Aux Sable Middle Sch

Aux Sable Middle Sch is one of the expansive 6-8 campuss in Joliet, Illinois, overseen by Plainfield SD 202, with 844 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Aux Sable Middle Sch sits 83% larger than that benchmark.

Within Plainfield SD 202, which oversees 30 schools and 24,556 students, Aux Sable Middle Sch is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Aux Sable Middle Sch shows that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Aux Sable Middle Sch reports 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Aux Sable Middle Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Aux Sable Middle Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.6%; this one delivers 47.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kendall County indicate median household income runs about $111,601, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Kendall County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students), of which Aux Sable Middle Sch is one.

Thomas Jefferson Elem Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Aux Sable Middle Sch ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 994 students in 2018 compared to 844 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 52% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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