Glenn Westlake Middle School

Glenn Westlake Middle School is a big 6-8 campus in Lombard, Illinois, operated by Lombard SD 44. The school hosts 935 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 102% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Within Lombard SD 44, which oversees 8 schools and 2,989 students, Glenn Westlake Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Glenn Westlake Middle School reports that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Glenn Westlake Middle School has 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Glenn Westlake Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at Glenn Westlake Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Glenn Westlake Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for DuPage County put median household earnings sit near $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Glenn Westlake Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Manor Hill Elem School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenn Westlake Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenn Westlake Middle School has contracted 11%, going from 1,055 students in 2018 to 935 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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