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Enrollment
737
Middle
DISTRICT 788 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRYSTAL LAKE CCSD 47·NCES 171135001362
Richard F Bernotas Middle School
170 N Oak St, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 · (815) 459-9210 · McHenry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Illinois public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.4:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
206 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 235 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 258 | 35% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
55.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
29.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 24.4% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Richard F Bernotas Middle School
Richard F Bernotas Middle School's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard F Bernotas Middle School this school | 737 | 28.0% | 46.6% |
| Sycamore Middle School Sycamore | 847 | 25.9% | 46.6% |
| Cary Jr High School Cary | 761 | 28.5% | 49.6% |
| Antioch Upper Grade School Antioch | 875 | 30.7% | 48.4% |
| Lincoln Middle School Edwardsville | 736 | 25.7% | 47.8% |
| Roscoe Middle School Roscoe | 596 | 31.2% | 61.7% |
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 Richard F Bernotas Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #238 of 578 | #11 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #356 of 640 ▼ 27 | #13 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #341 of 640 ▼ 40 | #12 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #111 of 691 | #5 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #123 of 558 | #4 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #304 of 560 | #11 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #472 of 581 | #12 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #137 of 440 | #6 of 14 |
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
737
-51 (-6%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 827
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 | 737 | 64.6 | 11.4:1 | 28% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 759 | 64.5 | 11.8:1 | 27% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 67.5 | 11.5:1 | 23% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 886 | 61 | 14.5:1 | 21% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 936 | 62 | 15.1:1 | 22% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 1,002 | 66 | 15.2:1 | 18% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 815 | 51 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 827 | 49 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard F Bernotas Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (886 to 737); teachers up 6% (61 to 64.6).
About Richard F Bernotas Middle School
Richard F Bernotas Middle School is a large middle school in Illinois, with an address in Crystal Lake. It has an enrollment of 737 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Illinois enroll around 462, and this school is 60% above that mark.
Crystal Lake CCSD 47, which runs Richard F Bernotas Middle School, has 12 schools and 6,889 students.
More than half of enrollment at Richard F Bernotas Middle School is White: 73%. Other groups make up 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
For every teacher at Richard F Bernotas Middle School, there are about 11.4 students; the school has 64.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 28%.
On the allk12 Grade, Richard F Bernotas Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Illinois public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Richard F Bernotas Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.6%; the prediction is 55.4%.
For the population of McHenry County, median household income comes to about $104,802, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. McHenry County's 89 public schools enroll about 50,123 students and include Richard F Bernotas Middle School.
North Elementary School sits about 0.1 miles from Richard F Bernotas Middle School. Richard F Bernotas Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Richard F Bernotas Middle School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 737 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 788.
On allk12, people connected to Richard F Bernotas Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crystal Lake CCSD 47
- Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Lundahl Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Coventry Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Husmann Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other schools in Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Crystal Lake South High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Prairie Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,133 students
- Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Lundahl Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- North Elementary School0.1 mi · 638
- Husmann Elementary School0.8 mi · 518
- Crystal Lake Central High School1.0 mi · 1,443
- South Elementary School1.3 mi · 390
- Lundahl Middle School1.5 mi · 797
- Hannah Beardsley Middle School1.9 mi · 829
Frequently asked questions
About Richard F Bernotas Middle SchoolHow many students attend Richard F Bernotas Middle School?
Richard F Bernotas Middle School enrolls approximately 737 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Richard F Bernotas Middle School serve?
Richard F Bernotas Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Richard F Bernotas Middle School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Richard F Bernotas Middle School.
How diverse is Richard F Bernotas Middle School?
Richard F Bernotas Middle School reports a student body of 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Richard F Bernotas Middle School in?
Richard F Bernotas Middle School is part of Crystal Lake CCSD 47.
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