Hickory Creek Middle School

Hickory Creek Middle School operates as a high-enrollment junior high in Frankfort, Illinois, part of Frankfort CCSD 157C. Current enrollment sits at 943 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Hickory Creek Middle School sits 104% above that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Frankfort CCSD 157C (2,676 students total), Hickory Creek Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hickory Creek Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Will County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Will County runs 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), of which Hickory Creek Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Grand Prairie Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Hickory Creek Middle School's enrollment has grew 8% since 2018, when it stood at 873 (now 943). White enrollment moved from 80% to 70% across the same window.

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