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Enrollment
496
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001673
Ellis Middle School
225 S Liberty St, Elgin, IL 60120 · (847) 888-5151 · Kane County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
359 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 7 | 244 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 51% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
11.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 11.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Ellis Middle School
Ellis Middle School's state test result (22.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Middle School this school | 496 | 72.4% | 22.8% |
| Robert E Abbott Middle School Waukegan | 585 | 71.1% | 15.5% |
| Edith M Smith Middle School Waukegan | 493 | 72.2% | 11.9% |
| Heritage Middle School Berwyn | 447 | 73.6% | 47.6% |
| Miguel Juarez Middle School Waukegan | 651 | 69.6% | 12.7% |
| K D Waldo Middle School Aurora | 729 | 70.0% | 12.7% |
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 Ellis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #502 of 578 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #577 of 640 ▼ 66 | #21 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #557 of 640 ▼ 23 | #19 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #294 of 691 | #21 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #183 of 558 | #4 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #439 of 560 | #22 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #92 of 581 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.2% | #27 of 440 | #2 of 21 |
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
496
-169 (-25%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 409
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 | 496 | 41.3 | 12.0:1 | 72% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 41.9 | 12.1:1 | 57% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 43.6 | 12.4:1 | 65% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 45.8 | 15.1:1 | 85% (588) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 88% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 88% (537) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 38 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 29 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (691 to 496); teachers down 10% (45.8 to 41.3).
About Ellis Middle School
Ellis Middle School is one of the public schools in Elgin, Illinois. It is a mid-sized middle school. The school counted 496 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8.
SD U-46 has 34,036 students in 51 schools, and Ellis Middle School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Ellis Middle School, about 86 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 5% Black, 4% White, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Kane County is roughly 33% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Ellis Middle School, there are about 12.0 students; the school has 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 359 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 72% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Kane County average 48%.
The model predicts 29.7% for a school in Illinois with Ellis Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Ellis Middle School posts 22.8%.
In Kane County, the median household earns about $103,163 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Kane County has 167 public schools with about 87,252 students, including Ellis Middle School.
Ellis Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Channing Memorial Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ellis Middle School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Ellis Middle School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count fell 25% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Ellis Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Elgin
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Lords Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 641 students
Other Ellis Middle schools
One other US public school is named Ellis Middle. Ellis Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ellis MiddleAUSTIN, MN · 726 students
Nearby schools
- Channing Memorial Elementary School0.3 mi · 491
- Ronald D O Neal0.7 mi · 445
- Huff Elementary School0.8 mi · 577
- Lowrie Elementary School1.0 mi · 397
- Lords Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 655
- Larsen Middle School1.2 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Ellis Middle SchoolHow large is Ellis Middle School?
Ellis Middle School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Ellis Middle School serve?
Ellis Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ellis Middle School have?
Ellis Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Ellis Middle School?
Student demographics at Ellis Middle School are roughly 4% White, 86% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Ellis Middle School public or private?
Ellis Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SD U-46.
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