Chippewa Middle School

Chippewa Middle School, a mid-sized intermediate school in Des Plaines, Illinois, overseen by CCSD 62, educates 652 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Chippewa Middle School sits 41% above that benchmark.

Chippewa Middle School is one of 11 schools operated by CCSD 62, a district that educates 4,520 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chippewa Middle School lists that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Cook County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school reports having 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Chippewa Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chippewa Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 49.6%, a residual of +11.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Chippewa Middle School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Cumberland 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, Chippewa Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

Chippewa Middle School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chippewa Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 666 students in 2018 to 652 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 13% to 20% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.