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What's something Kaneland Harter Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
822
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANELAND CUSD 302·NCES 172448005035
Kaneland Harter Middle School
1601 N Esker Dr, Sugar Grove, IL 60554 · (630) 466-8400 · Kane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL822 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Illinois public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.9:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
152 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 269 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 270 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Kaneland Harter Middle School→Kaneland Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kaneland CUSD 302. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
61.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.2pp since 2023
Math
39.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.9% | 39.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 26.1% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Kaneland Harter Middle School
Kaneland Harter Middle School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaneland Harter Middle School this school | 822 | 18.5% | 49.5% |
| Sam Rotolo Middle School Batavia | 1,080 | 18.3% | 57.6% |
| Manhattan Jr High School Manhattan | 615 | 16.9% | 61.9% |
| Liberty Middle School Edwardsville | 888 | 19.3% | 55.8% |
| Liberty Junior High School New Lenox | 573 | 16.8% | 60.6% |
| Triad Middle School Saint Jacob | 925 | 16.8% | 61.1% |
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 Kaneland Harter Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #206 of 578 | #9 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #246 of 640 ▲ 60 | #11 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #270 of 640 ▲ 149 | #11 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 822 | #77 of 691 | #7 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #174 of 558 | #3 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #357 of 560 | #15 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.5% | #537 of 581 | #20 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #43 of 440 | #5 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
822
-165 (-17%) vs 2020
+164% since 1990-91, when it was 311
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 | 822 | 69 | 11.9:1 | 18% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 69.2 | 11.8:1 | 16% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 894 | 68.1 | 13.1:1 | 14% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 987 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,108 | 71 | 15.6:1 | 12% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 1,089 | 70 | 15.6:1 | 15% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 1,112 | 69 | 16.1:1 | 13% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 874 | 56 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 311 | 17 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kaneland Harter Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,108 to 822); teachers down 3% (71 to 69).
About Kaneland Harter Middle School
This page covers Kaneland Harter Middle School, a large middle school in Sugar Grove, Illinois. The student body numbers 822 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Illinois is about 462, so this school runs 78% bigger than that.
Kaneland Harter Middle School reports to Kaneland CUSD 302, which has 7 schools and 3,908 students.
White students make up a majority at Kaneland Harter Middle School, at 78%. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Kane County's population at about 58%. Kaneland Harter Middle School's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
Kaneland Harter Middle School counts 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.9 students for each one. On average, middle schools in Illinois have 13.0:1, compared with 11.9:1 here. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kane County average 48%.
allk12 grades Kaneland Harter Middle School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Kaneland Harter Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.5%, compared with a predicted 60.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Kane County this way: the median household income is $103,163, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Kane County has 167 public schools and roughly 87,252 students.
Nearby, Kaneland John Shields Elementary School is about 2.6 miles away. Within five miles of Kaneland Harter Middle School, there are 3 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Kaneland Harter Middle School ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment at Kaneland Harter Middle School dropped 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 987 to 822 students.
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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 Kaneland CUSD 302
- Kaneland Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Kaneland John Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Kaneland McDole Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Kaneland John Shields Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Kaneland IgKnight AcademyMiddle · 100 students
Other schools in Sugar Grove
- Kaneland John Shields Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
Nearby schools
- Kaneland John Shields Elementary School2.6 mi · 421
- Herget Middle School4.3 mi · 594
- Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School4.4 mi · 216
- Fearn Elementary School5.7 mi · 492
- Hall Elementary School5.7 mi · 512
- Jewel Middle School5.7 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Kaneland Harter Middle SchoolHow large is Kaneland Harter Middle School?
Kaneland Harter Middle School enrolls approximately 822 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kaneland Harter Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kaneland Harter Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Kaneland Harter Middle School have?
Kaneland Harter Middle School employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Kaneland Harter Middle School?
Kaneland Harter Middle School reports a student body of 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Kaneland Harter Middle School in?
Kaneland Harter Middle School is part of Kaneland CUSD 302.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.