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What's one thing Kennedy Junior High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
937
Middle
DISTRICT 732 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAPERVILLE CUSD 203·NCES 172771005436
Kennedy Junior High School
2929 Green Trails Dr, Lisle, IL 60532 · (630) 420-3220 · DuPage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL937 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
104 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 336 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 314 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 287 | 31% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
90.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.9% | 72.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Kennedy Junior High School
Kennedy Junior High School's state test result (84.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Junior High School this school | 937 | 11.1% | 84.0% |
| Plum Grove Middle School Rolling Meadows | 1,128 | 14.9% | 64.5% |
| Still Middle School Aurora | 709 | 18.8% | 66.9% |
| Gordon Gregory Middle School Naperville | 811 | 8.3% | 78.7% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School Hoffman Est | 621 | 11.6% | N/A |
| Clifford Crone Middle School Naperville | 891 | 10.4% | 75.1% |
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 Kennedy Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #3 of 578 | #1 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #16 of 640 ▼ 3 | #3 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #9 of 640 no change | #3 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 937 | #38 of 691 | #5 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #400 of 558 | #45 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #102 of 560 | #13 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #572 of 581 | #40 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #378 of 440 | #31 of 37 |
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
937
-40 (-4%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 473
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 | 937 | 66.1 | 14.2:1 | 11% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 917 | 63.9 | 14.3:1 | 11% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 931 | 65.5 | 14.2:1 | 11% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 977 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 980 | 61.8 | 15.8:1 | 8% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 948 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 8% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 1,036 | 61 | 17.0:1 | 5% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 1,040 | 63 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 25 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennedy Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (980 to 937); teachers up 7% (61.8 to 66.1).
About Kennedy Junior High School
Kennedy Junior High School is a public middle-grades school in Lisle, Illinois. It reported 937 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 103% larger than the 462-student average for middle schools in Illinois.
Naperville CUSD 203 enrolls 16,047 students in 22 schools, including Kennedy Junior High School.
The student body at Kennedy Junior High School has no majority group. White students lead at 42%. Other groups make up 42% Asian, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Black. DuPage County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 66.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 34% average for public schools in DuPage County.
Kennedy Junior High School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 84.0%. Predicted: 65.1%. Difference: 18.9 points.
In the surrounding county, DuPage County, median household income comes to about $112,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 277 public schools and about 138,557 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Kennedy Junior High School from the closest public school, Ann Reid Early Childhood Center. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Kennedy Junior High School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Kennedy Junior High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 937, compared with 977 in 2020-21.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Naperville CUSD 203
- Naperville Central High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Naperville North High SchoolHigh · 2,467 students
- Jefferson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Steeple Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Other schools in Lisle
- Lisle Elementary SchoolElementary · 777 students
- Lisle High SchoolHigh · 447 students
- Lisle Jr High SchoolMiddle · 338 students
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing ProgramsElementary
- Medical Support Needs ProgramElementary
- Structured Learning EnvironmentElementary
Nearby schools
- Ann Reid Early Childhood Center0.4 mi · 375
- Prairie Elementary School1.0 mi · 515
- Meadow Glens Elementary School1.3 mi · 475
- Steeple Run Elementary School1.3 mi · 622
- Highlands Elementary School1.8 mi · 510
- Ranch View Elementary School1.8 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About Kennedy Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kennedy Junior High School?
Kennedy Junior High School enrolls approximately 937 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kennedy Junior High School serve?
Kennedy Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kennedy Junior High School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Kennedy Junior High School.
How diverse is Kennedy Junior High School?
Kennedy Junior High School reports a student body of 42% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 42% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Kennedy Junior High School public or private?
Kennedy Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Naperville CUSD 203.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.