O W Huth Middle School

Set in Matteson, Illinois, O W Huth Middle School is an average-sized middle-grades school, one of the schools within Matteson ESD 162. It educates 421 students across grades 7 through 8.

Matteson ESD 162 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,405 students. O W Huth Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, O W Huth Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, O W Huth Middle School shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 68% of students at O W Huth Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, O W Huth Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), O W Huth Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Matteson Elem School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, O W Huth Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 29.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at O W Huth Middle School has edged down 23%, going from 546 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window.

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