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Big Hollow Middle School

PublicMiddleGrades 5–8

26051 W Nippersink Rd, Ingleside, IL 60041 · (847) 740-5322 · Part of Big Hollow School District 38

Grant Township’s School Grade B− better than 48% of Illinois school districts

Directions
Students
744
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
33%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
5–8
The gist

What stands out about Big Hollow Middle School

  • Its own letter, B−: better results than 48% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Reading / language arts 8 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Grant Township kids: Grant Community High School

On the path

Where Grant Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

2–4Big Hollow Elem Schoolin Ingleside
5–8Big Hollow Middle SchoolYou are here
9–12Grant Community High Schoolin Fox Lake

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency21%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts23%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, B−, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

26051 W Nippersink Rd, Ingleside

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 5188
Grade 6175
Grade 7194
Grade 8187
Enrollment over time
787’20
788’21
803’22
765’23
744’24

Down 5.5% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 51%Hispanic 33%Black 6%Two or more races 5%Asian 4%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Big Hollow Middle School from Grant Township families.

Other schools in Big Hollow School District 38

The district →
Big Hollow Primary School
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Ingleside
387 students12:1
Big Hollow Elem School
Elementary · Grades 2–4 · Ingleside
B
522 students13:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Grant Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.