Fischer Middle School

Fischer Middle School is one of the substantial 6-8 campuss in Aurora, Illinois, overseen by Indian Prairie CUSD 204, with 861 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 86% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Fischer Middle School is one of 32 schools operated by Indian Prairie CUSD 204, a district that enrolls 26,108 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fischer Middle School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% White, 16% Asian, 13% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fischer Middle School has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at Fischer Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Fischer Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.6%, the actual is 45.0%, a residual of -6.6 points.

Around the school, DuPage County reports that the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Fischer Middle School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

The closest other public school is Waubonsie Valley High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fischer Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fischer Middle School has shrank 5%, going from 909 students in 2018 to 861 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 32% across the same window.

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