Drauden Point Middle School

Drauden Point Middle School is one of the middle-of-the-pack intermediate schools in Plainfield, Illinois, run under Plainfield SD 202, with 658 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% larger than the state mean of about 462.

Plainfield SD 202 runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 24,556 students. Drauden Point Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Drauden Point Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 31% Hispanic, 20% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 36% of students at Drauden Point Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Drauden Point Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Will County shows median household earnings sit near $109,984, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Drauden Point Middle School is one of 209 public schools in Will County (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students).

Ridge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Drauden Point Middle School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Drauden Point Middle School's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 715 (now 658). White enrollment moved from 57% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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