1
Does McHenry Middle School have enough mental health and stress support?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
695
Middle
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCHENRY CCSD 15·NCES 172529002757
McHenry Middle School
2120 W Lincoln Rd, McHenry, IL 60051 · (779) 244-1600 · McHenry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
282 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 224 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 225 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 246 | 35% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
55.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
26.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.9% | 23.5% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 McHenry Middle School
McHenry Middle School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McHenry Middle School this school | 695 | 40.6% | 42.6% |
| Parkland School McHenry | 645 | 37.7% | 47.3% |
| Palos South Middle School Palos Park | 717 | 36.4% | 74.3% |
| Hannah Beardsley Middle School Crystal Lake | 829 | 37.8% | 46.9% |
| Central Middle School Tinley Park | 725 | 39.4% | 46.4% |
| Lundahl Middle School Crystal Lake | 797 | 35.4% | 42.7% |
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 McHenry Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #293 of 578 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #403 of 640 ▼ 58 | #15 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #342 of 640 ▼ 14 | #13 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #145 of 691 | #8 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #157 of 558 | #6 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #319 of 560 | #13 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #382 of 581 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #324 of 440 | #13 of 14 |
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
695
-28 (-4%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 602
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 | 695 | 59 | 11.8:1 | 41% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 59 | 11.8:1 | 47% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 61 | 11.4:1 | 41% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 59.2 | 12.5:1 | 32% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 57 | 12.6:1 | 35% (250) |
| 2010-11 | 821 | 50 | 16.4:1 | 22% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 741 | 42 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 26 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McHenry Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (742 to 695); teachers unchanged (59.2 to 59).
About McHenry Middle School
McHenry Middle School is a large middle school based in McHenry, Illinois. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 695 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
McHenry Middle School sits within McHenry CCSD 15, which has 8 schools and 4,025 students.
McHenry Middle School is 72% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.8:1, with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Lunch subsidy eligibility at McHenry Middle School is 41%.
McHenry Middle School is 5.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (42.6% versus 48.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Census estimates describe McHenry County this way: the median household income is $104,802, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. In all, McHenry County has 89 public schools and roughly 50,123 students.
The school nearest to McHenry Middle School is Hilltop Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, McHenry Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns McHenry Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
McHenry Middle School's enrollment declined from 723 in 2020-21 to 695 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about school safety, transportation, and start times at McHenry Middle School, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 McHenry CCSD 15
- Parkland SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Riverwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Edgebrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Chauncey H Duker SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Hilltop Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other schools in McHenry
- McHenry Community High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Parkland SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Riverwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Edgebrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Chauncey H Duker SchoolElementary · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Hilltop Elementary School0.5 mi · 424
- McHenry Community High School1.6 mi · 2,214
- Landmark Elementary School1.6 mi · 189
- Edgebrook Elementary School1.8 mi · 494
- Chauncey H Duker School1.9 mi · 433
- Johnsburg Jr High School2.3 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About McHenry Middle SchoolHow large is McHenry Middle School?
McHenry Middle School enrolls approximately 695 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does McHenry Middle School serve?
McHenry Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does McHenry Middle School have?
McHenry Middle School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at McHenry Middle School?
At McHenry Middle School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees McHenry Middle School?
McHenry Middle School is overseen by McHenry CCSD 15 in McHenry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.