Enrollment
320
Middle
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·W HARVEY-DIXMOOR PSD 147·NCES 171848005018
Rosa L Parks Middle School
14700 Robey Ave, Dixmoor, IL 60426 · (708) 371-9575 · Cook County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
292 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 5 | 88 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 21% |
Student demographics
50%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
21.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
3.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 21 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 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 3.6% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 1.0% |
% 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
12.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Rosa L Parks Middle School
Rosa L Parks Middle School's state test result (12.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa L Parks Middle School this school | 320 | 91.3% | 12.0% |
| Brooks Middle School Harvey | 455 | 89.0% | 20.7% |
| Kankakee Junior High School Kankakee | 501 | 90.6% | 21.3% |
| Roosevelt Middle School Bellwood | 614 | 99.3% | 16.8% |
| Coolidge Middle School Phoenix | 460 | 99.3% | 29.6% |
| Shiloh Park Middle School Zion | 358 | 85.8% | 12.2% |
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 Rosa L Parks Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #569 of 578 | #116 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.6% | #634 of 640 ▲ 3 | #144 of 146 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #614 of 640 ▲ 5 | #145 of 146 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #436 of 691 | #117 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #375 of 558 | #103 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #260 of 560 | #71 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #36 of 581 | #21 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #99 of 440 | #23 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
320
-35 (-10%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 557
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 | 320 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 91% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 12.1 | 26.7:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 10 | 31.9:1 | 98% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 100% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 26 | 13.9:1 | 96% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 98% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 28 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 46 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosa L Parks Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (400 to 320); teachers down 15% (27 to 23).
About Rosa L Parks Middle School
Rosa L Parks Middle School is a small middle-grades school for students in Dixmoor, Illinois. The student body numbers 320 students, from grades 5 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
Federal data list 3 schools in W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147, with 814 students enrolled.
Black students make up a majority at Rosa L Parks Middle School, at 52%. Other students are 48% Hispanic. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. On average, middle schools in Illinois have 13.0:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Rosa L Parks Middle School is 91%. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Rosa L Parks Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 18.8% for a school in Illinois with Rosa L Parks Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Rosa L Parks Middle School posts 12.0%.
Within Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Rosa L Parks Middle School, Cook County has 1,405 other public schools.
The school nearest to Rosa L Parks Middle School is Martin L King Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 23.7%; Rosa L Parks Middle School's is 12.0%, ranking 8th of 8.
The NCES locale for Rosa L Parks Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Rosa L Parks Middle School's enrollment declined from 355 in 2020-21 to 320 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147
- Martin L King Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Other schools in Dixmoor
- Martin L King Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Nearby schools
- Martin L King Elementary School0.1 mi · 320
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 174
- Whittier Elementary School1.0 mi · 197
- Bryant Elementary School1.2 mi · 294
- Posen Elementary School1.2 mi · 246
- Thornton Township High School1.3 mi · 1,697
Frequently asked questions
About Rosa L Parks Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rosa L Parks Middle School?
Rosa L Parks Middle School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Rosa L Parks Middle School serve?
Rosa L Parks Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rosa L Parks Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rosa L Parks Middle School is approximately 13.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rosa L Parks Middle School?
At Rosa L Parks Middle School, the student body is approximately 48% Hispanic, 52% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Rosa L Parks Middle School?
Rosa L Parks Middle School is overseen by W Harvey-Dixmoor PSD 147 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.