Sunset Ridge Elem School	Northfield, IL	Sunset Ridge SD 29	Middle	274	8.1:1
3	Stratford Middle School	Bloomingdale, IL	CCSD 93	Middle	520	8.2:1
4	Wm F Gurrie Middle School	La Grange, IL	La Grange SD 105 South	Middle	278	8.3:1
5	Northbrook Junior High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook SD 28	Middle	621	8.4:1
6	Deer Path Middle Sch West	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	Middle	361	8.6:1
7	Heritage Middle School	Berwyn, IL	Berwyn South SD 100	Middle	447	8.7:1
8	Kelvin Grove Jr High School	Lockport, IL	Lockport SD 91	Middle	260	8.7:1
9	Algonquin Middle School	Algonquin, IL	CUSD 300	Middle	370	8.8:1
10	Charles J Caruso Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	Middle	440	8.9:1
11	The Skokie School	Winnetka, IL	Winnetka SD 36	Middle	362	9.0:1
12	Carleton W Washburne School	Winnetka, IL	Winnetka SD 36	Middle	376	9.0:1
13	Burr Ridge Middle School	Burr Ridge, IL	CCSD 180	Middle	206	9.1:1
14	Bradley Central Middle School	Bradley, IL	Bradley SD 61	Middle	364	9.3:1
15	Leman Middle School	West Chicago, IL	West Chicago ESD 33	Middle	1,048	9.4:1
16	Holmes Jr High School	Mount Prospect, IL	Comm Cons SD 59	Middle	459	9.4:1
17	Stanton School	Fox Lake, IL	Fox Lake GSD 114	Middle	255	9.4:1
18	Oliver McCracken Middle School	Skokie, IL	Skokie SD 73-5	Middle	340	9.4:1
19	Eisenhower Jr High School	Darien, IL	Darien SD 61	Middle	407	9.4:1
20	Marie Murphy School	Wilmette, IL	Avoca SD 37	Middle	253	9.5:1
21	Churchville Middle School	Elmhurst, IL	Elmhurst SD 205	Middle	489	9.5:1
22	Nichols Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	Middle	628	9.5:1
23	Mayo Middle School	Paris, IL	Paris-Union SD 95	Middle	241	9.5:1
24	Central School	Glencoe, IL	Glencoe SD 35	Middle	561	9.6:1
25	Benjamin Middle School	West Chicago, IL	Benjamin SD 25	Middle	259	9.6:1
26	Chippewa Middle School	Des Plaines, IL	CCSD 62	Middle	652	9.6:1
27	Alan B Shepard Middle School	Deerfield, IL	Deerfield SD 109	Middle	476	9.6:1
28	Lincoln Hall Middle School	Lincolnwood, IL	Lincolnwood SD 74	Middle	413	9.7:1
29	Tefft Middle School	Streamwood, IL	SD U-46	Middle	606	9.7:1
30	Jack London Middle School	Wheeling, IL	Wheeling CCSD 21	Middle	628	9.7:1
31	Grant Middle School	Fairview Heights, IL	Grant CCSD 110	Middle	254	9.8:1
32	Field School	Northbrook, IL	West Northfield SD 31	Middle	333	9.8:1
33	Deer Path Middle Sch East	Lake Forest, IL	Lake Forest SD 67	Middle	375	9.9:1
34	Wood Oaks Jr High School	Northbrook, IL	Northbrook ESD 27	Middle	455	9.9:1
35	Madero Middle School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	Middle	231	9.9:1
36	Algonquin Middle School	Des Plaines, IL	CCSD 62	Middle	597	9.9:1
37	Jay Stream Middle School	Carol Stream, IL	CCSD 93	Middle	572	10.0:1
38	Lake Bluff Middle School	Lake Bluff, IL	Lake Bluff ESD 65	Middle	305	10.0:1
39	North Prairie Jr High	Winthrop Harbor, IL	Winthrop Harbor SD 1	Middle	240	10.0:1
40	Edison Junior High School	Pekin, IL	Pekin PSD 108	Middle	271	10.0:1
41	Hinckley-Big Rock Middle Sch	Big Rock, IL	Hinckley Big Rock CUSD 429	Middle	216	10.1:1
42	Gompers Junior High School	Joliet, IL	Joliet PSD 86	Middle	615	10.1:1
43	Bureau Valley Elem and JH	Manlius, IL	Bureau Valley CUSD 340	Middle	303	10.1:1
44	Chute Middle School	Evanston, IL	Evanston CCSD 65	Middle	598	10.1:1
45	Pleasantdale Middle Sch	Burr Ridge, IL	Pleasantdale SD 107	Middle	352	10.1:1
46	GCMS Middle School	Gibson City, IL	Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5	Middle	211	10.2:1
47	Magee Middle School	Round Lake, IL	Round Lake CUSD 116	Middle	642	10.2:1
48	Monmouth-Roseville Jr High Sch	Roseville, IL	Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238	Middle	214	10.2:1
49	Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook, IL	Valley View CUSD 365U	Middle	850	10.2:1
50	Grove Jr High School	Elk Grove Village, IL	Comm Cons SD 59	Middle	741	10.3:1

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