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Enrollment
841
Middle
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD SD 202·NCES 173174003785
Heritage Grove Middle School
12425 S Van Dyke Rd, Plainfield, IL 60585 · (815) 439-4810 · Will County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
196 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 278 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 262 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 36% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
81.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
55.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 55.2% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 43.2% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Heritage Grove Middle School
Heritage Grove Middle School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Grove Middle School this school | 841 | 23.3% | 67.0% |
| Springman Middle School Glenview | 811 | 26.8% | 68.5% |
| Barrington Mdle School- Prairie Cmps Barrington | 980 | 20.2% | 72.4% |
| Attea Middle School Glenview | 714 | 20.0% | 69.1% |
| Murphy Junior High School Plainfield | 700 | 19.9% | 57.0% |
| Eastview Middle School Bartlett | 757 | 28.5% | 56.0% |
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 Heritage Grove Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #52 of 578 | #6 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #107 of 640 ▲ 24 | #15 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #68 of 640 ▲ 21 | #6 of 44 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #70 of 691 | #12 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #447 of 558 | #32 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #112 of 560 | #15 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #500 of 581 | #25 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #170 of 440 | #16 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
841
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 912
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 | 841 | 56.6 | 14.9:1 | 23% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 833 | 57 | 14.6:1 | 25% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 866 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 21% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 882 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 987 | 54.9 | 18.0:1 | 16% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 977 | 58 | 16.8:1 | 11% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 8% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 912 | 42 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Grove Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (987 to 841); teachers up 3% (54.9 to 56.6).
About Heritage Grove Middle School
Families in Plainfield, Illinois, are served by Heritage Grove Middle School, a high-enrollment middle school. The latest federal count shows 841 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 462-student average for middle schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 82% higher.
Federal data list 30 schools in Plainfield SD 202, with 24,556 students enrolled.
At Heritage Grove Middle School, White students make up 55% of the student body. The remaining shares are 20% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. Heritage Grove Middle School's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.9:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher above the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Heritage Grove Middle School reports 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Will County report 44%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Heritage Grove Middle School would be expected to post about 58.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.0%.
Across Will County, the median household income is $109,984, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Will County has 209 public schools and roughly 113,008 students.
The nearest other public school, Plainfield North High School, is about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Heritage Grove Middle School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 5% from its 2020-21 level of 882.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Plainfield SD 202
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Plainfield North High School0.7 mi · 2,399
- Eagle Pointe Elementary School1.0 mi · 594
- Freedom Elementary School1.1 mi · 526
- Walkers Grove Elementary School1.4 mi · 634
- Clifford Crone Middle School1.7 mi · 891
- V Blanche Graham Elementary1.9 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage Grove Middle SchoolHow large is Heritage Grove Middle School?
Heritage Grove Middle School enrolls approximately 841 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Heritage Grove Middle School serve?
Heritage Grove Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Heritage Grove Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Heritage Grove Middle School is approximately 14.9:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Heritage Grove Middle School?
At Heritage Grove Middle School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 20% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Heritage Grove Middle School public or private?
Heritage Grove Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Plainfield SD 202.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.