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Enrollment
626
Middle
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNERS GROVE GSD 58·NCES 171254001508
Herrick Middle School
4335 Middaugh Ave, Downers Grove, IL 60515 · (630) 719-5810 · DuPage County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Illinois public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
66 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 7 | 323 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 303 | 48% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
80.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.4pp since 2023
Math
67.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.4pp 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 68 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.6% | 67.6% |
| 2023-24 | 67.2% | 57.2% |
% 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Herrick Middle School
Herrick Middle School's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herrick Middle School this school | 626 | 10.5% | 73.3% |
| Sandburg Middle School Elmhurst | 633 | 6.8% | 78.2% |
| Bryan Middle School Elmhurst | 687 | 6.0% | 75.2% |
| Spencer Crossing New Lenox | 544 | 7.2% | 56.7% |
| Alex M Martino Jr High School New Lenox | 591 | 10.8% | 58.8% |
| South Middle School Arlington Heights | 812 | 15.6% | 65.9% |
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 Herrick Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #19 of 578 | #6 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #36 of 640 ▲ 8 | #8 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #73 of 640 ▲ 44 | #15 of 51 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #190 of 691 | #22 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #488 of 558 | #48 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #370 of 560 | #47 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.5% | #574 of 581 | #41 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #381 of 440 | #32 of 37 |
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
626
-46 (-7%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 400
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 | 626 | 39.5 | 15.8:1 | 11% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 37.6 | 17.7:1 | 17% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 40.2 | 16.3:1 | 10% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 34 | 19.2:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 12% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 32 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 24 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herrick Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (653 to 626); teachers down 2% (40.2 to 39.5).
About Herrick Middle School
Herrick Middle School is a medium-sized middle school serving families in Downers Grove, Illinois. The grade span is 7 through 8, and enrollment is 626 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
Downers Grove GSD 58 runs Herrick Middle School along with 12 other schools, enrolling 4,811 students in total.
White students make up a majority at Herrick Middle School, at 80%. The school is also 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 65% White share among all DuPage County residents. Herrick Middle School's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.
Herrick Middle School operates with 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.8:1. On average, middle schools in Illinois have 13.0:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. Herrick Middle School reports 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 34% average for public schools in DuPage County is 23 points higher.
Herrick Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Herrick Middle School is 7.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Among DuPage County residents, the median household income is $112,096, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Herrick Middle School, DuPage County has 276 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Herrick Middle School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Pierce Downer Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Herrick Middle School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Herrick Middle School's enrollment declined from 672 in 2020-21 to 626 in 2024-25.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Downers Grove GSD 58
- Lester Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- O Neill Middle SchoolMiddle · 403 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Fairmount Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Other schools in Downers Grove
- Comm H S Dist 99 - South High SchoolHigh · 2,591 students
- Comm H S Dist 99 - North High SchoolHigh · 2,082 students
- Lester Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- O Neill Middle SchoolMiddle · 403 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Prairieview Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Pierce Downer Elementary School0.2 mi · 337
- Comm H S Dist 99 - North High School0.2 mi · 2,082
- Belle Aire Elementary School0.6 mi · 276
- Highland Elementary School0.7 mi · 352
- Lester Elementary School1.2 mi · 531
- Henry Puffer School1.3 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Herrick Middle SchoolHow many students attend Herrick Middle School?
Herrick Middle School enrolls approximately 626 students in grades 07-08.
Is Herrick Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Herrick Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Herrick Middle School have?
Herrick Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Herrick Middle School?
Student demographics at Herrick Middle School are roughly 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Herrick Middle School in?
Herrick Middle School is part of Downers Grove GSD 58.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.