Enrollment
377
Middle
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NIPPERSINK SD 2·NCES 170022204117
Nippersink Middle School
10006 N Main St, Richmond, IL 60071 · (815) 678-7129 · McHenry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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
12.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
94 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 107 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 136 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 36% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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 Nippersink SD 2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
67.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 37.8% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Nippersink Middle School
Nippersink Middle School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nippersink Middle School this school | 377 | 24.9% | 53.0% |
| Byron Middle School Byron | 366 | 21.0% | 63.7% |
| Washington Middle School Washington | 378 | 24.9% | 67.3% |
| Eureka Middle School Eureka | 436 | 25.5% | 66.1% |
| Unity Jr High School Tolono | 367 | 27.8% | 45.0% |
| Mt Zion Jr High School Mount Zion | 378 | 26.7% | 49.6% |
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 Nippersink Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #160 of 578 | #5 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #215 of 640 ▼ 46 | #4 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #215 of 640 ▼ 32 | #5 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #378 of 691 | #12 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #242 of 558 | #8 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #410 of 560 | #16 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #492 of 581 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #201 of 440 | #10 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
377
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 517
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 | 377 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 25% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 28% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 32 | 12.0:1 | 22% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 18% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 19% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 35 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nippersink Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (433 to 377); teachers down 12% (34 to 30).
About Nippersink Middle School
Nippersink Middle School is a middle school located in Richmond, Illinois, in McHenry County. Enrollment totals 377 students across grades 6 through 8.
Nippersink Middle School is in Nippersink SD 2, a district with 1,111 students across 3 schools.
Nippersink Middle School is 84% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The diversity index for Nippersink Middle School is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Nippersink Middle School, there are about 12.6 students; the school has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. There are 94 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 25% of enrollment. The average for public schools in McHenry County is 35%.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Nippersink Middle School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 57.1% for a school in Illinois with Nippersink Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Nippersink Middle School posts 53.0%.
In the wider McHenry County area, the median household earns about $104,802 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Nippersink Middle School shares McHenry County with 88 other public schools.
Richmond Grade School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Nippersink Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Nippersink Middle School the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% rise, from 355 to 377.
On allk12, people connected to Nippersink Middle School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Nippersink SD 2
- Richmond Grade SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Spring Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Other schools in Richmond
- Richmond-Burton High SchoolHigh · 521 students
- Richmond Grade SchoolElementary · 407 students
Nearby schools
- Richmond Grade School0.5 mi · 407
- Richmond-Burton High School1.8 mi · 521
- Brookwood Elementary2.3 mi · 200
- Brookwood Middle2.7 mi · 213
- Spring Grove Elementary School3.9 mi · 327
- Learning by Design Academy4.7 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About Nippersink Middle SchoolHow large is Nippersink Middle School?
Nippersink Middle School enrolls approximately 377 students in grades 06-08.
Is Nippersink Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nippersink Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Nippersink Middle School have?
Nippersink Middle School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Nippersink Middle School?
Student demographics at Nippersink Middle School are roughly 84% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Nippersink Middle School in?
Nippersink Middle School is part of Nippersink SD 2.
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