Bednarcik Junior High School

Located at 3025 Heggs Rd, in Aurora, Illinois, Bednarcik Junior High School is a mid-sized middle-grades school that teaches 535 students (grades 6 through 8), part of CUSD 308.

Across the 21 schools in CUSD 308 (16,766 students total), Bednarcik Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Bednarcik Junior High School shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 24% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Will County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bednarcik Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.8%; this one delivers 62.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Will County shows median household earnings sit near $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bednarcik Junior High School is one of 209 public schools in Will County (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students).

Wolfs Crossing Elem School 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. On composite proficiency, Bednarcik Junior High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bednarcik Junior High School has contracted 25%, going from 712 students in 2018 to 535 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 56% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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