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Enrollment
886
Middle
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARRINGTON CUSD 220·NCES 170505000192
Barrington Middle School Station
215 Eastern Ave, Barrington, IL 60010 · (847) 756-6400 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL886 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B+Beats 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
12.5:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
172 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 | 288 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 305 | 34% |
Student demographics
55%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 Middle School Station→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
79.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 77.6% | 46.3% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 Middle School Station
Barrington Middle School Station's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Middle School Station this school | 886 | 19.4% | 65.8% |
| Prairie Knolls Middle School Elgin | 770 | 16.8% | 67.0% |
| Wredling Middle School Saint Charles | 1,289 | 19.6% | 72.5% |
| Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus Hawthorn Woods | 697 | 23.4% | 70.7% |
| Richard Ira Jones Middle School Plainfield | 851 | 22.4% | 60.4% |
| Thomas Middle School Arlington Heights | 1,024 | 16.0% | 69.9% |
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 Middle School Station ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #64 of 578 | #13 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #149 of 640 ▼ 38 | #44 of 146 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #82 of 640 ▼ 42 | #27 of 146 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 886 | #48 of 691 | #12 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #230 of 558 | #75 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #213 of 560 | #57 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #528 of 581 | #110 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #295 of 440 | #72 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
886
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 954
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 | 886 | 71 | 12.5:1 | 19% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 948 | 70.6 | 13.4:1 | 21% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 964 | 69.8 | 13.8:1 | 20% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 896 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 959 | 74.7 | 12.8:1 | 17% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 992 | 74 | 13.4:1 | 16% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 982 | 72 | 13.6:1 | 18% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 973 | 55 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 954 | 53 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barrington Middle School Station.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (959 to 886); teachers down 5% (74.7 to 71).
About Barrington Middle School Station
In Barrington, Illinois, part of Cook County, Barrington Middle School Station is a middle-grades school. It teaches 886 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Illinois have about 462 students on average; enrollment here is 92% higher.
A total of 12 schools make up Barrington CUSD 220, with 7,936 students enrolled.
About 63% of the student body at Barrington Middle School Station is White. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 44% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 71 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. It is about the same as the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 19%. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Barrington Middle School Station holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Illinois public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Barrington Middle School Station is 60.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.8%.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $83,498 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Barrington Middle School Station, Cook County has 1,406 public schools.
Arnett C Lines Elementary School is the nearest public school to Barrington Middle School Station, less than a tenth of a mile away. Barrington Middle School Station is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 75.0% proficiency; Barrington Middle School Station posts 65.8%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Barrington Middle School Station was 896 in 2020-21 and 886 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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 Mdle School- Prairie CmpsMiddle · 980 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 Mdle School- Prairie CmpsMiddle · 980 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
- Arnett C Lines Elementary School0.1 mi · 501
- Hough Street Elementary School0.8 mi · 244
- Grove Avenue Elementary School0.9 mi · 511
- Barrington High School1.4 mi · 2,718
- Roslyn Road Elementary School1.4 mi · 447
- Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps1.5 mi · 980
Frequently asked questions
About Barrington Middle School StationHow large is Barrington Middle School Station?
Barrington Middle School Station enrolls approximately 886 students in grades 06-08.
Is Barrington Middle School Station an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barrington Middle School Station is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barrington Middle School Station?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barrington Middle School Station is approximately 12.5:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Barrington Middle School Station?
Student demographics at Barrington Middle School Station are roughly 63% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Barrington Middle School Station?
Barrington Middle School Station is overseen by Barrington CUSD 220 in Cook County.
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