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What's one thing Barrington Mdle Sch- Prairie Cmps gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
980
Middle
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARRINGTON CUSD 220·NCES 170505000044
Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps
40 E Dundee Rd, Barrington, IL 60010 · (847) 304-3990 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL980 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Illinois public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
198 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 323 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 314 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 343 | 35% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps→Barrington High School
Based on grade levels within Barrington CUSD 220. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
80.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
61.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.7% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 74.3% | 53.5% |
% 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
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps
Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps this school | 980 | 20.2% | 72.4% |
| Heritage Grove Middle School Plainfield | 841 | 23.3% | 67.0% |
| Attea Middle School Glenview | 714 | 20.0% | 69.1% |
| Springman Middle School Glenview | 811 | 26.8% | 68.5% |
| Murphy Junior High School Plainfield | 700 | 19.9% | 57.0% |
| Eastview Middle School Bartlett | 757 | 28.5% | 56.0% |
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 Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #22 of 578 | #6 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #63 of 640 ▼ 5 | #21 of 146 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #71 of 640 ▼ 5 | #24 of 146 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 980 | #30 of 691 | #8 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #358 of 558 | #101 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #114 of 560 | #35 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #521 of 581 | #107 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #272 of 440 | #67 of 97 |
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
980
-64 (-6%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 1,002
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 | 980 | 71.5 | 13.7:1 | 20% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 944 | 71.3 | 13.2:1 | 20% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 976 | 74.3 | 13.1:1 | 19% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 1,044 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,078 | 81.7 | 13.2:1 | 20% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 1,161 | 83 | 14.0:1 | 20% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 1,212 | 78 | 15.5:1 | 15% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 1,002 | 57 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,078 to 980); teachers down 12% (81.7 to 71.5).
About Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps
Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps, located in Barrington, Illinois, is a high-enrollment middle school. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 980 students. The school is 112% above the average for middle schools in Illinois.
Barrington CUSD 220 includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 7,936 students.
At Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps, 54% of students are White. The school is also 22% Asian, 19% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 44% White share among all Cook County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Staffing at Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps comes to 71.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7:1. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 0.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps counts 20% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of Illinois public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps, the prediction is 59.9% and the result is 72.4%.
In the wider Cook County area, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Barrington Early Learning Center is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps at 4th of 7.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 6% over 4 years, reaching 980 in 2024-25.
The Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Barrington CUSD 220
- Barrington High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- Barrington Middle School StationMiddle · 886 students
- Grove Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Arnett C Lines Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Roslyn Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- North Barrington Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Other schools in Barrington
- Barrington High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- Barrington Middle School StationMiddle · 886 students
- Grove Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Arnett C Lines Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Roslyn Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Countryside Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Barrington Early Learning Center0.1 mi · 194
- Grove Avenue Elementary School1.0 mi · 511
- Arnett C Lines Elementary School1.5 mi · 501
- Barrington Middle School Station1.5 mi · 886
- Hough Street Elementary School1.6 mi · 244
- Barrington High School2.1 mi · 2,718
Frequently asked questions
About Barrington Mdle School- Prairie CmpsHow many students attend Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps?
Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps enrolls approximately 980 students in grades 06-08.
Is Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps is approximately 13.7:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps?
At Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps, the student body is approximately 54% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 22% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps?
Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps is overseen by Barrington CUSD 220 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.