Middle · Illinois

Hawthorn Middle School South

Hawthorn Middle School South, a public middle school in Vernon Hills, Illinois: grades 6–8, 609 students, 11.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hawthorn CCSD 73.

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
609
Teachers (FTE)
54.3
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 70% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 428 · 691 schools compared

Larger than 59% 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%

58%proficient

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

A higher share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 57% · 605 middle schools compared

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

Math

Illinois: 39%

43%proficient

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

A higher share proficient than 71% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 31% · 631 middle schools compared

557 students tested, grades 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 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hawthorn CCSD 73.

Location

Address
600 N Aspen Dr, Vernon Hills, IL 60061
Phone
(847)990-4100
City or town
Vernon Hills

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–862711.361%49%
6–80———
6–828010.338%18%
6–863215.680%67%
6–862514.881%70%
6–870110.575%55%

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.

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.

Sources

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.

NCES 171857002150