How Chicago middle schools ranked
October 30, 2009
The Chicago Sun-Times bases its exclusive rankings of schools on average scores on state achievement tests. How we ranked the schools.
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| State rank | 2008-2009 rank change** | 2009 percentile | Percentile change | School | % low income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 96.75 | -0.11 | Young Magnet High School | 34.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 95.02 | 1.04 | Edison Elem Regional Gifted Cntr | 4.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 91.57 | 1.71 | Keller Elem Gifted Magnet School | 16.3 |
| 4 | -1 | 91.39 | -2.17 | Lenart Elem Regional Gifted Ctr | 20.2 |
| 6 | -2 | 89.88 | -1.18 | Hawthorne Elem Scholastic Academy | 17.6 |
| 8 | 0 | 86.05 | 0.91 | Taft High School | 54 |
| 11 | 14 | 84.85 | 4.38 | Jackson, A Elem Language Acad | 31.7 |
| 12 | 20 | 83.65 | 4.78 | Bell Elem School | 22 |
| 14 | 1 | 83.02 | 0.34 | Oriole Park Elem School | 18.3 |
| 15 | 2 | 82.89 | 0.82 | Skinner Elem School | 22.5 |
| 18 | -7 | 82.03 | -1.32 | Edgebrook Elem School | 11.6 |
| 21 | -8 | 81.10 | -2.05 | Lincoln Elem School | 13.4 |
| 29 | -15 | 79.72 | -3.39 | LaSalle Elem Language Academy | 17.8 |
| 31 | 7 | 78.81 | 2.08 | Norwood Park Elem School | 12.2 |
| 32 | 28 | 78.62 | 4.89 | Franklin Elem Fine Arts Center | 34.9 |
| 35 | -9 | 77.49 | -2.95 | Kenwood Academy High School | 75.5 |
| 72 | -50 | 72.82 | -7.96 | Morgan Park High School | 69.2 |
| 76 | 24 | 72.41 | 1.98 | Burley Elem School | 31.6 |
| 79 | -6 | 72.13 | -0.17 | Blaine Elem School | 24.5 |
| 79 | -22 | 72.13 | -1.82 | Thorp O A Elem Scholastic Acad | 48.9 |
| 81 | 2 | 72.07 | 0.22 | Wildwood Elem School | 25.9 |
| 106 | -53 | 69.50 | -4.83 | Ogden Elem School | 26.1 |
| 107 | -15 | 69.38 | -1.85 | Beaubien Elem School | 52.9 |
| 117 | 33 | 69.03 | 2.27 | Solomon Elem School | 53 |
| 120 | 18 | 68.68 | 0.71 | Dore Elem School | 58.1 |
| 124 | -35 | 68.44 | -3.07 | Sheridan Elem Math & Science Acad | 65 |
| 125 | 22 | 68.38 | 1.44 | Sauganash Elem School | 28.4 |
| 128 | -5 | 68.14 | -0.59 | Ebinger Elem School | 16.5 |
| 147 | -7 | 66.94 | -0.96 | Stone Elem Scholastic Academy | 60 |
| 150 | 42 | 66.64 | 2.77 | Canty Elem School | 44.8 |
| 152 | 100 | 66.58 | 5.43 | Rogers Elem School | 69.6 |
| 163 |
| 65.73 |
| Edison Park Elem School | 12.7 |
| 188 | 685 | 64.31 | 22.88 | Chopin Elem School | 90.5 |
| 194 | 90 | 64.12 | 5.02 | Lyon Elem School | 94.3 |
| 200 | -63 | 63.78 | -4.22 | Harlan Community Academy HS | 85.1 |
| 216 | 31 | 62.55 | 1.27 | Disney Elem Magnet School | 68.9 |
| 237 | -27 | 61.47 | -1.52 | Sutherland Elem School | 16.4 |
| 251 | -91 | 61.03 | -4.88 | Courtenay Elem Language Arts Ctr | 77.5 |
| 260 | 126 | 60.39 | 4.75 | Owen Elem Scholastic Academy | 48.6 |
| 267 | 101 | 59.94 | 3.84 | Onahan Elem School | 34.4 |
| 280 | 153 | 59.35 | 5.04 | Alcott Elem School | 31.6 |
| 281 | 78 | 59.29 | 2.87 | Kellogg Elem School | 45.2 |
| 293 | 120 | 58.90 | 3.99 | Farnsworth Elem School | 52.3 |
| 299 | -29 | 58.64 | -1.16 | Peterson Elem School | 73.8 |
| 302 | -114 | 58.45 | -5.55 | Chicago Academy Elem School | 64.5 |
| 306 | 34 | 58.38 | 1.04 | Earhart Elem Opt For Knowl School | 65.9 |
| 335 | 98 | 57.40 | 3.09 | Galileo Elem Math & Sci Schol Acd | 69.2 |
| 349 | 194 | 57.01 | 5.75 | Newberry Elem Math & Science Acad | 54 |
| 360 | -14 | 56.68 | -0.46 | Mount Greenwood Elem School | 34 |
| 363 | -109 | 56.62 | -4.34 | Healy Elem School | 95.5 |
