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Enrollment
615
Middle
DISTRICT 766 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOLIET PSD 86·NCES 172058002333
Gompers Junior High School
1501 Copperfield Ave, Joliet, IL 60432 · (815) 727-5276 · Will County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Illinois public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
610 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 192 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 32% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
35.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
12.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 9.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Gompers Junior High School
Gompers Junior High School's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gompers Junior High School this school | 615 | 99.2% | 24.4% |
| Heritage Middle School Summit | 447 | 98.9% | 33.7% |
| Hernandez Middle School Chicago | 720 | 94.9% | 23.9% |
| Gary Elementary School Chicago | 711 | 94.5% | 23.9% |
| Washington Jr High & Academy Prgm Joliet | 724 | 98.5% | 21.0% |
| Northwest Middle School Chicago | 532 | 89.8% | 13.9% |
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 Gompers Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #486 of 578 | #36 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #564 of 640 ▼ 25 | #42 of 44 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #535 of 640 ▼ 53 | #41 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #200 of 691 | #20 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #42 of 558 | #2 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #476 of 560 | #44 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #9 of 581 | #1 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.0% | #22 of 440 | #2 of 36 |
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
615
-215 (-26%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 746
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 | 615 | 61 | 10.1:1 | 99% (610) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 61.3 | 9.6:1 | 99% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 60.6 | 10.7:1 | 99% (640) |
| 2020-21 | 830 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 879 | 61.7 | 14.3:1 | 100% (879) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 59 | 14.6:1 | 100% (859) |
| 2010-11 | 815 | 57 | 14.3:1 | 89% (728) |
| 2000-01 | 844 | 48 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 746 | 46 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gompers Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (879 to 615); teachers down 1% (61.7 to 61).
About Gompers Junior High School
Gompers Junior High School is a mid-sized middle school based in Joliet, Illinois. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 615 students. It has 33% more students than the average for middle schools in Illinois (about 462).
Federal data list 20 schools in Joliet PSD 86, with 9,333 students enrolled.
The share of students at Gompers Junior High School who are Hispanic is 89%. Other groups make up 8% Black. County-wide, 20% of Will County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
On staff are 61 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. Middle schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.0:1. About 99% of students at Gompers Junior High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 44% average for public schools in Will County.
Gompers Junior High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Illinois public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Gompers Junior High School would score about 14.2%. It scores 24.4%, 10.1 points above that figure.
For Will County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Will County number 209, with about 113,008 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Isaac Singleton Elementary School, is the closest to Gompers Junior High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Gompers Junior High School ranks 4th on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Gompers Junior High School's location as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 26%.
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Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Joliet PSD 86
- Hufford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,072 students
- Washington Jr High & Academy PrgmMiddle · 724 students
- Dirksen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Sator Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Pershing Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Lynne Thigpen Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
Other schools in Joliet
- Joliet West High SchoolHigh · 3,451 students
- Joliet Central High SchoolHigh · 3,295 students
- Hufford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,072 students
- Aux Sable Middle SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- Washington Jr High & Academy PrgmMiddle · 724 students
- Dirksen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 653 students
Nearby schools
- Isaac Singleton Elementary School0.1 mi · 304
- A O Marshall Elementary School0.5 mi · 246
- Forest Park Individual Ed School0.9 mi · 263
- T E Culbertson Elementary School1.1 mi · 377
- Sator Sanchez Elementary School1.3 mi · 635
- Eisenhower Academy1.6 mi · 209
Frequently asked questions
About Gompers Junior High SchoolHow large is Gompers Junior High School?
Gompers Junior High School enrolls approximately 615 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gompers Junior High School serve?
Gompers Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Gompers Junior High School?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Gompers Junior High School.
What is the student diversity at Gompers Junior High School?
Student demographics at Gompers Junior High School are roughly 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Gompers Junior High School public or private?
Gompers Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Joliet PSD 86.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.