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Enrollment
490
Middle
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA WEST USD 129·NCES 170471002889
Jewel Middle School
1501 Waterford Rd, North Aurora, IL 60542 · (630) 301-5010 · Kane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
247 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 136 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 40% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jewel Middle School→West Aurora High School
Based on grade levels within Aurora West USD 129. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.7pp since 2023
Math
24.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 19.8% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jewel Middle School
Jewel Middle School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewel Middle School this school | 490 | 50.4% | 36.2% |
| Herget Middle School Aurora | 594 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| John J Lukancic Middle School Romeoville | 591 | 53.6% | 50.7% |
| Carl Sandburg Middle School Rolling Meadows | 468 | 48.5% | 38.4% |
| A Vito Martinez Middle School Romeoville | 583 | 55.6% | 52.9% |
| Canton Middle School Streamwood | 531 | 53.1% | 34.5% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jewel Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #373 of 578 | #13 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #431 of 640 ▼ 37 | #16 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #428 of 640 ▲ 42 | #16 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #300 of 691 | #22 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #339 of 558 | #14 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #131 of 560 | #2 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #288 of 581 | #12 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #36 of 440 | #4 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
490
-141 (-22%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 772
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 490 | 36.1 | 13.6:1 | 50% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 43.5 | 12.0:1 | 48% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 50 | 11.7:1 | 43% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 41.3 | 16.2:1 | 47% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 46% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 46% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 45 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jewel Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (669 to 490); teachers down 13% (41.3 to 36.1).
About Jewel Middle School
Jewel Middle School is one of the public schools in North Aurora, Illinois. It is a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 490 students in 2024-25.
Aurora West USD 129 enrolls 11,020 students, and its 16 schools include Jewel Middle School.
Of every 100 students at Jewel Middle School, about 54 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% White, 11% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 33%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Jewel Middle School scores 62%.
Jewel Middle School lists 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.6 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 13.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 50% of the student body. The average for public schools in Kane County is similar, at 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jewel Middle School lands at C, ahead of 26% of Illinois public middle schools.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.4%. Jewel Middle School scores 36.2%.
For Kane County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $103,163, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 167 public schools and about 87,252 students.
The closest school to Jewel Middle School is Fearn Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Jewel Middle School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 36.2% versus a 38.5% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 141 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aurora West USD 129
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Herget Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
- Freeman Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Greenman Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Other schools in North Aurora
- Fearn Elementary SchoolElementary · 492 students
- Schneider Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Goodwin Elementary SchoolElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Fearn Elementary School0.2 mi · 492
- Goodwin Elementary School1.1 mi · 315
- Illinois Mathematics and Science1.7 mi · 656
- Herget Middle School2.1 mi · 594
- Smith Elementary School2.3 mi · 425
- Grace McWayne Elementary School2.4 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Jewel Middle SchoolHow many students attend Jewel Middle School?
Jewel Middle School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Jewel Middle School serve?
Jewel Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jewel Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jewel Middle School is approximately 13.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jewel Middle School?
At Jewel Middle School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 54% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Jewel Middle School?
Jewel Middle School is overseen by Aurora West USD 129 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.