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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSTON CCSD 65·NCES 171446001790

Haven Middle School

2417 Prairie Ave, Evanston, IL 60201 · (847) 859-8200 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
Enrollment
660
Middle
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 462
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
181 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 621833%
Grade 722434%
Grade 821833%
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
35253%
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
8713%
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
11417%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
325%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
7211%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
33250%
Female
32750%

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Test scores

IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)
English Language Arts
68.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
53.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.1pp since 2023

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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2568.2%53.5%
2023-2460.0%45.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Haven Middle School this school66027.4%57.6%
Amelia V Carriel Jr High
O Fallon
66426.7%57.8%
Yorkville Intermediate School
Yorkville
63831.7%39.0%
Nichols Middle School
Evanston
62834.9%62.3%
Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School
Oak Park
94720.8%61.2%
Traughber Jr High School
Oswego
1,07024.7%49.3%
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 Haven Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
660
-192 (-23%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 782
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-256606011.0:127% (181)
2023-2468664.810.6:128% (192)
2022-2369566.110.5:128% (192)
2020-21852N/AN/AN/A
2017-1883665.212.8:127% (228)
2015-167946512.2:125% (195)
2010-116405711.2:132% (203)
2000-016825312.9:1N/A
1990-917825314.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haven Middle School.

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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Cook County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Haven Middle School
District
Evanston CCSD 65
Address
2417 Prairie Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Phone
(847) 859-8200
County
Cook County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
660
Teachers (FTE)
60
Student–teacher ratio
11.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
181 (27%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
171446001790
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Other Haven Middle schools

One other US public school is named Haven Middle. Haven Middle School is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Haven Middle School
How many students attend Haven Middle School?
Haven Middle School enrolls approximately 660 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Haven Middle School serve?
Haven Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Haven Middle School have?
Haven Middle School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Haven Middle School?
Student demographics at Haven Middle School are roughly 53% White, 13% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Haven Middle School in?
Haven Middle School is part of Evanston CCSD 65.
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