Northwest Middle School

Northwest Middle School is one of the average-sized middle-grades schools in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 532 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 622 schools in total, collectively educating 324,396 students. Northwest Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Northwest Middle School records that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 2% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Northwest Middle School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northwest Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.6%, the actual is 13.9%, a residual of -5.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Northwest Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Christopher House Chrt ES, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northwest Middle School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 25.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Northwest Middle School's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 532). Class-load math has tightened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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