Middle · Illinois

Marie Murphy School

Marie Murphy School, a public middle school in Wilmette, Illinois: grades 6–8, 253 students, 9.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Avoca SD 37.

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
253
Teachers (FTE)
26.8
Students per teacher
9.5
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 93% 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

Smaller than 72% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 428 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 81% 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%

90%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 57% · 605 middle schools compared

230 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%

79%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

230 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 Avoca SD 37.

Location

Address
2921 Illinois Rd, Wilmette, IL 60091
Phone
(847)251-3617
City or town
Wilmette

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
7–876611.885%71%
5–674811.089%78%
5–63629.085%73%
7–83769.081%79%
6–871112.963%41%
4–82748.189%82%

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 170480000043