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How has Creekside Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
736
Middle
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODSTOCK CUSD 200·NCES 174333004328
Creekside Middle School
3201 Hercules Rd, Woodstock, IL 60098 · (815) 337-5200 · McHenry County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-Test 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
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
339 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 238 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 241 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 257 | 35% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Creekside Middle School→Woodstock High School
Based on grade levels within Woodstock CUSD 200. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
75.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
46.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.9% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.9% | 40.2% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 15 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 Creekside Middle School
Creekside Middle School's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Middle School this school | 736 | 46.1% | 59.7% |
| Peter J Palombi School Lake Villa | 844 | 45.3% | 37.0% |
| Northwood Middle School Woodstock | 576 | 43.2% | 54.7% |
| Belvidere Central Middle School Belvidere | 911 | 50.6% | 35.4% |
| Jack Hille Middle School Oak Forest | 490 | 46.5% | 40.0% |
| Timber Ridge Middle School Plainfield | 885 | 40.1% | 41.3% |
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 Creekside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #99 of 578 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #174 of 640 ▼ 19 | #3 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #119 of 640 ▼ 35 | #1 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #115 of 691 | #6 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #359 of 558 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #187 of 560 | #2 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #334 of 581 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #322 of 440 | #12 of 14 |
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
736
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 480
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 | 736 | 53.6 | 13.7:1 | 46% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 53.2 | 13.9:1 | 44% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 728 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 44% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 52.4 | 15.0:1 | 43% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 44% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 37% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 36 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 26 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (786 to 736); teachers up 2% (52.4 to 53.6).
About Creekside Middle School
Creekside Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Woodstock, Illinois. Classes run from 5 through 8, and the school has 736 students. Against the 462-student average for middle schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 59% higher.
Creekside Middle School is one school in an 11-school district, Woodstock CUSD 200, which enrolls 6,097 students.
At 55%, White students outnumber all other groups at Creekside Middle School combined. After that, the student body is 35% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of McHenry County, the White share is about 80%. Creekside Middle School has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Creekside Middle School is 53.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.7:1. That ratio is over the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 46%. For comparison, public schools in McHenry County average 35%.
Creekside Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 87% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations places Creekside Middle School in the top 10% of Illinois schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 14.8 points above it (59.7% actual, 44.9% predicted).
McHenry County has these Census figures: median household income is about $104,802, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Creekside Middle School is among the 89 public schools in McHenry County.
Prairiewood Elementary School is the public school closest to Creekside Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Creekside Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Creekside Middle School's average proficiency of 59.7% compares with 48.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 729 students in 2020-21 and 736 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Creekside Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodstock CUSD 200
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 988 students
- Woodstock North High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Verda Dierzen Early Learning CenterElementary · 675 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 576 students
- Mary Endres Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Olson Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other schools in Woodstock
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 988 students
- Woodstock North High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Verda Dierzen Early Learning CenterElementary · 675 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 576 students
- Mary Endres Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Olson Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other Creekside Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Creekside Middle. Creekside Middle School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Creekside Middle SchoolCarmel, IN · 1,428 students
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLPORT ORANGE, FL · 1,120 students
- Creekside Middle SchoolFairfield, OH · 1,111 students
- Creekside MiddlePatterson, CA · 907 students
- Creekside MiddleCastro Valley, CA · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Prairiewood Elementary School0.0 mi · 374
- Dean Street Elementary School2.2 mi · 302
- Westwood Elementary School2.4 mi · 385
- Woodstock High School2.4 mi · 988
- Olson Elementary School2.7 mi · 425
- Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center4.2 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Middle SchoolHow large is Creekside Middle School?
Creekside Middle School enrolls approximately 736 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Creekside Middle School serve?
Creekside Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Creekside Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Creekside Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Creekside Middle School?
At Creekside Middle School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 35% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Creekside Middle School public or private?
Creekside Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Woodstock CUSD 200.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.