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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Lundahl Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
797
Middle
DISTRICT 788 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRYSTAL LAKE CCSD 47·NCES 171135001360
Lundahl Middle School
560 Nash Rd, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 · (815) 459-5971 · McHenry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL797 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- 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
13.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
282 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 | 274 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 269 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 254 | 32% |
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
51.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.8pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 19.4% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Lundahl Middle School
Lundahl Middle School's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lundahl Middle School this school | 797 | 35.4% | 42.7% |
| Hannah Beardsley Middle School Crystal Lake | 829 | 37.8% | 46.9% |
| 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 Lundahl Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #292 of 578 | #14 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #361 of 640 ▲ 40 | #14 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #387 of 640 ▲ 2 | #15 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 797 | #87 of 691 | #3 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #304 of 558 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #233 of 560 | #4 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #417 of 581 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #53 of 127 | N/A |
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
797
-27 (-3%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 877
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 | 797 | 60.1 | 13.3:1 | 35% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 794 | 59.5 | 13.3:1 | 37% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 821 | 60.5 | 13.6:1 | 33% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 824 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 50.7 | 14.3:1 | 21% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 21% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 1,001 | 57 | 17.6:1 | 13% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 1,007 | 59 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 877 | 53 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lundahl Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (726 to 797); teachers up 19% (50.7 to 60.1).
About Lundahl Middle School
Lundahl Middle School is a public middle school run by Crystal Lake CCSD 47 in Crystal Lake, Illinois. A federal count lists 797 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
Lundahl Middle School is in Crystal Lake CCSD 47, a district with 6,889 students across 12 schools.
Roughly 61% of students at Lundahl Middle School are White. Other groups make up 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 80% of McHenry County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Lundahl Middle School, 60.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 35% of enrollment. That tracks the 35% average for public schools in McHenry County.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Lundahl Middle School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lundahl Middle School is 8.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 42.7%. Predicted: 51.1%.
McHenry County has about 312,591 residents, and the median household income is $104,802, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Lundahl Middle School, McHenry County has 88 other public schools.
South Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Lundahl Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Lundahl Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lundahl Middle School's enrollment declined from 824 in 2020-21 to 797 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Lundahl Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 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
- Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Richard F Bernotas Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- South Elementary School0.2 mi · 390
- Coventry Elementary School0.8 mi · 629
- Crystal Lake South High School1.0 mi · 1,279
- Canterbury Elementary School1.2 mi · 486
- Husmann Elementary School1.2 mi · 518
- Crystal Lake Central High School1.3 mi · 1,443
Frequently asked questions
About Lundahl Middle SchoolHow large is Lundahl Middle School?
Lundahl Middle School enrolls approximately 797 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lundahl Middle School serve?
Lundahl Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lundahl Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lundahl Middle School is approximately 13.3:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lundahl Middle School?
At Lundahl Middle School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 30% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lundahl Middle School in?
Lundahl Middle School is part of Crystal Lake CCSD 47.
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