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Haven Middle School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 218 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 33% |
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 45.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
Schools most like Haven Middle School
Haven Middle School's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haven Middle School this school | 660 | 27.4% | 57.6% |
| Amelia V Carriel Jr High O Fallon | 664 | 26.7% | 57.8% |
| Yorkville Intermediate School Yorkville | 638 | 31.7% | 39.0% |
| Nichols Middle School Evanston | 628 | 34.9% | 62.3% |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School Oak Park | 947 | 20.8% | 61.2% |
| Traughber Jr High School Oswego | 1,070 | 24.7% | 49.3% |
Where Haven Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #116 of 578 | #20 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #124 of 640 ▼ 8 | #38 of 146 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #203 of 640 ▼ 9 | #51 of 146 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #166 of 691 | #47 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #95 of 558 | #36 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #82 of 560 | #24 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #476 of 581 | #103 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #84 of 440 | #21 of 97 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 660 | 60 | 11.0:1 | 27% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 64.8 | 10.6:1 | 28% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 66.1 | 10.5:1 | 28% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 852 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 65.2 | 12.8:1 | 27% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 65 | 12.2:1 | 25% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 57 | 11.2:1 | 32% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 53 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 782 | 53 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (836 to 660); teachers down 8% (65.2 to 60).
About Haven Middle School
Haven Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school serving families in Evanston, Illinois. The student body numbers 660 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Illinois is about 462, so this school runs 43% larger than that.
Evanston CCSD 65 has 16 schools and 6,136 students, and Haven Middle School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Haven Middle School, at 53%. Next come 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 44% White among all Cook County residents. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Haven Middle School counts 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.0 students for each one. On average, middle schools in Illinois have 13.0:1, compared with 11.0:1 here. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Haven Middle School would score about 55.7%. It scores 57.6%, 1.9 points above that figure.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
Of nearby public schools, Kingsley Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Haven Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Haven Middle School is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Over 4 years, Haven Middle School's enrollment dropped 23%, to 660.
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