Simmons Middle School

Simmons Middle School is a 6-8 campus of expansive scale in Oak Lawn, Illinois, operated by Ridgeland SD 122, serveing 725 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 57% above the state mean of about 462.

Within Ridgeland SD 122, which oversees 5 schools and 2,394 students, Simmons Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Simmons Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 39% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Simmons Middle School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at Simmons Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Simmons Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Simmons Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ernest F Kolb Elem School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Simmons Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Simmons Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Simmons Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 707 (now 725). The White share of enrollment shrank from 66% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.