Indian Trail Middle School

As a mid-sized middle school in Plainfield, Illinois, Indian Trail Middle School caters to 520 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Plainfield SD 202.

Within Plainfield SD 202, which oversees 30 schools and 24,556 students, Indian Trail Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Indian Trail Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Indian Trail Middle School reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Indian Trail Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Will County indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Indian Trail Middle School is one of 209 public schools in Will County (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students).

Nearest neighbor: Plainfield High School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Indian Trail Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Indian Trail Middle School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.3%.

Indian Trail Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Indian Trail Middle School has shrank 31%, going from 757 students in 2018 to 520 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 51% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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