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Enrollment
460
Middle
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH HOLLAND SD 151·NCES 173675003780
Coolidge Middle School
15500 7th Ave, Phoenix, IL 60426 · (708) 339-5300 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
457 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 139 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 34% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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 South Holland SD 151. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
44.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.5pp since 2023
Math
18.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.1% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 12.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 14% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Coolidge Middle School
Coolidge Middle School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coolidge Middle School this school | 460 | 99.3% | 29.6% |
| Memorial Jr High School Lansing | 854 | 99.2% | 27.1% |
| Brooks Middle School Harvey | 455 | 89.0% | 20.7% |
| Kennedy Middle School Rockford | 393 | 90.3% | 6.3% |
| Prairie-Hills Junior High School Markham | 766 | 94.0% | 21.1% |
| Rosa L Parks Middle School Dixmoor | 320 | 91.3% | 12.0% |
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 Coolidge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #443 of 578 | #72 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #500 of 640 ▼ 2 | #109 of 146 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #465 of 640 ▲ 47 | #94 of 146 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #318 of 691 | #87 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #158 of 558 | #55 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #288 of 560 | #79 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #8 of 581 | #6 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #282 of 440 | #71 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
460
-125 (-21%) vs 2020
+119% since 1990-91, when it was 210
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 | 460 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 99% (457) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 41.3 | 12.6:1 | 100% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 44.5 | 11.4:1 | 100% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 43 | 11.7:1 | 98% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 89% (419) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 79% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 22 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 210 | 14 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coolidge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (503 to 460); teachers down 9% (43 to 39).
About Coolidge Middle School
Coolidge Middle School serves students in Phoenix, Illinois, as a medium-sized middle school. The school had 460 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Coolidge Middle School is run by South Holland SD 151, whose 4 schools enroll 1,319 students.
By race and ethnicity, Coolidge Middle School is 65% Black. After that, the student body is 34% Hispanic. Census figures show Cook County is about 22% Black. Coolidge Middle School has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. That ratio is under the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Coolidge Middle School is 99%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Coolidge Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 29.6%; the prediction is 14.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Coolidge Middle School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
Holmes Elementary School is the public school closest to Coolidge Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Coolidge Middle School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 21%, from 585 to 460.
Discussions about Coolidge Middle School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 South Holland SD 151
- Taft SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Madison SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Eisenhower SchoolElementary · 274 students
Nearby schools
- Holmes Elementary School0.9 mi · 270
- Brooks Middle School1.0 mi · 455
- Taft School1.0 mi · 308
- Thornton Township High School1.0 mi · 1,697
- Madison School1.1 mi · 277
- Bryant Elementary School1.3 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Coolidge Middle SchoolHow large is Coolidge Middle School?
Coolidge Middle School enrolls approximately 460 students in grades 06-08.
Is Coolidge Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coolidge Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coolidge Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coolidge Middle School is approximately 11.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Coolidge Middle School?
Coolidge Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 34% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Coolidge Middle School?
Coolidge Middle School is overseen by South Holland SD 151 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.