Enrollment
284
Middle
DISTRICT 653 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA EAST USD 131·NCES 170468006248
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy
157 N Root St, Aurora, IL 60505 · (630) 299-7175 · Kane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Illinois public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
155 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 100 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 33% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy→East High School
Based on grade levels within Aurora East USD 131. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
86.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.1% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 31.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy this school | 284 | 54.6% | 67.6% |
| Jefferson Middle School Villa Park | 375 | 59.5% | 31.7% |
| Hester Jr High School Franklin Park | 426 | 62.9% | 46.0% |
| Kimball Middle School Elgin | 501 | 63.9% | 20.4% |
| Harvard Jr High School Harvard | 593 | 59.9% | 23.5% |
| Jack Benny Middle School Waukegan | 475 | 62.1% | 17.3% |
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 Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #45 of 578 | #4 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #154 of 640 ▲ 73 | #8 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #34 of 640 ▲ 31 | #1 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #466 of 691 | #24 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #438 of 558 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #423 of 560 | #20 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.6% | #247 of 581 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.7% | #15 of 440 | #1 of 21 |
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
284
-59 (-17%) vs 2020
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 | 284 | 19.2 | 14.8:1 | 55% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 21.2 | 13.3:1 | 56% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 21.5 | 12.9:1 | 56% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 25.7 | 17.4:1 | 53% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 46% (204) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (449 to 284); teachers down 25% (25.7 to 19.2).
About Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy is a middle-grades school in Aurora, Illinois, according to federal school records. Enrollment is 284 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students, so this school is 39% smaller than average.
Aurora East USD 131 has a total of 18 schools and 12,187 students, Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy among them.
Federal enrollment data show Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy is 85% Hispanic. It is also 7% White and 5% Black. Kane County's residents are about 33% Hispanic, 51 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 14.8 students per teacher and 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy an A. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois are predicted to post 40.0%, so the school is 27.6 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Across Kane County, the median household income is $103,163, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Kane County is home to 167 public schools and about 87,252 public school students.
The closest other public school is L D Brady Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy at 1st of 9.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy's enrollment declined 17%, to 284.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aurora East USD 131
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- Henry W Cowherd Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- C F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- K D Waldo Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Olney C Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- C M Bardwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Nearby schools
- L D Brady Elementary School0.2 mi · 310
- K D Waldo Middle School0.4 mi · 729
- Edna Rollins Elementary School0.6 mi · 508
- W S Beaupre Elementary School0.8 mi · 226
- East High School1.0 mi · 4,020
- Oak Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Fred Rodgers Magnet AcademyHow many students attend Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy?
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy enrolls approximately 284 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy serve?
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy.
How diverse is Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy?
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy reports a student body of 7% White, 85% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy?
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy is overseen by Aurora East USD 131 in Kane County.
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