Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center
Ford Heights, IL · Ford Heights SD 169
Regular public school · Grades 5 - 8 · Suburb, large
535th of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 22%▲ Improving
800 E 14th St, Ford Heights, IL 60411
(708)758-1400NCES ID 171095005419Directory 2023–24
SchoolRow ranks Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center 535th of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 22% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 14th in 2019 to 22th in 2025 — improving.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25
Hispanic (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.
Racial and ethnic breakdown of 139 students (2023–24, NCES) — history since 1989, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010
| Group | Trend | 2010 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 98.1% | 91.4% | ▼ 6.7 pts | |
| Hispanic | 1.4% | 8.6% | ▲ 7.2 pts | |
| White | 0.5% | 0.0% | ▼ 0.5 pts |
NCES history for this school begins in 1989. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.
Typical home value $177K in zip 60411 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2000
Data Provided by Zillow Group
Closest same-level schools, with 2024–25 state rank · ▲▼ = points better or worse than Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center
- #658Rickover Jr High SchoolCCSD 168 · 2.4 mi away658th of 685
ELA 26% ▼4 · Math 4%Compare - #556Brookwood Middle SchoolBrookwood SD 167 · 2.6 mi away556th of 685
ELA 29% ▼1Compare - #583Chicago Heights Middle SchoolChicago Heights SD 170 · 2.6 mi away583rd of 685
ELA 36% ▲6 · Math 16%Compare - #520Brookwood Jr High SchoolBrookwood SD 167 · 2.6 mi away520th of 685
ELA 51% ▲21 · Math 12%Compare - #416Columbia Central SchoolSteger SD 194 · 3.9 mi away416th of 685
ELA 60% ▲30 · Math 18%Compare - #508Heritage Middle SchoolSunnybrook SD 171 · 4 mi away508th of 685
ELA 52% ▲22 · Math 13%Compare - #309James Hart SchoolHomewood SD 153 · 4.4 mi away309th of 685
ELA 63% ▲33 · Math 31%Compare - #575Memorial Jr High SchoolLansing SD 158 · 4.6 mi away575th of 685
ELA 37% ▲7 · Math 16%Compare
What school district is Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center in?
Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center is part of the Ford Heights SD 169 district in Ford Heights, Illinois.
Is Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center a good school?
SchoolRow ranks Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center 535th of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 22% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).
What is the racial makeup of Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center?
Black 91%, Hispanic 9% (139 students, 2023–24).
How much do homes near Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center cost?
The typical home value in zip code 60411 is $177K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).
Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.