Homer Jr High School

As a heavily attended junior high in Homer Glen, Illinois, Homer Jr High School works with 865 students from grades 7 through 8, run under Homer CCSD 33C. That puts it 87% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Homer Jr High School is one of 6 schools operated by Homer CCSD 33C, a district that serves 3,704 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Homer Jr High School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Homer Jr High School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, Will County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Homer Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

Hadley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Homer Jr High School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 861 students in 2018 compared to 865 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 86% to 81%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.