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Enrollment
873
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371005612
Kenyon Woods Middle School
1515 Raymond St, South Elgin, IL 60177 · (847) 289-6685 · Kane County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL873 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Illinois public middle schools
- B-Test 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
14.1:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
330 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 7 | 433 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 438 | 50% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
56.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.4% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 26.6% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Kenyon Woods Middle School
Kenyon Woods Middle School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenyon Woods Middle School this school | 873 | 37.8% | 45.0% |
| Jackson Middle School Villa Park | 621 | 37.8% | 39.5% |
| Woodland Middle School Gurnee | 1,541 | 37.8% | 39.8% |
| Plank Junior High Oswego | 595 | 36.8% | 42.2% |
| Dundee Middle School Dundee | 1,144 | 36.7% | 53.1% |
| Walter R Sundling Middle School Palatine | 679 | 47.0% | 36.5% |
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 Kenyon Woods Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #263 of 578 | #10 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #304 of 640 ▼ 8 | #13 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #329 of 640 ▲ 23 | #13 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 873 | #53 of 691 | #6 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #389 of 558 | #16 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #89 of 560 | #1 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #397 of 581 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #148 of 440 | #13 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
873
-158 (-15%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 1,023
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 | 873 | 62 | 14.1:1 | 38% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 853 | 53.8 | 15.9:1 | 33% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 905 | 54.4 | 16.6:1 | 36% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 1,031 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,041 | 60.5 | 17.2:1 | 34% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 1,002 | 55 | 18.2:1 | 33% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 1,023 | 55 | 18.6:1 | 31% (315) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenyon Woods Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,041 to 873); teachers up 2% (60.5 to 62).
About Kenyon Woods Middle School
Kenyon Woods Middle School, located in South Elgin, Illinois, is a large middle-grades school. The student body numbers 873 students, from grades 7 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Illinois is about 462, so this school runs 89% larger than that.
SD U-46 operates 51 schools. Combined enrollment is 34,036 students.
Kenyon Woods Middle School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 44%. The rest of enrollment is 38% White, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kane County's population at about 33%. Kenyon Woods Middle School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 62 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.1:1. That is higher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 38% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 48% for public schools in Kane County.
The allk12 Grade for Kenyon Woods Middle School is C+. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Kenyon Woods Middle School scores 45.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.7%.
In the county around the school, Kane County, the median household income is $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 167 public schools in Kane County, enrolling about 87,252 students in all.
The school nearest to Kenyon Woods Middle School is South Elgin High School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Kenyon Woods Middle School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Kenyon Woods Middle School declined 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,031 to 873 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 SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Eastview Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
Other schools in South Elgin
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Fox Meadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Corron Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
Nearby schools
- South Elgin High School0.3 mi · 2,665
- Clinton Elementary School0.7 mi · 596
- Willard Elementary School1.2 mi · 370
- Lowrie Elementary School1.5 mi · 397
- Huff Elementary School1.5 mi · 577
- Fox Meadow Elementary School1.9 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolHow large is Kenyon Woods Middle School?
Kenyon Woods Middle School enrolls approximately 873 students in grades 07-08.
Is Kenyon Woods Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kenyon Woods Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kenyon Woods Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kenyon Woods Middle School is approximately 14.1:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kenyon Woods Middle School?
At Kenyon Woods Middle School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Kenyon Woods Middle School in?
Kenyon Woods Middle School is part of SD U-46.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.