Enrollment
306
Middle
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOLF ESD 67·NCES 172682002867
Golf Middle School
9401 Waukegan Rd, Morton Grove, IL 60053 · (847) 965-3740 · Cook County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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
13.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
125 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 5 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 26% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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 Golf ESD 67. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
62.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 48.4% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Golf Middle School
Golf Middle School's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golf Middle School this school | 306 | 40.8% | 60.2% |
| Oliver McCracken Middle School Skokie | 340 | 33.8% | 62.5% |
| Hawthorn Middle School South Vernon Hills | 609 | 30.7% | 51.7% |
| River Trails Middle School Mount Prospect | 508 | 30.3% | 52.7% |
| Hawthorn Middle School North Vernon Hills | 627 | 33.3% | 58.8% |
| Jay Stream Middle School Carol Stream | 572 | 42.0% | 46.5% |
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 Golf Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #96 of 578 | #19 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #73 of 640 ▲ 18 | #24 of 146 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #257 of 640 ▼ 35 | #61 of 146 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #445 of 691 | #119 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #327 of 558 | #94 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #93 of 560 | #29 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #378 of 581 | #95 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #94 of 127 | #31 of 40 |
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
306
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 248
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 | 306 | 22.8 | 13.4:1 | 41% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 22.8 | 14.3:1 | 36% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 21.7 | 14.3:1 | 34% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 27% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 26% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 18 | 13.9:1 | 26% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 272 | 23 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 248 | 24 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Golf Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (296 to 306); teachers up 9% (21 to 22.8).
About Golf Middle School
Golf Middle School is a small middle school in Morton Grove, Illinois, (ZIP code 60053). Its 306 students are spread across grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 34% smaller than the 462 average for middle schools in Illinois.
Golf Middle School is a school in Golf ESD 67. The district has 2 schools and 631 students.
White students form the largest group at Golf Middle School, 47% of enrollment. Other groups make up 35% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 44% White, within a few points of the school. Golf Middle School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 22.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.4:1. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 41%. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Golf Middle School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Golf Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 47.9%. Golf Middle School scores 60.2%, 12.2 points above that line.
Among Cook County residents, median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
Hynes Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 60.2% is above the 57.0% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Golf Middle School went from 323 students to 306.
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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 Morton Grove
- Park View Elementary SchoolElementary · 885 students
- Thomas Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 605 students
- Melzer SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Hynes Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Julia S Molloy Education CenterCombined
- NTDSE Sat ProgramElementary
Nearby schools
- Hynes Elementary School0.5 mi · 325
- Melzer School0.9 mi · 395
- Hoffman Elementary School0.9 mi · 481
- Park View Elementary School1.0 mi · 885
- V H Nelson Elementary School1.3 mi · 479
- Washington Elementary School1.4 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Golf Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Golf Middle School?
Golf Middle School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Golf Middle School serve?
Golf Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Golf Middle School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Golf Middle School.
How diverse is Golf Middle School?
Golf Middle School reports a student body of 47% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 35% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Golf Middle School?
Golf Middle School is overseen by Golf ESD 67 in Cook County.
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