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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Kimball Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
501
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001675
Kimball Middle School
451 N McLean Blvd, Elgin, IL 60123 · (847) 888-5290 · Kane County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Illinois public middle schools
- DTest 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
12.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
320 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 257 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 49% |
Student demographics
43%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
27.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
10.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.7% | 10.7% |
| 2023-24 | 18.5% | 6.5% |
% 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Kimball Middle School
Kimball Middle School's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball Middle School this school | 501 | 63.9% | 20.4% |
| Jefferson Middle School Aurora | 577 | 62.2% | 34.1% |
| Abbott Middle School Elgin | 551 | 69.3% | 19.4% |
| Hester Jr High School Franklin Park | 426 | 62.9% | 46.0% |
| Jefferson Middle School Villa Park | 375 | 59.5% | 31.7% |
| Tefft Middle School Streamwood | 606 | 64.2% | 30.1% |
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 Kimball Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #522 of 578 | #18 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #588 of 640 ▼ 1 | #23 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #583 of 640 ▲ 5 | #21 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #287 of 691 | #20 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #192 of 558 | #5 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #316 of 560 | #13 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #147 of 581 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #213 of 440 | #15 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
501
-64 (-11%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 715
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 | 501 | 41.3 | 12.1:1 | 64% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 39.3 | 12.5:1 | 60% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 41.8 | 12.6:1 | 60% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 37.8 | 15.1:1 | 76% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 48 | 13.0:1 | 77% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 71% (437) |
| 2000-01 | 800 | 51 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 715 | 39 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kimball Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (571 to 501); teachers up 9% (37.8 to 41.3).
About Kimball Middle School
Kimball Middle School is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Elgin, Illinois. The school covers grades 7 through 8 and reported 501 students in 2024-25.
Kimball Middle School belongs to SD U-46, a district of 51 schools and 34,036 students.
At Kimball Middle School, 74% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 11% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Kane County is about 33% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kimball Middle School scores 43%.
Kimball Middle School reports a ratio of 12.1 students per teacher, from 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is 0.9 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Kimball Middle School, 64% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Kane County is 16 points.
Kimball Middle School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of Illinois public middle schools.
Kimball Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 20.4%. Predicted: 34.6%. Difference: 14.3 points.
In the wider Kane County area, median household income comes to about $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Kane County counts 167 public schools with about 87,252 students.
Highland Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Kimball Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Kimball Middle School is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 501, from 565 in 2020-21.
This page collects posts and questions about Kimball Middle School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Elgin
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Lords Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 641 students
Other Kimball Middle schools
One other US public school is named Kimball Middle. Kimball Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Kimball Middle School - 04Kimball, SD · 92 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Elementary School0.4 mi · 616
- Larkin High School0.7 mi · 2,174
- Creekside Elementary School0.8 mi · 469
- Abbott Middle School0.9 mi · 551
- Washington Elementary School0.9 mi · 446
- Harriet Gifford Elementary School1.1 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Kimball Middle SchoolHow large is Kimball Middle School?
Kimball Middle School enrolls approximately 501 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Kimball Middle School serve?
Kimball Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kimball Middle School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Kimball Middle School.
How diverse is Kimball Middle School?
Kimball Middle School reports a student body of 11% White, 74% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Kimball Middle School?
Kimball Middle School is overseen by SD U-46 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.