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Enrollment
357
Middle
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY SD 87·NCES 170600000279
MacArthur Middle School
1310 N Wolf Rd, Berkeley, IL 60163 · (708) 449-3185 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
271 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 119 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 129 | 36% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
32.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
18.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.2% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 11.4% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 MacArthur Middle School
MacArthur Middle School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacArthur Middle School this school | 357 | 75.9% | 24.3% |
| Kellar School Robbins | 431 | 75.4% | 34.7% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School Blue Island | 361 | 78.1% | 22.8% |
| Shiloh Park Middle School Zion | 358 | 85.8% | 12.2% |
| Zion Central Middle School Zion | 330 | 85.5% | 13.6% |
| Clinton Rosette Middle School DeKalb | 575 | 74.1% | 17.3% |
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 MacArthur Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #487 of 578 | #88 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #501 of 640 ▲ 13 | #110 of 146 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #554 of 640 ▼ 18 | #124 of 146 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #403 of 691 | #109 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #212 of 558 | #68 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #225 of 560 | #59 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #75 of 581 | #36 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #134 of 440 | #33 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
357
-98 (-22%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 314
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 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 76% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 77% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 29.1 | 15.6:1 | 69% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 28.6 | 15.0:1 | 79% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 74% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 71% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 35 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 23 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MacArthur Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (430 to 357); teachers up 1% (28.6 to 29).
About MacArthur Middle School
MacArthur Middle School, located in Berkeley, Illinois, is a small middle school. There are 357 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 462.
Berkeley SD 87 counts 6 schools and 2,147 students, including MacArthur Middle School.
Hispanic students are 53% of those enrolled at MacArthur Middle School. The next largest groups are 43% Black and 3% White. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at MacArthur Middle School are from different groups.
Based on 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, MacArthur Middle School has a ratio of 12.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Income data for the school show 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
A school with MacArthur Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 27.7%. MacArthur Middle School scores 24.3%, 3.4 points below that line.
In Cook County, home to about 5,182,090 people, median household income comes to about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County's 1,406 public schools enroll about 697,934 students and include MacArthur Middle School.
Measured in a straight line, Sunnyside Intermediate School is less than a tenth of a mile from MacArthur Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, MacArthur Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes MacArthur Middle School as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 455 students in 2020-21 to 357 in 2024-25.
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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 Berkeley SD 87
- Jefferson Primary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Northlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 378 students
- Whittier Primary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Sunnyside Intermediate SchoolElementary · 344 students
- J W Riley Intermediate SchoolElementary · 320 students
Other MacArthur Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named MacArthur Middle. MacArthur Middle School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- MacArthur Middle SchoolProspect Heights, IL · 483 students
- MacArthur MiddleFort Meade, MD · 992 students
- Macarthur Middle SchoolLawton, OK · 829 students
Nearby schools
- Sunnyside Intermediate School0.1 mi · 344
- Jefferson Primary School0.8 mi · 380
- Northlake Middle School0.9 mi · 378
- J W Riley Intermediate School1.0 mi · 320
- Edison Elementary School1.2 mi · 318
- Sandburg Middle School1.2 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About MacArthur Middle SchoolHow many students attend MacArthur Middle School?
MacArthur Middle School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades 06-08.
Is MacArthur Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
MacArthur Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MacArthur Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MacArthur Middle School is approximately 12.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MacArthur Middle School?
MacArthur Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 53% Hispanic, 43% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MacArthur Middle School?
MacArthur Middle School is overseen by Berkeley SD 87 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.