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Northwest Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

5252 West Palmer St

Chicago IL, 60639, Cook County

Phone: 773-534-3250

Ranking:

(2,766 out of 3,028, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Chicago Public School District 299

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	39		52		39		45		52		51		51
Total Students:	661		681		754		812		904		988		1,008
Grade 6:	218	33.0%	197	28.9%	255	33.8%	267	32.9%	271	30.0%	332	33.6%	328	32.5%
Grade 7:	184	27.8%	247	36.3%	245	32.5%	248	30.5%	319	35.3%	344	34.8%	319	31.6%
Grade 8:	259	39.2%	237	34.8%	254	33.7%	297	36.6%	314	34.7%	311	31.5%	361	35.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	338	51.1%	343	50.4%	383	50.8%	428	52.7%	477	52.8%	478	48.4%	484	48.0%
Female:	323	48.9%	338	49.6%	371	49.2%	384	47.3%	419	46.3%	502	50.8%	486	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	6	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Asian:	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	4	0.4%	2	0.2%	4	0.4%
Hispanic:	621	93.9%	641	94.1%	708	93.9%	757	93.2%	836	92.5%	904	91.5%	905	89.8%
Black:	22	3.3%	19	2.8%	22	2.9%	29	3.6%	45	5.0%	59	6.0%	45	4.5%
White:	13	2.0%	14	2.1%	14	1.9%	14	1.7%	19	2.1%	23	2.3%	19	1.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	646	97.7%	632	92.8%	294	39.0%	752	92.6%	816	90.3%	828	83.8%	877	87.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	34	5.0%	447	59.3%	48	5.9%	77	8.5%	97	9.8%	109	10.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.95		13.14		19.33		18.04		17.38		19.40		19.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISAT
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	62.3%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.4%	66.8%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.8%	69%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	71.1%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	74.4%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	75.4%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	77.9%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39.9%	51.5%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48%	59.1%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.0%	59.2%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	49%	67.0%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.1%	68.3%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.1%	70.3%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	76.5%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	73.7%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	32.1%	49.4%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.7%	62.0%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	65.9%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	68.2%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	72.4%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.8%	76.0%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	77.6%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	79.0%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.4%	53.3%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.7%	62.8%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	62.9%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.9%	69.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.5%	69.2%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	67.6%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	72.6%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.5%	70.9%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	39.2%	51.9%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	56.2%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	44.9%	56.0%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	54.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	60.1%	68.4%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	62.5%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	61.8%	63.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	54.3%	64.8%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	64.5%	70.6%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	65.8%	73.0%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	57.5%	71.8%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	73.0%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25.4%	30.7%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23.3%	33.3%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	20.0%	32.3%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.6%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	71.1%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	69.3%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	76.5%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	81.4%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	80.6%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	35.7%	53.9%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.4%	50.5%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.7%	54.6%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.7%	59.4%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	72.1%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	77.9%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	75.0%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	77.6%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	78.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	80.7%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	83.1%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.7%	52.5%	59.8%

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* Northwest Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.