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Enrollment
459
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMM CONS SD 59·NCES 171377001719
Holmes Jr High School
1900 W Lonnquist Blvd, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 · (847) 593-4390 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Illinois public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
9.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
287 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 144 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 176 | 38% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
47.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 28.1% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Holmes Jr High School
Holmes Jr High School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Jr High School this school | 459 | 62.5% | 42.8% |
| Friendship Jr High School Des Plaines | 633 | 61.5% | 47.9% |
| Spring Wood Middle School Hanover Park | 420 | 57.1% | 30.3% |
| Jack London Middle School Wheeling | 628 | 63.5% | 39.8% |
| Algonquin Middle School Des Plaines | 597 | 57.3% | 49.7% |
| Marquardt Middle School Glendale Hts | 754 | 59.9% | 40.1% |
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 Holmes Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #291 of 578 | #45 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #224 of 640 ▲ 52 | #56 of 146 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #436 of 640 ▼ 20 | #89 of 146 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #319 of 691 | #88 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #16 of 558 | #7 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #53 of 560 | #16 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #161 of 581 | #61 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.9% | #6 of 440 | #4 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 2024-25Enrollment
459
-73 (-14%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 568
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 | 459 | 49 | 9.4:1 | 63% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 46.1 | 9.8:1 | 69% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 44.2 | 10.3:1 | 68% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 818 | 56.1 | 14.6:1 | 60% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 790 | 56 | 14.1:1 | 52% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 37 | 13.1:1 | 48% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 34 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 34 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holmes Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (818 to 459); teachers down 13% (56.1 to 49).
About Holmes Jr High School
Holmes Jr High School is a mid-sized middle school based in Mount Prospect, Illinois. There are 459 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Comm Cons SD 59 is the district for Holmes Jr High School. It has 15 schools and 5,869 students.
The largest group at Holmes Jr High School is Hispanic students, at 42%. Smaller groups are 34% White, 14% Asian, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. The diversity index for Holmes Jr High School is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 9.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Holmes Jr High School, which has 49. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Holmes Jr High School is about 63%.
Holmes Jr High School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Illinois public middle schools.
A school with Holmes Jr High School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 35.4%. Holmes Jr High School scores 42.8%, 7.4 points above that line.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Among nearby public schools, The Early Learning Center is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Holmes Jr High School comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased 14% over 4 years, reaching 459 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Holmes Jr High School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Comm Cons SD 59
- Grove Jr High SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Friendship Jr High SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Salt Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Clearmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- John Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Mount Prospect
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- River Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- Indian Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- John Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Euclid Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
Other Holmes Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Holmes Junior High. Holmes Jr High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Holmes Junior High SchoolCedar Falls, IA · 628 students
Nearby schools
- The Early Learning Center0.1 mi · 270
- Forest View Elementary School0.1 mi · 339
- John Jay Elementary School0.8 mi · 389
- Westbrook Early Learning Cntr1.0 mi · 400
- Robert Frost Elementary School1.0 mi · 359
- Juliette Low Elementary School1.0 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Holmes Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Holmes Jr High School?
Holmes Jr High School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Holmes Jr High School serve?
Holmes Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Holmes Jr High School?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at Holmes Jr High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holmes Jr High School?
At Holmes Jr High School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 42% Hispanic, 6% Black, 14% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Holmes Jr High School?
Holmes Jr High School is overseen by Comm Cons SD 59 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.