Enrollment
304
Middle
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOK COUNTY SD 130·NCES 170651000328
Everett F Kerr Middle School
12915 Maple Ave, Blue Island, IL 60406 · (708) 385-5959 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
10.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
249 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 87 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 36% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
17.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 13.5% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Everett F Kerr Middle School
Everett F Kerr Middle School's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everett F Kerr Middle School this school | 304 | 81.9% | 32.2% |
| Northlake Middle School Northlake | 378 | 84.4% | 26.4% |
| Freedom Middle School Berwyn | 504 | 81.7% | 32.3% |
| Heritage Middle School Berwyn | 447 | 73.6% | 47.6% |
| Zion Central Middle School Zion | 330 | 85.5% | 13.6% |
| Shiloh Park Middle School Zion | 358 | 85.8% | 12.2% |
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 Everett F Kerr Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #414 of 578 | #67 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #517 of 640 ▼ 36 | #113 of 146 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #448 of 640 ▼ 26 | #90 of 146 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #449 of 691 | #120 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #58 of 558 | #25 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #378 of 560 | #103 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #56 of 581 | #28 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #226 of 440 | #52 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
304
-16 (-5%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 605
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 | 304 | 29.3 | 10.4:1 | 82% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 33.5 | 9.7:1 | 89% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 32.3 | 9.6:1 | 89% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 31.9 | 10.8:1 | 93% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 33 | 11.2:1 | 95% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 93% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 34 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 39 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Everett F Kerr Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (343 to 304); teachers down 8% (31.9 to 29.3).
About Everett F Kerr Middle School
Everett F Kerr Middle School is a small middle school found in Blue Island, Illinois. The school had 304 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Illinois is about 462, so this school runs 34% smaller than that.
Everett F Kerr Middle School is in Cook County SD 130, a district with 2,950 students across 11 schools.
Everett F Kerr Middle School enrolls a student body that is 80% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 12% Black and 7% White. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Everett F Kerr Middle School comes in at 34%.
Teachers at Everett F Kerr Middle School total 29.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 82%. The average for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
allk12 grades Everett F Kerr Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Everett F Kerr Middle School's results are 8.0 points above predicted: 32.2% against 24.2%.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The closest other public school is Whittier Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Everett F Kerr Middle School is ahead of the 27.8% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 320 to 304.
The Everett F Kerr Middle School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Cook County SD 130
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Nathan Hale Middle SchoolMiddle · 334 students
- Nathan Hale Primary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Paul Revere Primary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Blue Island
- DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)High · 1,818 students
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Paul Revere Primary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Horace Mann SchoolElementary · 182 students
- Paul Revere Intermediate SchoolElementary · 180 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elementary School0.2 mi · 150
- DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)0.6 mi · 1,818
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 342
- Veterans Memorial Middle School0.8 mi · 361
- Paul Revere Intermediate School0.8 mi · 180
- Paul Revere Primary School0.8 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Everett F Kerr Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Everett F Kerr Middle School?
Everett F Kerr Middle School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades 06-08.
Is Everett F Kerr Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Everett F Kerr Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Everett F Kerr Middle School have?
Everett F Kerr Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
How diverse is Everett F Kerr Middle School?
Everett F Kerr Middle School reports a student body of 7% White, 80% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Everett F Kerr Middle School public or private?
Everett F Kerr Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cook County SD 130.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.