Heritage Grove Middle School

As a sizable intermediate school in Plainfield, Illinois, Heritage Grove Middle School enrolls 841 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Plainfield SD 202. Enrollment runs roughly 82% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Heritage Grove Middle School is one of 30 schools operated by Plainfield SD 202, a district that serves 24,556 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Heritage Grove Middle School shows that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 20% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Heritage Grove Middle School has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Heritage Grove Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at Heritage Grove Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Heritage Grove Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 67.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Will County) reports that median household earnings sit near $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Heritage Grove Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Plainfield North High School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heritage Grove Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 987 students in 2018 compared to 841 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 11% to 20%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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