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Enrollment
875
Middle
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANTIOCH CCSD 34·NCES 170384000072
Antioch Upper Grade School
800 Highview Dr, Antioch, IL 60002 · (847) 838-8310 · Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL875 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
269 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 280 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Antioch CCSD 34. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 32.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Antioch Upper Grade School
Antioch Upper Grade School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch Upper Grade School this school | 875 | 30.7% | 48.4% |
| Cary Jr High School Cary | 761 | 28.5% | 49.6% |
| Minooka Intermediate School Minooka | 941 | 27.1% | 48.7% |
| Minooka Jr High School Minooka | 1,024 | 26.9% | 44.5% |
| Richard F Bernotas Middle School Crystal Lake | 737 | 28.0% | 46.6% |
| Yorkville Intermediate School Yorkville | 638 | 31.7% | 39.0% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Antioch Upper Grade School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #219 of 578 | #10 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #252 of 640 ▼ 35 | #22 of 44 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #293 of 640 ▼ 62 | #20 of 44 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 875 | #52 of 691 | #3 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #283 of 558 | #33 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #246 of 560 | #24 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #453 of 581 | #26 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #261 of 440 | #21 of 34 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
875
-61 (-7%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 875 | 67.3 | 13.0:1 | 31% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 922 | 68.9 | 13.4:1 | 29% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 902 | 70.2 | 12.8:1 | 25% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 936 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 968 | 71.1 | 13.6:1 | 21% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 1,065 | 67 | 15.9:1 | 24% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 988 | 55 | 18.0:1 | 24% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 43 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 32 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Antioch Upper Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (968 to 875); teachers down 5% (71.1 to 67.3).
About Antioch Upper Grade School
Antioch Upper Grade School is one of the public schools in Antioch, Illinois. It is a large middle school. In all, 875 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. The school is 89% above the average for middle schools in Illinois.
Antioch CCSD 34 runs 5 schools with a combined 2,574 students. Antioch Upper Grade School is one of them.
About 66% of the student body at Antioch Upper Grade School is White. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
Its ratio of 13.0:1 is based on 67.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. In all, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lake County average 54%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Antioch Upper Grade School's results are 5.4 points below predicted: 48.4% against 53.8%.
Looking at the county, Lake County, median household income comes to about $110,416, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 214, with about 118,032 students.
W C Petty Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Antioch Upper Grade School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 48.6% on proficiency, and Antioch Upper Grade School is below that at 48.4%.
Locale data from NCES put Antioch Upper Grade School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decrease, from 936 to 875.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Antioch CCSD 34
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Oakland Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- W C Petty Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Mary Kay McNeill ELCElementary · 108 students
Other schools in Antioch
- Antioch Comm High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- W C Petty Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Emmons Grade SchoolElementary · 288 students
- Grass Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 186 students
- Mary Kay McNeill ELCElementary · 108 students
Nearby schools
- W C Petty Elementary School0.1 mi · 462
- Mary Kay McNeill ELC1.0 mi · 108
- Antioch Comm High School1.3 mi · 1,313
- Emmons Grade School1.5 mi · 288
- Trevor-Wilmot Grade2.1 mi · 455
- Hillcrest Elementary School2.5 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About Antioch Upper Grade SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Antioch Upper Grade School?
Antioch Upper Grade School enrolls approximately 875 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Antioch Upper Grade School serve?
Antioch Upper Grade School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Antioch Upper Grade School have?
Antioch Upper Grade School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Antioch Upper Grade School?
At Antioch Upper Grade School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Antioch Upper Grade School in?
Antioch Upper Grade School is part of Antioch CCSD 34.
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