Enrollment
371
Middle
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CCSD 168·NCES 173546003698
Rickover Jr High School
22151 Torrence Ave, Sauk Village, IL 60411 · (708) 758-1900 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Illinois public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
24.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
191 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 131 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 118 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 CCSD 168. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
25.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
3.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.8% | 3.7% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 1.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Rickover Jr High School
Rickover Jr High School's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rickover Jr High School this school | 371 | 51.5% | 13.9% |
| Calumet Elementary School Calumet Park | 316 | 56.0% | 18.6% |
| Schrum Memorial School Calumet City | 274 | 51.1% | 20.3% |
| Heritage Middle School Lansing | 500 | 59.4% | 30.4% |
| Indiana Elementary School Park Forest | 215 | 54.4% | 30.6% |
| Parker Junior High School Flossmoor | 822 | 54.3% | 40.4% |
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 Rickover Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #559 of 578 | #112 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.7% | #633 of 640 ▼ 2 | #143 of 146 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #599 of 640 ▼ 9 | #140 of 146 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #388 of 691 | #105 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #557 of 558 | #137 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #315 of 560 | #87 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #277 of 581 | #81 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #212 of 440 | #48 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
371
-66 (-15%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 572
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 | 371 | 15 | 24.7:1 | 51% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 16 | 21.9:1 | 50% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 20 | 18.5:1 | 51% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 37.9 | 11.2:1 | 46% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 69% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 96% (497) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 29 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 30 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rickover Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (424 to 371); teachers down 60% (37.9 to 15).
About Rickover Jr High School
Rickover Jr High School is a small middle school in Sauk Village, Illinois, one of the schools in CCSD 168. Enrollment is 371 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8.
CCSD 168 runs 3 schools with a combined 1,243 students. Rickover Jr High School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Rickover Jr High School is 73% Black. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. That compares with about 22% Black among all Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Rickover Jr High School comes in at 43%.
Its teaching staff equals 15 full-time positions, a ratio of 24.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 51%. The 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 15 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Rickover Jr High School is F. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Rickover Jr High School falls short of its prediction by 27.9 points. The model expects 41.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois; the school's rate is 13.9%.
In Cook County (population about 5,182,090), median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rickover Jr High School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
Of nearby public schools, Strassburg Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Rickover Jr High School ranks 7th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Rickover Jr High School saw enrollment fall 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 CCSD 168
- Wagoner Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Strassburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
Other schools in Sauk Village
- Wagoner Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Strassburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Strassburg Elementary School0.5 mi · 406
- Wagoner Elementary School0.9 mi · 466
- Bloom Trail High School2.0 mi · 1,218
- Kahler Middle School2.2 mi · 971
- Sandridge Elementary School2.3 mi · 423
- Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center2.4 mi · 156
Frequently asked questions
About Rickover Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Rickover Jr High School?
Rickover Jr High School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Rickover Jr High School serve?
Rickover Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rickover Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rickover Jr High School is approximately 24.7:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rickover Jr High School?
Student demographics at Rickover Jr High School are roughly 3% White, 19% Hispanic, 73% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Rickover Jr High School public or private?
Rickover Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CCSD 168.
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