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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mannheim Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
768
Middle
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANNHEIM SD 83·NCES 172433002642
Mannheim Middle School
2600 Hyde Park Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60164 · (847) 455-5020 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
502 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 251 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 273 | 36% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Mannheim SD 83. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
19.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 13.2% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Mannheim Middle School
Mannheim Middle School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannheim Middle School this school | 768 | 65.4% | 33.0% |
| C F Simmons Middle School Aurora | 792 | 64.4% | 20.3% |
| Stevenson Middle School Melrose Park | 682 | 62.8% | 36.5% |
| K D Waldo Middle School Aurora | 729 | 70.0% | 12.7% |
| Leman Middle School West Chicago | 1,048 | 61.8% | 31.2% |
| Henry W Cowherd Middle School Aurora | 807 | 67.0% | 15.5% |
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 Mannheim Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #406 of 578 | #64 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #488 of 640 no change | #101 of 146 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #490 of 640 ▼ 53 | #100 of 146 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #97 of 691 | #23 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #51 of 558 | #23 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.9% | #462 of 560 | #122 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.4% | #131 of 581 | #51 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #253 of 440 | #62 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
768
-137 (-15%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 443
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 | 768 | 74.5 | 10.3:1 | 65% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 800 | 73.6 | 10.9:1 | 73% (582) |
| 2022-23 | 833 | 77.3 | 10.8:1 | 66% (550) |
| 2020-21 | 905 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 852 | 65.1 | 13.1:1 | 53% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 885 | 61 | 14.5:1 | 86% (762) |
| 2010-11 | 840 | 62 | 13.6:1 | 65% (544) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 45 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 43 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mannheim Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (852 to 768); teachers up 14% (65.1 to 74.5).
About Mannheim Middle School
A large middle school in Melrose Park, Illinois, Mannheim Middle School is part of Mannheim SD 83. It reports enrollment of 768 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 462.
The Mannheim SD 83 system has 5 schools and 2,338 students.
Mannheim Middle School is 88% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% White. In Cook County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.
The school lists 74.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. The average for middle schools in Illinois, 13.0:1, is higher. A total of 502 students, or 65%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average a similar 66%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.8%. Mannheim Middle School scores 33.0%.
For the population of Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Mannheim Middle School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Roy Elementary School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 40.0%, higher than Mannheim Middle School's 33.0%.
The NCES locale for Mannheim Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 15% decline, from 905 to 768.
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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 Mannheim SD 83
- Roy Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Westdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Mannheim Early Childhood CenterElementary · 157 students
- Enger SchoolElementary
Other schools in Melrose Park
- Stevenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Melrose Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Roy Elementary School0.7 mi · 545
- Scott Elementary School0.7 mi · 385
- Whittier Primary School0.9 mi · 368
- West Leyden High School0.9 mi · 1,687
- Dan H Pietrini Elementary School1.0 mi · 242
- Westdale Elementary School1.0 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Mannheim Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mannheim Middle School?
Mannheim Middle School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mannheim Middle School serve?
Mannheim Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mannheim Middle School?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Mannheim Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mannheim Middle School?
At Mannheim Middle School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 88% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Mannheim Middle School in?
Mannheim Middle School is part of Mannheim SD 83.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.