Grove Jr High School

Grove Jr High School is one of the sizable intermediate schools in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, overseen by Comm Cons SD 59, with 741 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Grove Jr High School is one of 15 schools operated by Comm Cons SD 59, a district that educates 5,869 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Grove Jr High School lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 40% White, 4% Asian, 3% Native American, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, On paper, Grove Jr High School has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Grove Jr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.2%; this one delivers 34.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Grove Jr High School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ridge Family Center for Learning, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grove Jr High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 943 students in 2018 compared to 741 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.