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What's one thing Bednarcik Junior High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
535
Middle
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027004768
Bednarcik Junior High School
3025 Heggs Rd, Aurora, IL 60503 · (630) 636-2500 · Will County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
136 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 163 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 185 | 35% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
68.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
54.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 42.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bednarcik Junior High School
Bednarcik Junior High School's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bednarcik Junior High School this school | 535 | 25.4% | 62.5% |
| River Trails Middle School Mount Prospect | 508 | 30.3% | 52.7% |
| Hawthorn Middle School North Vernon Hills | 627 | 33.3% | 58.8% |
| Attea Middle School Glenview | 714 | 20.0% | 69.1% |
| Heritage Grove Middle School Plainfield | 841 | 23.3% | 67.0% |
| Hawthorn Middle School South Vernon Hills | 609 | 30.7% | 51.7% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bednarcik Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #76 of 578 | #10 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #113 of 640 ▲ 21 | #16 of 44 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #195 of 640 ▼ 53 | #25 of 44 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #258 of 691 | #31 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #409 of 558 | #29 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #25 of 560 | #2 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #489 of 581 | #24 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #46 of 440 | #7 of 36 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
535
-89 (-14%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 954
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 535 | 37.3 | 14.4:1 | 25% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 22% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 21% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 712 | 42.6 | 16.7:1 | 18% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 42 | 17.0:1 | 15% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 954 | 44 | 21.7:1 | 19% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bednarcik Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (712 to 535); teachers down 12% (42.6 to 37.3).
About Bednarcik Junior High School
Bednarcik Junior High School is a middle-grades school with a street address in Aurora, Illinois. There are 535 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
CUSD 308 serves 16,766 students across 21 schools.
No group is above 50% at Bednarcik Junior High School; the largest is White, at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 62%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bednarcik Junior High School scores 71%.
Bednarcik Junior High School has 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1. The school has 25% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 44% average for public schools in Will County is 19 points higher.
Bednarcik Junior High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (62.5%) and its predicted rate (56.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
For the population of Will County, the median household earns about $109,984 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Will County, 209 public schools serve about 113,008 students.
Bednarcik Junior High School's closest public school neighbor is Wolfs Crossing Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 62.5% is above the 61.8% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 535, down from 624 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Bednarcik Junior High School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Wolfs Crossing Elementary School0.1 mi · 414
- Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School1.3 mi · 570
- Oswego East High School1.3 mi · 2,758
- Homestead Elementary School1.4 mi · 511
- The Wheatlands Elementary School1.5 mi · 613
- Clifford Crone Middle School1.9 mi · 891
Frequently asked questions
About Bednarcik Junior High SchoolHow large is Bednarcik Junior High School?
Bednarcik Junior High School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bednarcik Junior High School serve?
Bednarcik Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bednarcik Junior High School have?
Bednarcik Junior High School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Bednarcik Junior High School?
Bednarcik Junior High School reports a student body of 43% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 24% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bednarcik Junior High School?
Bednarcik Junior High School is overseen by CUSD 308 in Will County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.