Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School
325 South Kenilworth Ave
Oak Park IL, 60302, Cook County
Phone: 708-524-3050
Ranking: (790 out of 3,028, top 26%)*
Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Oak Park Elementary School District 97
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: | 65 | 69 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 60 | 52 | |||||||
Total Students: | 891 | 885 | 863 | 835 | 829 | 839 | 814 | |||||||
Grade 6: | 279 | 31.3% | 289 | 32.7% | 286 | 33.1% | 291 | 34.9% | 276 | 33.3% | 253 | 30.2% | 287 | 35.3% |
Grade 7: | 309 | 34.7% | 301 | 34.0% | 296 | 34.3% | 282 | 33.8% | 255 | 30.8% | 298 | 35.5% | 280 | 34.4% |
Grade 8: | 303 | 34.0% | 294 | 33.2% | 280 | 32.4% | 262 | 31.4% | 298 | 35.9% | 288 | 34.3% | 247 | 30.3% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 432 | 48.5% | 425 | 48.0% | 422 | 48.9% | 415 | 49.7% | 384 | 46.3% | 361 | 43.0% | 398 | 48.9% |
Female: | 459 | 51.5% | 460 | 52.0% | 441 | 51.1% | 420 | 50.3% | 373 | 45.0% | 410 | 48.9% | 357 | 43.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 48 | 5.4% | 46 | 5.2% | 40 | 4.6% | 37 | 4.4% | 31 | 3.7% | 34 | 4.1% | 33 | 4.1% |
Hispanic: | 44 | 4.9% | 43 | 4.9% | 58 | 6.7% | 42 | 5.0% | 47 | 5.7% | 31 | 3.7% | 41 | 5.0% |
Black: | 227 | 25.5% | 238 | 26.9% | 211 | 24.4% | 231 | 27.7% | 224 | 27.0% | 270 | 32.2% | 252 | 31.0% |
White: | 477 | 53.5% | 474 | 53.6% | 484 | 56.1% | 455 | 54.5% | 459 | 55.4% | 444 | 52.9% | 433 | 53.2% |
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: | 94 | 10.5% | 84 | 9.5% | 70 | 8.1% | 68 | 8.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 202 | 22.7% | 171 | 19.3% | 57 | 6.6% | 145 | 17.4% | 116 | 14.0% | 123 | 14.7% | 122 | 15.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 45 | 5.1% | 52 | 5.9% | 81 | 9.4% | 35 | 4.2% | 41 | 4.9% | 26 | 3.1% | 36 | 4.4% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.81 | 12.78 | 13.70 | 13.25 | 13.61 | 14.00 | 15.70 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ISAT | ||||||
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 89.2% | 79.1% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 90.7% | 81.4% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 90.7% | 82.7% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 90.5% | 82.4% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 90.9% | 84.6% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 90.5% | 83.9% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 89.0% | 84.9% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 72.7% | 59.6% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 86.8% | 72.8% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 87.7% | 73.4% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 89.3% | 79.1% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 89.5% | 79.9% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.0% | 92.8% | 81.2% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 92.7% | 84.1% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 90.4% | 81.7% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 79.7% | 58.9% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 83% | 76.0% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 85.2% | 79.4% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 87.6% | 80.4% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 90.8% | 82.7% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 89.5% | 84.4% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 90.2% | 84.3% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 91.7% | 84.6% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 69.7% | 59.1% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81% | 82.1% | 72% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 87.1% | 73.3% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.0% | 90.8% | 77.7% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 87.9% | 77.5% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 88.6% | 77.4% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 88.1% | 78.8% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 89.8% | 78.1% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 72.0% | 58.5% |
2003 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 81.8% | 73.7% |
2004 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 84.7% | 74.4% |
2005 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 83.7% | 74.6% |
2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 85.9% | 80.9% |
2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 86.4% | 79.3% |
2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 86.9% | 79.2% |
2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 87.0% | 79.5% |
2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 87.7% | 82.4% |
2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 88.3% | 81.9% |
2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 86.8% | 79.9% |
2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 82.4% | 79.0% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 68.1% | 53.1% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 66.1% | 54.4% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 67% | 54.3% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 81.9% | 78.2% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 84.9% | 81.3% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 88.8% | 80.3% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.0% | 88.7% | 81.7% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 87.9% | 83.7% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.0% | 88.4% | 86.3% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90.0% | 85.0% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 73.2% | 58.9% |
2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 80.2% | 63.7% |
2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 76.7% | 67.1% |
2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 83.3% | 72.8% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 84.5% | 79.2% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 87.1% | 81.7% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 88.8% | 81.4% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 91.0% | 83.6% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 91.5% | 84.1% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 88.3% | 85.0% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.0% | 91.3% | 86.2% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.0% | 76.1% | 59.8% |
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* Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.