Herrick Middle School

Herrick Middle School is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Downers Grove, Illinois, one of the schools within Downers Grove GSD 58. The school enrolls 626 students in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Within Downers Grove GSD 58, which oversees 13 schools and 4,811 students, Herrick Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Herrick Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Herrick Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Herrick Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.4%, the actual is 73.3%, a residual of +7.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for DuPage County shows the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Herrick Middle School is one.

Pierce Downer Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 653 students in 2018 compared to 626 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 80% over that span.

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