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Enrollment
741
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMM CONS SD 59·NCES 171377001715
Grove Jr High School
777 W Elk Grove Blvd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 · (847) 593-4367 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.3:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
453 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 233 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 270 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 32% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
40.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
26.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 23.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Grove Jr High School
Grove Jr High School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Jr High School this school | 741 | 61.1% | 34.9% |
| Simmons Middle School Oak Lawn | 725 | 61.2% | 42.0% |
| Elm Middle School Elmwood Park | 615 | 63.1% | 46.3% |
| Belvidere South Middle School Belvidere | 754 | 65.1% | 28.6% |
| John Deere Middle School Moline | 770 | 64.2% | 26.3% |
| Jack London Middle School Wheeling | 628 | 63.5% | 39.8% |
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 Grove Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #386 of 578 | #57 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #394 of 640 ▼ 50 | #79 of 146 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #489 of 640 ▼ 66 | #99 of 146 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #109 of 691 | #29 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #50 of 558 | #22 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #160 of 560 | #43 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #173 of 581 | #65 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #75 of 440 | #20 of 97 |
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
741
-179 (-19%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 826
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 | 741 | 72 | 10.3:1 | 61% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 788 | 72.5 | 10.9:1 | 62% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 69.7 | 11.3:1 | 61% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 920 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 943 | 62.4 | 15.1:1 | 57% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 927 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 53% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 843 | 64 | 13.2:1 | 42% (353) |
| 2000-01 | 974 | 60 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 826 | 46 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grove Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (943 to 741); teachers up 15% (62.4 to 72).
About Grove Jr High School
Grove Jr High School runs as a large middle school in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. A total of 741 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students, so this school is 60% above average.
Comm Cons SD 59 has 15 schools and 5,869 students, and Grove Jr High School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Grove Jr High School, with 49% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 40% White, 4% Asian, 3% Native American, and 2% multiracial. Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Grove Jr High School comes in at 60%.
Teachers at the school number 72 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.3:1. Among middle schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.0:1. The school's lunch program data list 61% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Grove Jr High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Grove Jr High School is 36.2%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
The school nearest to Grove Jr High School is Ridge Family Center for Learning, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Grove Jr High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Grove Jr High School places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Grove Jr High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Grove Jr High School had 920 students in 2020-21 and 741 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Comm Cons SD 59
- Friendship Jr High SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Holmes Jr High SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Salt Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Clearmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- John Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Elk Grove Village
- Elk Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
- Margaret Mead Junior High SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Adolph Link Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Adlai Stevenson Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Salt Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Clearmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Ridge Family Center for Learning0.2 mi · 261
- Elk Grove High School0.4 mi · 1,906
- Clearmont Elementary School0.5 mi · 408
- Salt Creek Elementary School0.5 mi · 410
- Rupley Elementary School1.0 mi · 280
- Adm Richard E Byrd Elementary School1.2 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Grove Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Grove Jr High School?
Grove Jr High School enrolls approximately 741 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Grove Jr High School serve?
Grove Jr High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grove Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grove Jr High School is approximately 10.3:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grove Jr High School?
At Grove Jr High School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 49% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Grove Jr High School public or private?
Grove Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Comm Cons SD 59.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.