| 367 | -129 | 56.49 | -5.30 | Haines Elem School | 95 |
| 375 | -82 | 56.09 | -2.55 | Locke, A Elem Charter Academy | 86.3 |
| 382 | 66 | 55.96 | 2.18 | Inter-American Elem Magnet School | 60.3 |
| 386 | 138 | 55.76 | 4.10 | Prussing Elem School | 64.1 |
| 398 | -5 | 55.17 | -0.20 | Jamieson Elem School | 75.7 |
| 403 | 280 | 55.04 | 7.83 | Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elem Academy | 92.2 |
| 405 | 233 | 54.97 | 6.83 | Garvy, J Elem School | 40.8 |
| 412 | -140 | 54.64 | -5.03 | Vanderpoel Elem Magnet School | 56.1 |
| 413 | 310 | 54.51 | 8.69 | Audubon Elem School | 45.4 |
| 417 | 86 | 54.38 | 2.19 | Beasley Elem Magnet Academic Ctr | 78.3 |
| 425 | 0 | 54.31 | -0.20 | Clissold Elem School | 23.7 |
| 437 | 137 | 54.05 | 3.85 | Columbus Elem School | 80.7 |
| 453 | 323 | 53.52 | 8.82 | Kinzie Elem School | 54.5 |
| 453 | -122 | 53.52 | -4.02 | Washington, G Elem School | 80 |
| 457 | 74 | 53.45 | 1.99 | Greeley Elem School | 88.7 |
| 462 | 345 | 53.19 | 9.48 | South Loop Elem School | 33.4 |
| 474 | 298 | 52.79 | 8.03 | Christopher Elem School | 83.3 |
| 474 | 60 | 52.79 | 1.39 | Pritzker Elem School | 66.9 |
| 493 | 1 | 51.99 | -0.46 | Ward, J Elem School | 82.4 |
| 505 | -70 | 51.60 | -2.65 | Sayre Elem Language Academy | 62.1 |
| 505 | 185 | 51.60 | 4.52 | Goudy Elem School | 87.7 |
| 526 | 62 | 51.13 | 1.33 | Peirce Elem Intl Studies School | 80.2 |
| 526 | 190 | 51.13 | 4.85 | Cassell Elem School | 34.8 |
| 530 | -117 | 51.06 | -3.84 | Smyser Elem School | 69.8 |
| 531 | 74 | 51.00 | 1.73 | Hitch Elem School | 65.7 |
| 534 | 388 | 50.80 | 11.18 | Ward, L Elem School | 92.6 |
| 554 | -145 | 50.27 | -4.71 | Bridge Elem School | 67.7 |
| 563 | 70 | 49.93 | 1.60 | Shabazz International Elem Chartr | 85.8 |
| 570 | 105 | 49.73 | 2.39 | Armstrong, G Elem Intl Studies | 89.3 |
| 570 | -51 | 49.73 | -2.06 | Dever Elem School | 42.4 |
| 570 | -36 | 49.73 | -1.66 | Salazar Elem Bilingual Center | 78.8 |
| 578 | 21 | 49.60 | 0.07 | Palmer Elem School | 74.8 |
| 578 | 93 | 49.60 | 2.19 | Sabin Elem Magnet School | 87.1 |
| 587 | -93 | 49.40 | -3.06 | Ariel Elem Community Academy | 84.7 |
| 590 | -47 | 49.34 | -1.93 | Twain Elem School | 84.9 |
| 599 | 227 | 49.07 | 6.02 | Coonley Elem School | 51.6 |
| 599 | -41 | 49.07 | -1.73 | Goethe Elem School | 89.7 |
| 602 | -14 | 49.00 | -0.80 | Byrne Elem School | 48.1 |
| 628 | 102 | 48.47 | 2.78 | Hamilton Elem School | 62.1 |
| 635 | -14 | 48.27 | -0.47 | Gray Elem School | 87.4 |
| 637 | 118 | 48.21 | 3.05 | Pershing West Elem Magnet School | 65.9 |
| 644 | -117 | 48.07 | -3.46 | Nettelhorst Elem School | 33.7 |
| 653 | 234 | 47.94 | 7.04 | Dodge Elem School | 86.1 |
| 658 | 206 | 47.81 | 5.99 | Bateman Elem School | 90.9 |
| 668 | 280 | 47.54 | 8.82 | Burnham Elem Inclusive Academy | 95.7 |
| 674 | -7 | 47.41 | -0.13 | Portage Park Elem School | 78.6 |
| 678 | 251 | 47.34 | 8.05 | Chicago Virtual Elem Charter Schl | 53 |
| 685 | 24 | 47.21 | 0.46 | Swift Elem Specialty School | 85.4 |
| 694 | 57 | 46.94 | 1.72 | Hayt Elem School | 89.9 |
| 705 | -124 | 46.75 | -3.25 | McPherson Elem School | 82.3 |
| 705 | -427 | 46.75 | -12.54 | LEARN Elem Charter School | 94.7 |
** NOTE: The second column -- 2008-2009 rank change -- shows how much a school went up or down in the rankings. For example, among elementary schools, Chicago's Skinner Classical is No. 6 this year and was No. 14 last year, so it's 08-09 rank change is 8. River Forest's Lincoln is No. 8 this year and was No. 6 last year, so it's 08-09 rank change is -2.