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Enrollment
847
Middle
DISTRICT 749 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALATINE CCSD 15·NCES 173042005020
Winston Campus Middle School
120 N Babcock Dr, Palatine, IL 60074 · (847) 963-7400 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL847 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test 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
13.0:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
423 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 290 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
37.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
25.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.4% | 25.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Winston Campus Middle School
Winston Campus Middle School's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Campus Middle School this school | 847 | 49.9% | 28.9% |
| Herget Middle School Aurora | 594 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School Oak Lawn | 1,090 | 48.3% | 51.7% |
| Blackhawk Middle School Bensenville | 665 | 55.0% | 38.6% |
| John J Lukancic Middle School Romeoville | 591 | 53.6% | 50.7% |
| Jewel Middle School North Aurora | 490 | 50.4% | 36.2% |
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 Winston Campus Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #448 of 578 | #75 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #421 of 640 ▲ 37 | #89 of 146 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #517 of 640 ▼ 11 | #112 of 146 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 847 | #65 of 691 | #16 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #282 of 558 | #85 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #212 of 560 | #56 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #294 of 581 | #84 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.9% | #30 of 127 | #10 of 40 |
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
847
+55 (+7%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 723
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 | 847 | 65.2 | 13.0:1 | 50% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 60.2 | 9.8:1 | 72% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 58.6 | 10.1:1 | 71% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 792 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 731 | 51.5 | 14.2:1 | 66% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 57 | 13.9:1 | 52% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 52 | 13.9:1 | 60% (435) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winston Campus Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (731 to 847); teachers up 27% (51.5 to 65.2).
About Winston Campus Middle School
Winston Campus Middle School is a large middle-grades school. Its address is in Palatine, Illinois. The student body numbers 847 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
Palatine CCSD 15 is the district for Winston Campus Middle School. It has 20 schools and 11,715 students.
Roughly 60% of students at Winston Campus Middle School are Hispanic. Other groups include 28% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 27% Hispanic. Winston Campus Middle School's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Winston Campus Middle School is 65.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.0:1. That matches the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois fairly closely. The school counts 423 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 50%. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Winston Campus Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Winston Campus Middle School is 13.8 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Cook County has about 5,182,090 residents, and the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The school nearest to Winston Campus Middle School is Winston Campus Elementary, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Winston Campus Middle School is 7th among 8 schools close by.
Winston Campus 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 school enrolled 847 students in 2024-25, 55 more than the 792 it had in 2020-21.
The Winston Campus Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 Palatine CCSD 15
- Plum Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,128 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Virginia Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Walter R Sundling Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Frank C Whiteley Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Gray M Sanborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
Other schools in Palatine
- Wm Fremd High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Palatine High SchoolHigh · 2,535 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Virginia Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Walter R Sundling Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Gray M Sanborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
Nearby schools
- Winston Campus Elementary0.1 mi · 2
- Gray M Sanborn Elementary School0.8 mi · 661
- Jane Addams Elementary School0.8 mi · 567
- Lake Louise Elementary School0.9 mi · 608
- Virginia Lake Elementary School1.1 mi · 717
- Greenbrier Elementary School1.3 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Winston Campus Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Winston Campus Middle School?
Winston Campus Middle School enrolls approximately 847 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Winston Campus Middle School serve?
Winston Campus Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Winston Campus Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Winston Campus Middle School is approximately 13.0:1 (65 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Winston Campus Middle School?
Winston Campus Middle School reports a student body of 28% White, 60% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Winston Campus Middle School public or private?
Winston Campus Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Palatine CCSD 15.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.