Skokie School District 73.5 is home to approximately 1100 kindergarten through 8th grade students. We have three schools: Elizabeth Meyer School (pre-kindergarten and kindergarten), John Middleton Elementary School (grades 1 through 5) and Oliver McCracken Middle School (grades 6 through 8).  

Our students have ancestral origins from all over the world. Nearly half of our students are bilingual, speaking nearly 40 languages. Our students are diverse, economically, racially, religiously, linguistically and socially. Our community embraces and celebrates this diversity and appreciates the opportunity children and families have to interact and form friendships with such a wide spectrum of people. We have strong parent support and involvement.

We pride ourselves on our strong academic programming which includes current best practices in the core content areas. Our program is comprehensive including regular Fine Arts classes in Music, Art and Drama. We also provide instruction to support all levels of learners including interventions for struggling students and an Extended Learning Program (ELP) for high achieving students. Our school is equipped with the latest technology to engage students in learning.