Nathan Hale Middle School

Nathan Hale Middle School is a low-enrollment junior high in Crestwood, Illinois, part of Cook County SD 130. The school caters to 334 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 28% below typical.

Across the 11 schools in Cook County SD 130 (2,950 students total), Nathan Hale Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nathan Hale Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 25% White, 22% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Nathan Hale Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.8%; this one delivers 29.3%.

In the area at large, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Nathan Hale Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Nathan Hale Intermediate, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nathan Hale Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nathan Hale Middle School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 29.6%.

Nathan Hale Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 406 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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