Harlem Middle School

Harlem Middle School is one of the sprawling 6-8 campuss in Loves Park, Illinois, one of the schools within Harlem UD 122, with 1,330 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 188% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Harlem Middle School is one of 11 schools operated by Harlem UD 122, a district that works with 6,108 students overall.

Demographically, Harlem Middle School lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Black. Compared to Winnebago County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Harlem Middle School shows 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 60% of students at Harlem Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Harlem Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.8%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -2.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Winnebago County put the typical household earns roughly $65,837 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Winnebago County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), of which Harlem Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Windsor Elem School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harlem Middle School. On composite proficiency, Harlem Middle School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harlem Middle School has edged up 32%, going from 1,005 students in 2018 to 1,330 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 71% to 67%. Class-load math has rose: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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