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Oliver W Holmes Middle School

PublicMiddleGrades 6–8

221 S Wolf Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090 · (847) 520-2790 · Part of Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21

Wheeling Township’s School Grade A− better than 75% of Illinois school districts

Directions
Students
615
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
71%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
6–8
The gist

What stands out about Oliver W Holmes Middle School

  • Its own letter, C: better results than 25% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 14 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 19 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 13.7% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Wheeling Township kids: 4 high schools

On the path

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

PK–516 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Oliver W Holmes Middle SchoolYou are here
9–124 high schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency12%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts12%
State average 30.7%

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

Location

Directions ↗

221 S Wolf Rd, Wheeling

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 11
Grade 6206
Grade 7196
Grade 8212
Enrollment over time
713’20
652’21
613’22
609’23
615’24

Down 13.7% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 73%White 14%Asian 6%Black 5%Two or more races 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Oliver W Holmes Middle School from Wheeling Township families.

Other schools in Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21

The district →
Eugene Field Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wheeling
C
613 students16:1
Booth Tarkington Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wheeling
B−
540 students14:1
Robert Frost Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mount Prospect
C
532 students14:1
Mark Twain Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wheeling
D−
524 students13:1
Walt Whitman Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wheeling
C−
378 students11:1
Edgar A Poe Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Arlington Heights
B
317 students9:1

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; Wheeling Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.