Math courses are designed to provide students with the opportunity to improve their computational and conceptual skills. Pre-algebra and Algebra courses are offered to students who have mastered basic skills.

The Social Studies curriculum centers around the understanding or man in his relation to his environment as revealed in the ongoing heritage of geographical, historical, cultural, social, and economic knowledge of our country and of the world. The major areas of studies are:  6th. Grade - World History; 7th. Grade - U.S. History I and the Illinois Constitution; 8th. Grade - U.S. History II.

The Science program is designed to provide a well-rounded background in both the physical and the life sciences. In addition to a wide variety of written instructional materials, laboratory experiments help students better understand scientific concepts.

Using the QUEST  curriculum as its base, the Health Education program aims to impart knowledge to develop ideals, habits, and attitudes which will be conducive to healthful living, including AIDS education. Physical and Health Education contribute to the acquisition of the knowledge and training basic to the growth and  maintenance of sound physical and mental health.

Rickover Junior High has a computer lab where all students receive hands-on instruction. Various programs provide the students with enrichment, drill, and remediation while developing computer literacy. A full-time instructor assists the faculty and student body in correlating computer use with the curriculum. This course is taught as one of the rotating sequences of "specials" along with Physical Education and Health.

The Physical Education Program strives to provide healthy, stimulating, and socially sound activities in which an individual or group may participate under the leadership of our physical education teachers. Physical  Education is required by state law unless excused by the family physician.