Middle · Illinois

Northbrook School

Free meals for all

Northbrook School, a public middle school in Mendota, Illinois: grades 5–8, 526 students, 13.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mendota CCSD 289.

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
526
Teachers (FTE)
38.0
Students per teacher
13.8
Grades
5–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 68% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 12.7 · 689 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 58% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 62% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 428 · 691 schools compared

Larger than 50% 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%

51%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 60% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 57% · 605 middle schools compared

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

Math

Illinois: 39%

28%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 55% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 31% · 631 middle schools compared

430 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
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mendota CCSD 289.

Location

Address
1804 Guiles Ave, Mendota, IL 61342
Phone
(815)539-6237
City or town
Mendota

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–8427.3——
Lincoln Jr High SchoolFree meals for all
6–826911.727%8.8%
5–837212.856%28%
Amboy Jr High SchoolFree meals for all
5–821012.0—31%
Washington Elem SchoolFree meals for all
6–811612.9—32%
6–80———

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 172562002773