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Enrollment
829
Middle
DISTRICT 788 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRYSTAL LAKE CCSD 47·NCES 171135001799
Hannah Beardsley Middle School
515 E Crystal Lake Ave, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 · (815) 477-5897 · McHenry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- C+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
14.1:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
313 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 276 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 272 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 281 | 34% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
56.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.7% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 27.5% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Hannah Beardsley Middle School
Hannah Beardsley Middle School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Beardsley Middle School this school | 829 | 37.8% | 46.9% |
| Lundahl Middle School Crystal Lake | 797 | 35.4% | 42.7% |
| Parkland School McHenry | 645 | 37.7% | 47.3% |
| Hampshire Middle School Hampshire | 821 | 33.5% | 38.6% |
| Frederick School Grayslake | 667 | 34.8% | 47.7% |
| Grayslake Middle School Grayslake | 641 | 36.0% | 46.0% |
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 Hannah Beardsley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #236 of 578 | #10 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #278 of 640 ▲ 5 | #9 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #324 of 640 ▼ 21 | #10 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 829 | #74 of 691 | #2 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #386 of 558 | #14 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #236 of 560 | #5 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #399 of 581 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #109 of 440 | #3 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
829
-74 (-8%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 941
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 | 829 | 59 | 14.1:1 | 38% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 831 | 58.6 | 14.2:1 | 37% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 847 | 59 | 14.4:1 | 35% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 903 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,028 | 63.8 | 16.1:1 | 32% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 1,033 | 60 | 17.2:1 | 31% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 971 | 64 | 15.2:1 | 18% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 941 | 53 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hannah Beardsley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,028 to 829); teachers down 8% (63.8 to 59).
About Hannah Beardsley Middle School
Federal records list Hannah Beardsley Middle School as a middle school in Crystal Lake, Illinois. It serves 829 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Illinois is roughly 462 students; this school is 79% bigger than that.
Hannah Beardsley Middle School is one school in Crystal Lake CCSD 47, a system of 12 schools with 6,889 students.
Hannah Beardsley Middle School is 61% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of McHenry County's population at about 80%. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 59 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 38% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in McHenry County average 35%.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Hannah Beardsley Middle School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Hannah Beardsley Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.9%, compared with a predicted 49.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for McHenry County show that the median household income is $104,802, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 89 public schools in McHenry County, enrolling about 50,123 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Crystal Lake Central High School, is about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hannah Beardsley Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 829 students in 2024-25, 74 fewer than the 903 it had in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Crystal Lake CCSD 47
- Lundahl Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Richard F Bernotas Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Coventry Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Husmann Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other schools in Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Crystal Lake South High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Prairie Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,133 students
- Lundahl Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Richard F Bernotas Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- Crystal Lake Central High School1.1 mi · 1,443
- Husmann Elementary School1.2 mi · 518
- Richard F Bernotas Middle School1.9 mi · 737
- Canterbury Elementary School1.9 mi · 486
- North Elementary School2.0 mi · 638
- Coventry Elementary School2.1 mi · 629
Frequently asked questions
About Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hannah Beardsley Middle School?
Hannah Beardsley Middle School enrolls approximately 829 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hannah Beardsley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hannah Beardsley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hannah Beardsley Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hannah Beardsley Middle School is approximately 14.1:1 (59 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hannah Beardsley Middle School?
Hannah Beardsley Middle School reports a student body of 61% White, 31% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Hannah Beardsley Middle School?
Hannah Beardsley Middle School is overseen by Crystal Lake CCSD 47 in McHenry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.