Jane Addams Middle School

Jane Addams Middle School operates as a reasonably sized middle-grades school in Bolingbrook, Illinois, operated by Valley View CUSD 365U. Current enrollment sits at 548 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Valley View CUSD 365U runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 14,710 students. Jane Addams Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jane Addams Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Black, 15% White, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jane Addams Middle School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Jane Addams Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 53.1%, a residual of +12.2 points.

In the area at large, Will County reports that median household income runs about $109,984, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Jane Addams Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Independence Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jane Addams Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jane Addams Middle School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jane Addams Middle School has decreased 21%, going from 690 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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