Enrollment
378
Middle
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY SD 87·NCES 170600000281
Northlake Middle School
202 S Lakewood Ave, Northlake, IL 60164 · (708) 449-3195 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
319 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 113 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 139 | 37% |
Student demographics
12%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
35.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.1pp since 2023
Math
22.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 22.5% |
| 2023-24 | 12.8% | 14.5% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Northlake Middle School
Northlake Middle School's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northlake Middle School this school | 378 | 84.4% | 26.4% |
| Freedom Middle School Berwyn | 504 | 81.7% | 32.3% |
| Northwest Middle School Chicago | 532 | 89.8% | 13.9% |
| Cicero East Elementary School Cicero | 408 | 76.7% | 27.9% |
| Columbus East Elementary School Cicero | 411 | 75.7% | 25.8% |
| Everett F Kerr Middle School Blue Island | 304 | 81.9% | 32.2% |
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 Northlake Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #470 of 578 | #82 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #455 of 640 ▲ 16 | #92 of 146 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #528 of 640 ▲ 97 | #116 of 146 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #375 of 691 | #103 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #221 of 558 | #72 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #536 of 560 | #128 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #53 of 581 | #26 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #108 of 440 | #26 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
378
-78 (-17%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 326
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 | 378 | 30.5 | 12.4:1 | 84% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 30.5 | 12.0:1 | 84% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 29.5 | 12.8:1 | 78% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 30.6 | 15.3:1 | 89% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 86% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 84% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 326 | 22 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northlake Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (469 to 378); teachers unchanged (30.6 to 30.5).
About Northlake Middle School
Northlake, Illinois, is home to Northlake Middle School, a low-enrollment middle school. There are 378 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Berkeley SD 87 is the local district for Northlake Middle School. It runs 6 schools with 2,147 students.
By race and ethnicity, Northlake Middle School is 94% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 67 points above the 27% share among Cook County residents. A diversity index of 12% means there is a 12% chance two randomly chosen students at Northlake Middle School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Northlake Middle School, there are about 12.4 students; the school has 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. There are 319 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 84% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
On the allk12 Grade, Northlake Middle School lands at C, ahead of 33% of Illinois public middle schools.
Test results at Northlake Middle School are 3.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (26.4% actual, 22.8% predicted).
Census data for Cook County show median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Northlake Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from J W Riley Intermediate School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Northlake Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Northlake Middle School is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Northlake Middle School enrolled 456 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 378.
People who know Northlake Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Whittier Primary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- MacArthur Middle SchoolMiddle · 357 students
- Sunnyside Intermediate SchoolElementary · 344 students
- J W Riley Intermediate SchoolElementary · 320 students
Other schools in Northlake
- West Leyden High SchoolHigh · 1,687 students
- Roy Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Westdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Whittier Primary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- J W Riley Intermediate SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Mannheim Early Childhood CenterElementary · 157 students
Nearby schools
- J W Riley Intermediate School0.1 mi · 320
- Whittier Primary School0.9 mi · 368
- MacArthur Middle School0.9 mi · 357
- Sunnyside Intermediate School1.0 mi · 344
- Roy Elementary School1.1 mi · 545
- Jefferson Primary School1.3 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Northlake Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northlake Middle School?
Northlake Middle School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades 06-08.
Is Northlake Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northlake Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Northlake Middle School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Northlake Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northlake Middle School?
At Northlake Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Northlake Middle School in?
Northlake Middle School is part of Berkeley SD 87.
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