Burr Ridge Middle School
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 55 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 25% |
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Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.2% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 10.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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%.
Schools most like Burr Ridge Middle School
Burr Ridge Middle School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burr Ridge Middle School this school | 206 | 77.7% | 31.5% |
| Mark W Bills Middle School Peoria | 258 | 74.8% | 24.0% |
| Brookwood Middle School Glenwood | 231 | 68.8% | 16.3% |
| Barack Obama School of Ldership Chicago Heights | 367 | 80.7% | 29.4% |
| Sauk Elementary School Richton Park | 281 | 74.4% | 25.8% |
| Von Steuben Middle School Peoria | 266 | 87.6% | 15.3% |
Where Burr Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #422 of 578 | #41 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #521 of 640 ▲ 4 | #51 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #360 of 640 ▲ 78 | #43 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #553 of 691 | #48 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #13 of 558 | #2 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #265 of 560 | #36 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #71 of 581 | #1 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #181 of 440 | #12 of 37 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 206 | 22.7 | 9.1:1 | 78% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 22.3 | 8.5:1 | 76% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 22.5 | 9.1:1 | 88% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 23.8 | 10.1:1 | 74% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 22 | 11.7:1 | 85% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 86% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 340 | 25 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 213 | 18 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (240 to 206); teachers down 4% (23.8 to 22.7).
About Burr Ridge Middle School
Burr Ridge Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Illinois, with an address in Burr Ridge. School enrollment was 206 students in 2024-25, in grades 5 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students.
Burr Ridge Middle School is one of the 2 schools that make up CCSD 180 (483 students in total).
By race and ethnicity, Burr Ridge Middle School is 69% Black. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% White, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of DuPage County's population at about 5%. The chance that two students picked at random at Burr Ridge Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
The school reports 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.1 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 78% of students. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DuPage County is 34%.
Burr Ridge Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Burr Ridge Middle School is 4.8 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 31.5% actual, 26.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Federal survey data for DuPage County show that median household income is about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Burr Ridge Middle School is among the 277 public schools in DuPage County.
Anne M Jeans Elementary School is located about 1.2 miles from Burr Ridge Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Burr Ridge Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Burr Ridge Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 8%, from 225 to 206.
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