Robert E Abbott Middle School

Robert E Abbott Middle School is one of the middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campuss in Waukegan, Illinois, one of the schools within Waukegan CUSD 60, with 585 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Robert E Abbott Middle School sits 27% above that benchmark.

Within Waukegan CUSD 60, which oversees 22 schools and 13,640 students, Robert E Abbott Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Robert E Abbott Middle School records that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 6% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Robert E Abbott Middle School shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Robert E Abbott Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Robert E Abbott Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 30.4%; actual is 15.5%, a gap of -14.9 points.

In the broader community, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $110,416, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Robert E Abbott Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Waukegan High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Robert E Abbott Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 23.2%.

Robert E Abbott Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 776 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Robert E Abbott Middle School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.