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Enrollment
850
Middle
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY VIEW CUSD 365U·NCES 174007004024
Brooks Middle School
350 Blair Ln, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 · (630) 759-6340 · Will County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL850 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
519 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 274 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 285 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 34% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
59.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.8pp since 2023
Math
31.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 26.3% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Brooks Middle School
Brooks Middle School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Middle School this school | 850 | 61.1% | 44.5% |
| Hubert H Humphrey Middle School Bolingbrook | 596 | 62.1% | 42.5% |
| A Vito Martinez Middle School Romeoville | 583 | 55.6% | 52.9% |
| Jane Addams Middle School Bolingbrook | 548 | 52.9% | 53.1% |
| Columbia Central School Steger | 646 | 56.3% | 33.9% |
| Marquardt Middle School Glendale Hts | 754 | 59.9% | 40.1% |
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 Brooks Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #273 of 578 | #30 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #335 of 640 ▼ 31 | #34 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #296 of 640 ▲ 41 | #35 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 850 | #64 of 691 | #11 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #49 of 558 | #3 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #43 of 560 | #4 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #175 of 581 | #7 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #45 of 440 | #6 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
850
-182 (-18%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 518
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 | 850 | 83 | 10.2:1 | 61% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 874 | 84 | 10.4:1 | 61% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 933 | 93 | 10.0:1 | 63% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 1,032 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,138 | 80 | 14.2:1 | 64% (727) |
| 2015-16 | 1,106 | 74 | 14.9:1 | 60% (669) |
| 2010-11 | 1,250 | 83 | 15.1:1 | 53% (666) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 34 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brooks Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,138 to 850); teachers up 4% (80 to 83).
About Brooks Middle School
Brooks Middle School is a public middle school in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Federal data show 850 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students, which makes this school 84% bigger than average.
Valley View CUSD 365U enrolls 14,710 students, and its 20 schools include Brooks Middle School.
About 43% of students at Brooks Middle School are Hispanic, the largest single group. The school is also 30% Black, 13% White, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 20%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 83 full-time-equivalent teachers at Brooks Middle School, giving a ratio of 10.2:1. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 2.7 more students per teacher than here. A total of 519 students, or 61%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Will County average 44%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Brooks Middle School, the prediction is 36.3% and the result is 44.5%.
Looking at the county, Will County, median household income comes to about $109,984, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 209, with about 113,008 students.
Brooks Middle School's nearest public school is Oak View Elementary School (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.5%; Brooks Middle School's is 44.5%, ranking 3rd of 9.
Brooks Middle School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count fell 18% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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 Valley View CUSD 365U
- Bolingbrook High SchoolHigh · 3,298 students
- Romeoville High SchoolHigh · 1,848 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Hubert H Humphrey Middle SchoolMiddle · 596 students
- John J Lukancic Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
Other schools in Bolingbrook
- Bolingbrook High SchoolHigh · 3,298 students
- Oak View Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Hubert H Humphrey Middle SchoolMiddle · 596 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 561 students
- Jane Addams Middle SchoolMiddle · 548 students
Other Brooks Middle schools
One other US public school is named Brooks Middle. Brooks Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Brooks Middle SchoolHarvey, IL · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Oak View Elementary School0.3 mi · 636
- Bolingbrook High School1.0 mi · 3,298
- Independence Elementary School1.1 mi · 617
- Bernard J Ward Elementary School1.4 mi · 363
- Wood View Elementary School1.5 mi · 443
- Jane Addams Middle School1.7 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About Brooks Middle SchoolHow large is Brooks Middle School?
Brooks Middle School enrolls approximately 850 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Brooks Middle School serve?
Brooks Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Brooks Middle School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Brooks Middle School.
How diverse is Brooks Middle School?
Brooks Middle School reports a student body of 13% White, 43% Hispanic, 30% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Brooks Middle School in?
Brooks Middle School is part of Valley View CUSD 365U.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.