The top 50 middle schools in the Chicago area

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Area Rank	School	City	Percentile	Statewide Rank
1	Young Magnet*	Chicago	95.54	1
2	Keller Gifted*	Chicago	94.24	2
3	Edison Regional Gifted*	Chicago	93.98	3
4	Lenart Regional Gifted*	Chicago	92.81	4
5	Hawthorne Magnet	Chicago	91.04	7
6	Skinner Classical Magnet West*	Chicago	86.50	9
7	Oriole Park	Chicago	85.50	10
8	Butler	Oak Brook	85.15	11
9	Daniel Wright	Lincolnshire	84.80	12
9	McClure	Western Springs	84.80	12
11	Maple	Northbrook	84.66	14
12	Marie Murphy	Wilmette	84.57	15
13	Taft**	Chicago	84.09	16
14	Lincoln	Chicago	83.47	17
15	Kennedy	Lisle	83.02	18
16	Bell	Chicago	82.46	19
17	A Jackson Magnet	Chicago	82.43	20
18	Chopin	Chicago	82.20	21
18	Twin Groves	Buffalo Grove	82.20	21
20	Clarendon Hills	Clarendon Hills	81.51	23
21	Burley	Chicago	81.00	24
22	Woodlawn	Long Grove	80.98	25
23	Bannockburn	Bannockburn	80.78	26
24	The Joseph Sears	Kenilworth	80.43	27
25	Hinsdale Middle	Hinsdale	80.01	28
26	Carleton W Washburne	Winnetka	79.90	29
27	Gower Middle	Burr Ridge	79.62	30
28	Wilmette	Wilmette	79.33	31
29	Kenwood Acad.**	Chicago	78.67	32
30	Central	Glencoe	78.44	33
31	Roosevelt	River Forest	78.32	34
32	Edgebrook	Chicago	77.64	35
33	Rondout	Lake Forest	76.94	37
34	Sunset Ridge	Northfield	76.73	38
34	Haven	Evanston	76.73	38
36	Gordon Gregory	Naperville	76.64	41
37	Scullen	Naperville	76.33	42
37	Thomas	Arlington Heights	76.33	42
39	Plum Grove	Rolling Meadows	75.96	46
39	Alan B Shepard	Deerfield	75.96	46
41	Prairie Crossing Charter	Grayslake	75.90	48
42	Margaret Mead JHS	Elk Grove Village	75.65	49
43	Aptakisic	Buffalo Grove	75.33	50
44	Lasalle Magnet	Chicago	75.17	51
45	Blaine	Chicago	74.79	52
46	Franklin Magnet	Chicago	74.76	53
47	Lindblom Prep*	Chicago	74.70	54
48	Norwood Park	Chicago	74.28	55
48	Clifford Crone	Naperville	74.28	55
50	Solomon	Chicago	74.05	57

* Tests used to select all students
** Tests used to select 7th & 8th graders