Middle · Illinois

Central School

Central School, a public middle school in Glencoe, Illinois: grades 5–8, 561 students, 9.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Glencoe SD 35.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 561
Teachers (FTE): 58.6
Students per teacher: 9.6
Grades: 5–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 12.7 · 689 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 65% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 428 · 691 schools compared

Larger than 54% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

86%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 94% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 57% · 605 middle schools compared

547 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Illinois: 39%

80%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 98% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 31% · 631 middle schools compared

547 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 5–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Glencoe SD 35

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Glencoe SD 35.

Location

Address: 620 Greenwood Ave, Glencoe, IL 60022
Phone: (847)835-7600
City or town: Glencoe
County: Cook County

Website Quality of life in Glencoe Schools in Glencoe

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Carleton W Washburne School	7–8	376	9.0	81%	79%	1.9 mi
The Skokie School	5–6	362	9.0	85%	73%	1.9 mi
Sunset Ridge Elem School	4–8	274	8.1	89%	82%	2.3 mi
Northbrook Junior High School	6–8	621	8.4	90%	81%	2.9 mi
Edgewood Middle School	6–8	663	11.1	82%	63%	3.1 mi
Marie Murphy School	6–8	253	9.5	90%	79%	3.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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