Central Middle School

As an average-sized middle-grades school in Evergreen Park, Illinois, Central Middle School enrolls 560 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Evergreen Park ESD 124. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Evergreen Park ESD 124 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,735 students. Central Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Central Middle School logs that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 32% White, 28% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Central Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.2%; this one delivers 35.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Central Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Northwest School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Central Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 623 students in 2018 compared to 560 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 32% across the same window.

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