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Enrollment
715
Middle
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEACH PARK CCSD 3·NCES 170001000213
Beach Park Middle School
40667 N Green Bay Rd, Beach Park, IL 60099 · (847) 596-5860 · Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL715 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Illinois public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
406 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 5 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 241 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 32% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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 Beach Park CCSD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
9.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.4% | 9.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 7.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Beach Park Middle School
Beach Park Middle School's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Park Middle School this school | 715 | 56.8% | 20.0% |
| Washington Middle School Aurora | 690 | 57.8% | 33.5% |
| A Vito Martinez Middle School Romeoville | 583 | 55.6% | 52.9% |
| Hubert H Humphrey Middle School Bolingbrook | 596 | 62.1% | 42.5% |
| Jefferson Middle School Aurora | 577 | 62.2% | 34.1% |
| John J Lukancic Middle School Romeoville | 591 | 53.6% | 50.7% |
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 Beach Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #527 of 578 | #22 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #599 of 640 ▼ 25 | #40 of 44 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #573 of 640 ▼ 63 | #34 of 44 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 715 | #132 of 691 | #9 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #421 of 558 | #40 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #217 of 560 | #20 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #214 of 581 | #12 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #347 of 440 | #26 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
715
-62 (-8%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 471
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 | 715 | 49.1 | 14.6:1 | 57% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 683 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 57% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 46 | 15.9:1 | 57% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 51.5 | 14.7:1 | 43% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 52 | 15.4:1 | 42% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 881 | 51 | 17.3:1 | 44% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 31 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 25 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beach Park Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (757 to 715); teachers down 5% (51.5 to 49.1).
About Beach Park Middle School
Beach Park Middle School, located in Beach Park, Illinois, is a high-enrollment middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 715 students. Against the 462-student average for middle schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 55% higher.
The district, Beach Park CCSD 3, has 1,996 students enrolled across 5 schools.
Hispanic students are the majority at Beach Park Middle School, with 63% of enrollment. Other groups make up 20% Black, 10% White, and 5% multiracial. Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. That is higher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 57%. That tracks the 54% average for public schools in Lake County.
allk12 grades Beach Park Middle School an F. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Beach Park Middle School scores 18.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 20.0% actual versus 38.7% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Lake County show that the median household income is $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 214 public schools in Lake County, enrolling about 118,032 students in all.
The closest public school to Beach Park Middle School is Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Beach Park Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Beach Park Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 62 fewer students in 2024-25.
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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 Beach Park CCSD 3
- Kenneth Murphy SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Howe Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Oak Crest SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Newport Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
Other schools in Beach Park
- Kenneth Murphy SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Howe Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Oak Crest SchoolElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Zion-Benton Twnshp Hi School0.6 mi · 2,114
- West Elementary School1.4 mi · 339
- Prairie Trail School1.7 mi · 454
- Beulah Park Elementary School1.9 mi · 289
- Shiloh Park Middle School2.1 mi · 358
- Kenneth Murphy School2.2 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Beach Park Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Beach Park Middle School?
Beach Park Middle School enrolls approximately 715 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Beach Park Middle School serve?
Beach Park Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Beach Park Middle School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Beach Park Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Beach Park Middle School?
Student demographics at Beach Park Middle School are roughly 10% White, 63% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Beach Park Middle School public or private?
Beach Park Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Beach Park CCSD 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.