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Enrollment
682
Middle
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAYWOOD-MELROSE PARK-BROADVIEW 89·NCES 172511006427
Stevenson Middle School
1630 N 20th Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60160 · (708) 450-2053 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
10.5:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
428 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 218 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 234 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 230 | 34% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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 Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
53.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.4pp since 2023
Math
22.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 13.1% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Stevenson Middle School
Stevenson Middle School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevenson Middle School this school | 682 | 62.8% | 36.5% |
| C F Simmons Middle School Aurora | 792 | 64.4% | 20.3% |
| Mannheim Middle School Melrose Park | 768 | 65.4% | 33.0% |
| Henry W Cowherd Middle School Aurora | 807 | 67.0% | 15.5% |
| K D Waldo Middle School Aurora | 729 | 70.0% | 12.7% |
| Miguel Juarez Middle School Waukegan | 651 | 69.6% | 12.7% |
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 Stevenson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #370 of 578 | #55 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #460 of 640 ▲ 29 | #93 of 146 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #364 of 640 ▲ 112 | #78 of 146 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #150 of 691 | #41 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #62 of 558 | #27 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #497 of 560 | #124 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.8% | #159 of 581 | #60 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #31 of 440 | #14 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
682
-181 (-21%) vs 2020
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 | 682 | 65 | 10.5:1 | 63% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 633 | 64 | 9.9:1 | 61% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 59 | 12.5:1 | 61% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 863 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 943 | 60.5 | 15.6:1 | 79% (748) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stevenson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (943 to 682); teachers up 7% (60.5 to 65).
About Stevenson Middle School
As a medium-sized middle school, Stevenson Middle School serves students in Melrose Park, Illinois. The school had 682 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 is the district for Stevenson Middle School. It has 9 schools and 4,081 students.
Most students at Stevenson Middle School are Hispanic: 91% of enrollment. Other groups include 7% Black. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. Stevenson Middle School has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Stevenson Middle School operates with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.5:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. About 63% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades Stevenson Middle School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Stevenson Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (36.5%) and its predicted rate (35.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
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. Stevenson Middle School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
The nearest public school is Melrose Park Elementary School, at about 0.7 miles. Stevenson Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 29.7% proficiency; Stevenson Middle School posts 36.5%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 863 in 2020-21 and 682 in 2024-25, a decrease of 181 students.
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 Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89
- Melrose Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Irving Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
Other schools in Melrose Park
- Mannheim Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Melrose Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Other Stevenson Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Stevenson Middle. Stevenson Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Stevenson Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,096 students
- Stevenson Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 779 students
- Stevenson Middle SchoolStevenson, AL · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Melrose Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 602
- Jane Addams Elementary School0.7 mi · 385
- Grant Elementary School0.9 mi · 363
- Lincoln Elementary School1.0 mi · 431
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School1.2 mi · 229
- Roosevelt Middle School1.3 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About Stevenson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Stevenson Middle School?
Stevenson Middle School enrolls approximately 682 students in grades 06-08.
Is Stevenson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stevenson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stevenson Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stevenson Middle School is approximately 10.5:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stevenson Middle School?
At Stevenson Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Stevenson Middle School public or private?
Stevenson Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.