Algonquin Middle School

Algonquin Middle School is a moderately sized junior high in Des Plaines, Illinois, one of the schools within CCSD 62. The school educates 597 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% larger than the state mean of about 462.

Across the 11 schools in CCSD 62 (4,520 students total), Algonquin Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Algonquin Middle School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest breaks down as 26% White, 11% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Algonquin Middle School has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Algonquin Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Algonquin Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of +11.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Algonquin Middle School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Forest Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Algonquin Middle School. On composite proficiency, Algonquin Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 670 students in 2018 compared to 597 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 32% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.