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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Friendship Jr High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
633
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMM CONS SD 59·NCES 171377001730
Friendship Jr High School
550 Elizabeth Ln, Des Plaines, IL 60018 · (847) 593-4350 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Illinois public middle schools
- BTest 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
10.7:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
389 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 211 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 36% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
53.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
39.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 39.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 33.3% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Friendship Jr High School
Friendship Jr High School's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Jr High School this school | 633 | 61.5% | 47.9% |
| Holmes Jr High School Mount Prospect | 459 | 62.5% | 42.8% |
| Chippewa Middle School Des Plaines | 652 | 58.0% | 49.6% |
| Arbor Park Middle School Oak Forest | 520 | 49.4% | 39.0% |
| Spring Wood Middle School Hanover Park | 420 | 57.1% | 30.3% |
| Algonquin Middle School Des Plaines | 597 | 57.3% | 49.7% |
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 Friendship Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #223 of 578 | #34 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #245 of 640 ▼ 43 | #61 of 146 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #367 of 640 ▼ 45 | #79 of 146 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #181 of 691 | #51 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #75 of 558 | #30 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #46 of 560 | #14 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #170 of 581 | #63 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #331 of 440 | #76 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
633
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 474
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 | 633 | 59 | 10.7:1 | 61% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 55.7 | 11.1:1 | 64% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 57 | 10.8:1 | 61% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 52.3 | 12.9:1 | 54% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 52 | 13.3:1 | 47% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 52% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 44 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Friendship Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (674 to 633); teachers up 13% (52.3 to 59).
About Friendship Jr High School
Friendship Jr High School is a medium-sized middle school with an address in Des Plaines, Illinois. It educates 633 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 37% above the 462 average for middle schools in Illinois.
Friendship Jr High School is one school in a 15-school district, Comm Cons SD 59, which enrolls 5,869 students.
The most common group at Friendship Jr High School is White students, at 38%. It is also 37% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Friendship Jr High School's 59 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.7:1. On average, middle schools in Illinois have 13.0:1, compared with 10.7:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%.
The allk12 Grade for Friendship Jr High School is B+. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Friendship Jr High School's results are 11.8 points above predicted: 47.9% against 36.0%.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $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%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
The shortest distance from Friendship Jr High School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Devonshire School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Friendship Jr High School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, Friendship Jr High School's enrollment declined 3%, to 633.
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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 Comm Cons SD 59
- Grove Jr High SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Holmes Jr High SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Salt Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Clearmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- John Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Des Plaines
- Maine West High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Chippewa Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Algonquin Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Devonshire School0.5 mi · 370
- Terrace Elementary School1.2 mi · 206
- Brentwood Elementary School1.3 mi · 375
- Robert Frost Elementary School1.4 mi · 359
- Maine West High School1.5 mi · 1,857
- Forest Elementary School1.5 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Friendship Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Friendship Jr High School?
Friendship Jr High School enrolls approximately 633 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Friendship Jr High School serve?
Friendship Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Friendship Jr High School have?
Friendship Jr High School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Friendship Jr High School?
Student demographics at Friendship Jr High School are roughly 38% White, 37% Hispanic, 5% Black, 16% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Friendship Jr High School public or private?
Friendship Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Comm Cons SD 59.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.