Unity Junior High School is a relatively new public school that serves more than 2,400 students in seventh and eighth grades. The school looks to interweave students, parents and the local community to create lifelong learners and global citizens. It supports students by providing an equitable, safe, positive and healthy learning environment.
Unity Junior High uses a proficiency scale for grading that has four levels of proficiency, with one being the lowest and four being the highest. Students who earn a proficiency standard of three or four for all their quarterly classes are put on the Academic Honor Roll.
Extracurricular activities include a reading club, mechanical robotics group, National Junior Honor Society, service-learning club, student council, yearbook club and more. Sports offered to students include soccer, bowling, volleyball, softball, wrestling, Special Olympics, basketball and dance.
A recent survey of students and teachers recognized the school as having strong student-teacher trust. Most students who participated in the survey said teachers treat students with respect and listen to students’ ideas.
Unity Jr High School
Public Middle School
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Grade 7-8
2115 S 54th Ave,
Cicero, IL
Cicero District 99
School Details
Head of School
Ms. Donata Heppner
Student Teacher Ratio
14:1
Math Proficiency
6%
Reading Proficiency
13%
Niche Grade
C-
C
Source: Niche
Niche Grade Details
Academics
Reading Proficiency
13%
Math Proficiency
6%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
14:1
Teachers
139
Full Time Teachers
139
Teachers in First or Second Year
4.7%
GreatSchools Rating
3
Source: GreatSchools
GreatSchools Rating Details
Teachers and Staff
Students Per Counselor
808:1
Student Diversity
Female
50.1%
Male
49.9%
Hispanic
96.9%
Black
2.4%
White
<1%
Two or more races
<1%
Native American
<1%
Specialty School Programs
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
This School’s Reviews
Niche Reviews
3/6/2024
The policies of unity is bad overall. Some teachers are strict and make up excuses to get mad for no reason. As a student I also want to be respected in school because all the classmates in some floors are toxic. People don't have manners and students even bully others and teachers don't do nothing about it. The school doesn't even realize that students have hidden accounts in social media basically having fight videos, hate pages of students body shaming judging.
12/27/2023
Bullying was extremely frequent and the teachers either did nothing about or actually defended the bullying.
2/26/2020
I go to this school and I would just like to say its... okay... Fights break out the dumbest reasons but we have good teachers. Of course, it's annoying because when there are fights on the stairwells the entire stairwell gets blocked and it takes even longer to get to class. It teaches me good things but the problem is that most of the students are so rude and act dumb. They make the classroom toxic basically. Point is the flaws are the fights and the toxic students :/
GreatSchools Reviews
9/8/2023
SO MUCH BULLYING AND FIGHTS I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. DO NOT BRING UR KIDS HERE I AM TELLING UU
5/18/2022
My child got sold in an auction. Here.
5/4/2018
My child is currently attending here, he was placed in a bilingual homeroom for some reason, when he does not speak Spanish. He felt so out of place. My child has told me on multiple occasions that the teacher only speaks Spanish when addressing school issues in class or important events & my child...
4/17/2014
Im a mother and my child attends this school over all they do have couple good teachers, but my child has told me that teachers do go over work they have already done to many times they tell me its a waist of time and prefer to be taught something different than the same thing they were taught 2 or...
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List Price Range
$150K - $501K
Homes For Sale
47
Average Home Value
$288,103
Median Lot Size
3,484 Sq Ft
% Renters
51%
Average Household Income
$73,703
% of College Grads
10.9%
Median Age
34
Average House Size
2,001 Sq Ft
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Additional Schools in the Area
- 5th to 8th
- Private
- Pre-K to 6th
- Private
Parks in this Area
Drexel Park
- Soccer
Manor Park
West Morton Park
- Picnic Area
- Pool
- Playground
Cicero Community Park
- Amphitheater
- Ice Skating Rink
- Multi-Purpose Field
Safety Town Park
- Playground
Morton Park
- Playground
Holmes Park
- Pool
- Playground
Clyde Park (District Pool)
- Picnic Area
- Pool
- Soccer
Warren Park Building
- Basketball
- Volleyball
- Playground
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Unity Jr High School is a public school for students in grades 7-8 in Cicero, IL, in the Cicero neighborhood, and is served by the Cicero District 99 in Illinois. The school has a total enrollment of 2,255 and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 14:1. Academic records show that 6% of students achieve proficiency in math, and 13% are proficient in reading. Unity Jr High School has received feedback and ratings, with a Niche grade of D+ and a GreatSchools Rating of 2 out of 10. The average home value in this area is $288,103. Discover additional schools in the area, like Chicago Jesuit Academy, The Field School, Komensky Elementary School, and more. Learn more about what Cicero has to offer, and browse homes for sale and for rent near Unity Jr High School.