Middle · Illinois

Edith M Smith Middle School

Free meals for all

Edith M Smith Middle School, a public middle school in Waukegan, Illinois: grades 6–8, 493 students, 11.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waukegan CUSD 60.

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: 493
Teachers (FTE): 44.0
Students per teacher: 11.2
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 12.7 · 689 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 83% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 57% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 428 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 53% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Waukegan CUSD 60

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Waukegan CUSD 60.

Location

Address: 930 New York St, Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone: (224)303-2760
City or town: Waukegan
County: Lake County

Website Quality of life in Waukegan Schools in Waukegan

Nearby middle schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Miguel Juarez Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	651	10.7	0.7 mi
Robert E Abbott Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	585	11.9	1.0 mi
Jack Benny Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	475	12.5	1.5 mi
John R Lewis Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	721	11.3	1.8 mi
Viking SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	461	11.8	3.2 mi
Neal Math Science AcademyFree meals for all	6–8	601	15.4	3.4 mi

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).

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