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What's the one class at K D Waldo Middle School every student should take?
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Enrollment
729
Middle
DISTRICT 653 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA EAST USD 131·NCES 170468000149
K D Waldo Middle School
56 Jackson St, Aurora, IL 60505 · (630) 299-8400 · Kane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
510 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 244 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 229 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 256 | 35% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
K D Waldo Middle School→East High School
Based on grade levels within Aurora East USD 131. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
14.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
7.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.4% | 7.6% |
| 2023-24 | 11.4% | 3.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 K D Waldo Middle School
K D Waldo Middle School's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| K D Waldo Middle School this school | 729 | 70.0% | 12.7% |
| Robert E Abbott Middle School Waukegan | 585 | 71.1% | 15.5% |
| Miguel Juarez Middle School Waukegan | 651 | 69.6% | 12.7% |
| Henry W Cowherd Middle School Aurora | 807 | 67.0% | 15.5% |
| C F Simmons Middle School Aurora | 792 | 64.4% | 20.3% |
| Mannheim Middle School Melrose Park | 768 | 65.4% | 33.0% |
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 K D Waldo Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #565 of 578 | #23 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #613 of 640 ▼ 2 | #26 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #632 of 640 ▼ 2 | #26 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #120 of 691 | #12 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #312 of 558 | #13 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #482 of 560 | #24 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #105 of 581 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #53 of 440 | #6 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
729
-233 (-24%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 657
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 | 729 | 54.7 | 13.3:1 | 70% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 794 | 63.6 | 12.5:1 | 72% (570) |
| 2022-23 | 846 | 59.9 | 14.1:1 | 73% (614) |
| 2020-21 | 962 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 964 | 62.6 | 15.4:1 | 77% (744) |
| 2015-16 | 988 | 60 | 16.5:1 | 67% (659) |
| 2010-11 | 1,009 | 64 | 15.8:1 | 85% (853) |
| 2000-01 | 873 | 66 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 43 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for K D Waldo Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (964 to 729); teachers down 13% (62.6 to 54.7).
About K D Waldo Middle School
K D Waldo Middle School is the name of a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Aurora, Illinois. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 729 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students.
K D Waldo Middle School is part of a district of 18 schools: Aurora East USD 131, with 12,187 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at K D Waldo Middle School, with 89% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 6% Black and 3% White. Among people living in Kane County, the Hispanic share is about 33%. K D Waldo Middle School has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 54.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. Middle schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.0:1. K D Waldo Middle School reports 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Kane County average 48%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for K D Waldo Middle School is 31.1%. It actually posts 12.7%, which is 18.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Kane County has about 517,255 residents, and median household income is about $103,163, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Kane County number 167 and enroll about 87,252.
The school nearest to K D Waldo Middle School is Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. K D Waldo Middle School places 6th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 729 was 24% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 962.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 East USD 131
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- Henry W Cowherd Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- C F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Olney C Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- C M Bardwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Nicholas A Hermes Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy0.4 mi · 284
- L D Brady Elementary School0.6 mi · 310
- East High School0.7 mi · 4,020
- W S Beaupre Elementary School0.8 mi · 226
- John Gates Elementary School0.8 mi · 427
- C M Bardwell Elementary School0.8 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About K D Waldo Middle SchoolHow large is K D Waldo Middle School?
K D Waldo Middle School enrolls approximately 729 students in grades 06-08.
Is K D Waldo Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
K D Waldo Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does K D Waldo Middle School have?
K D Waldo Middle School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
How diverse is K D Waldo Middle School?
K D Waldo Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 89% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees K D Waldo Middle School?
K D Waldo Middle School is overseen by Aurora East USD 131 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.