Enrollment
340
Middle
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SKOKIE SD 73-5·NCES 171038001254
Oliver McCracken Middle School
8000 E Prairie Rd, Skokie, IL 60076 · (847) 673-1220 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-Test 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
9.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
115 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 102 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 125 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 33% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Skokie SD 73-5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
80.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
46.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.1% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 30.3% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Oliver McCracken Middle School
Oliver McCracken Middle School's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver McCracken Middle School this school | 340 | 33.8% | 62.5% |
| Golf Middle School Morton Grove | 306 | 40.8% | 60.2% |
| Hawthorn Middle School South Vernon Hills | 609 | 30.7% | 51.7% |
| River Trails Middle School Mount Prospect | 508 | 30.3% | 52.7% |
| Thayer J Hill Middle School Naperville | 828 | 25.2% | 59.7% |
| Hawthorn Middle School North Vernon Hills | 627 | 33.3% | 58.8% |
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 Oliver McCracken Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #75 of 578 | #15 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #179 of 640 ▲ 64 | #49 of 146 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #76 of 640 ▲ 5 | #25 of 146 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #418 of 691 | #111 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #18 of 558 | #8 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #8 of 560 | #5 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #432 of 581 | #100 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #344 of 440 | #80 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
340
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 356
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 | 340 | 36 | 9.4:1 | 34% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 37 | 9.4:1 | 35% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 33 | 10.5:1 | 31% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 30.9 | 11.7:1 | 34% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 39% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 28% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 381 | 34 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 26 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oliver McCracken Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (360 to 340); teachers up 17% (30.9 to 36).
About Oliver McCracken Middle School
Oliver McCracken Middle School operates as a small middle school in Skokie, Illinois. Enrollment totals 340 students across grades 6 through 8. The school is 26% below the average for middle schools in Illinois.
Oliver McCracken Middle School is run by Skokie SD 73-5, whose 3 schools enroll 1,065 students.
At Oliver McCracken Middle School, White students make up the biggest share, 33%. Other groups include 32% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 44% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
Oliver McCracken Middle School reports a ratio of 9.4 students per teacher, from 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Oliver McCracken Middle School, 34% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 32 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Oliver McCracken Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Illinois public middle schools.
The model predicts 52.0% for a school in Illinois with Oliver McCracken Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Oliver McCracken Middle School posts 62.5%.
Cook County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,406 public schools in the county, enrolling about 697,934, Oliver McCracken Middle School among them.
Elizabeth Meyer School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Oliver McCracken Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Oliver McCracken Middle School at 1st of 7.
The NCES locale for Oliver McCracken Middle School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment rose 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 73-5
- John Middleton Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Elizabeth Meyer SchoolElementary · 204 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
- Old Orchard Jr High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
Nearby schools
- Elizabeth Meyer School0.4 mi · 204
- East Prairie Elementary School0.5 mi · 513
- John Middleton Elementary School0.7 mi · 521
- Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies1.3 mi · 254
- Dawes Elementary School1.4 mi · 298
- Todd Hall Elementary School1.4 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Oliver McCracken Middle SchoolHow large is Oliver McCracken Middle School?
Oliver McCracken Middle School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades 06-08.
Is Oliver McCracken Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oliver McCracken Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Oliver McCracken Middle School?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at Oliver McCracken Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oliver McCracken Middle School?
At Oliver McCracken Middle School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, 32% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Oliver McCracken Middle School in?
Oliver McCracken Middle School is part of Skokie SD 73-5.
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