Jerling Junior High School

Jerling Junior High School is an intermediate school of medium-sized scale in Orland Park, Illinois, run under Orland SD 135, serveing 677 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Jerling Junior High School sits 47% above that benchmark.

Jerling Junior High School is one of 10 schools operated by Orland SD 135, a district that serves 5,186 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Jerling Junior High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Jerling Junior High School shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Jerling Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Liberty Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 12%: 602 students in 2018 compared to 677 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.