Enrollment
283
Middle
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COUNTRY CLUB HILLS SD 160·NCES 171101001332
Southwood Middle School
18635 Lee St, Country Club Hills, IL 60478 · (708) 957-6230 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Illinois public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
199 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 105 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 29% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 Country Club Hills SD 160. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
25.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
12.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.9pp 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 13 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.7% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 7.6% |
% 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Southwood Middle School
Southwood Middle School's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwood Middle School this school | 283 | 70.3% | 19.2% |
| Sauk Elementary School Richton Park | 281 | 74.4% | 25.8% |
| O W Huth Middle School Matteson | 421 | 68.2% | 32.3% |
| McKinley Jr High School South Holland | 287 | 77.4% | 33.6% |
| Brookwood Middle School Glenwood | 231 | 68.8% | 16.3% |
| Brookwood Jr High School Glenwood | 226 | 65.0% | 33.4% |
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 Southwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #530 of 578 | #104 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #567 of 640 ▲ 4 | #127 of 146 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #600 of 640 ▼ 25 | #141 of 146 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #469 of 691 | #124 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #486 of 558 | #124 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.8% | #420 of 560 | #113 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #104 of 581 | #44 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.3% | #13 of 440 | #8 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
283
-205 (-42%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 637
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 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 70% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 76% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 19 | 20.1:1 | 80% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 76% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 29 | 10.1:1 | 75% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 62% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 552 | 29 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 30 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (451 to 283); teachers down 42% (31 to 18).
About Southwood Middle School
Southwood Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school serving families in Country Club Hills, Illinois. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 283 students. The school is 39% below the average for middle schools in Illinois.
Country Club Hills SD 160 has a total of 3 schools and 849 students, Southwood Middle School among them.
A large majority of enrollment at Southwood Middle School is Black, at 84%. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. The diversity index for Southwood Middle School is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, Southwood Middle School has a ratio of 15.7:1. The average for middle schools in Illinois, 13.0:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Southwood Middle School lands at D, ahead of 5% of Illinois public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Southwood Middle School is 11.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Cook County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Southwood Middle School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Zenon J Sykuta School, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Southwood Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
Southwood Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21 count was 488 students and the 2024-25 count was 283. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves.
On allk12, people connected to Southwood 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.
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 Country Club Hills SD 160
- Meadowview SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Zenon J Sykuta SchoolElementary · 273 students
Other schools in Country Club Hills
- Hillcrest High SchoolHigh · 1,100 students
- Meadowview SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Zenon J Sykuta SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Nob Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 164 students
Other Southwood Middle schools
One other US public school is named Southwood Middle. Southwood Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SOUTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLPALMETTO BAY, FL · 1,063 students
Nearby schools
- Zenon J Sykuta School1.0 mi · 273
- Meadowview School1.0 mi · 293
- Flossmoor Hills Elementary School1.1 mi · 357
- Chateaux School1.6 mi · 249
- Hillcrest High School1.8 mi · 1,100
- Mae Jemison School1.9 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Southwood Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southwood Middle School?
Southwood Middle School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Southwood Middle School serve?
Southwood Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Southwood Middle School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Southwood Middle School.
How diverse is Southwood Middle School?
Southwood Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 84% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Southwood Middle School public or private?
Southwood Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Country Club Hills SD 160.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.