Glenside Middle School

Located at 1560 Bloomingdale Rd, in Glendale Heights, Illinois, Glenside Middle School is a sprawling 6-8 campus that serves 732 students (grades 5 through 8), run under Queen Bee SD 16. Enrollment runs roughly 58% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Glenside Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Queen Bee SD 16, a district that instructs 1,608 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Glenside Middle School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% White, 23% Asian, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, DuPage County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Glenside Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for DuPage County shows median household income runs about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Glenside Middle School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

Nearest neighbor: Queen Bee School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenside Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenside Middle School has expanded 24%, going from 592 students in 2018 to 732 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 50% to 43%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.