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Enrollment
711
Middle
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SKOKIE SD 68·NCES 173645003759
Old Orchard Jr High School
9310 Kenton Ave, Skokie, IL 60076 · (847) 568-7501 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Illinois public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.9:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
412 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 112 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 4 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 185 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 32% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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 Skokie SD 68. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
63.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +26.0pp since 2023
Math
41.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 27.7% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Old Orchard Jr High School
Old Orchard Jr High School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Orchard Jr High School this school | 711 | 57.9% | 49.0% |
| Gemini Middle School Niles | 1,111 | 60.2% | 48.1% |
| Lincoln Jr High School Skokie | 628 | 62.3% | 37.9% |
| Chippewa Middle School Des Plaines | 652 | 58.0% | 49.6% |
| Glenside Middle School Glendale Heights | 732 | 54.1% | 46.5% |
| Stratford Middle School Bloomingdale | 520 | 45.8% | 49.9% |
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 Old Orchard Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #214 of 578 | #32 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #223 of 640 ▲ 59 | #55 of 146 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #251 of 640 ▲ 174 | #60 of 146 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #137 of 691 | #38 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #275 of 558 | #84 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #1 of 560 | #1 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #199 of 581 | #70 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #342 of 440 | #79 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
711
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 660
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 | 711 | 55 | 12.9:1 | 58% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 51 | 12.7:1 | 59% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 57.2 | 11.1:1 | 53% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 60.7 | 12.4:1 | 55% (413) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 59 | 11.3:1 | 47% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 54 | 12.1:1 | 46% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 53 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 45 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Old Orchard Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (754 to 711); teachers down 9% (60.7 to 55).
About Old Orchard Jr High School
Old Orchard Jr High School is one of the public schools in Skokie, Illinois. It is a large middle school. A total of 711 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students, so this school is 54% larger than average.
The Skokie SD 68 system has 4 schools and 1,809 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Old Orchard Jr High School, at 33%. Other groups include 28% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 44% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 76% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Old Orchard Jr High School operates with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.9:1. That matches the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois fairly closely. About 58% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
allk12 grades Old Orchard Jr High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Old Orchard Jr High School are 10.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (49.0% actual, 38.0% predicted).
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
Devonshire Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 46.3%, lower than Old Orchard Jr High School's 49.0%.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Old Orchard Jr High School climbed 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 685 to 711 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Old Orchard Jr High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Skokie SD 68
- Devonshire Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Jane Stenson SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Other schools in Skokie
- Niles West High SchoolHigh · 2,646 students
- Niles North High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Fairview South Elementary SchoolElementary · 718 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- John Middleton Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Devonshire Elementary School0.5 mi · 417
- Jane Stenson School0.8 mi · 365
- Niles North High School0.8 mi · 1,999
- Highland Elementary School0.9 mi · 316
- Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies1.1 mi · 254
- Walker Elementary School1.3 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Old Orchard Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Old Orchard Jr High School?
Old Orchard Jr High School enrolls approximately 711 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Old Orchard Jr High School serve?
Old Orchard Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Old Orchard Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Old Orchard Jr High School is approximately 12.9:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Old Orchard Jr High School?
Old Orchard Jr High School reports a student body of 33% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 28% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Old Orchard Jr High School?
Old Orchard Jr High School is overseen by Skokie SD 68 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.