Kaneland Harter Middle School

Kaneland Harter Middle School is an intermediate school of heavily attended scale in Sugar Grove, Illinois, one of the schools within Kaneland CUSD 302, instructing 822 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Kaneland Harter Middle School sits 78% bigger than that benchmark.

Kaneland Harter Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Kaneland CUSD 302, a district that caters to 3,908 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Kaneland Harter Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Kaneland Harter Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kane County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kaneland Harter Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

In the area at large, Kane County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,163, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Kaneland Harter Middle School is one of 167 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kaneland John Shields Elem Sch, around 2.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Kaneland Harter Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kaneland Harter Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.9%.

Kaneland Harter Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Kaneland Harter Middle School's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 1,108 (now 822). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Kaneland Harter Middle School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.