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Alumni: what's one memory from L J Hauser Jr High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
597
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE SD 96·NCES 173399003495
L J Hauser Jr High School
65 Woodside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546 · (708) 447-3896 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
151 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 188 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 214 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 195 | 33% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Riverside SD 96. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
86.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.3pp since 2023
Math
67.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.9% | 67.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.6% | 52.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% 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 17 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 →
Where L J Hauser Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #17 of 578 | #5 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #37 of 640 | #16 of 146 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #28 of 640 | #13 of 146 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #219 of 691 | #66 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #245 of 558 | #78 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #194 of 560 | #51 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #490 of 581 | #105 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #440 of 440 | #97 of 97 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
597
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
+94% since 1990-91, when it was 308
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 | 597 | 47.3 | 12.6:1 | 25% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 47.1 | 12.1:1 | 24% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 45.6 | 12.3:1 | 25% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 49.4 | 12.1:1 | 18% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 45 | 13.0:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 356 | 24 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 308 | 20 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L J Hauser Jr High School.
About L J Hauser Jr High School
The public middle-grades school L J Hauser Jr High School is located in Riverside, Illinois. It enrolled 597 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students each.
Riverside SD 96 enrolls 1,794 students, and its 5 schools include L J Hauser Jr High School.
White students make up a majority at L J Hauser Jr High School, at 56%. The remaining shares are 35% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Cook County's population at about 44%. L J Hauser Jr High School's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at L J Hauser Jr High School is 25%. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
L J Hauser Jr High School scores 17.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 74.0% actual versus 56.9% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The closest other public school is Central Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. L J Hauser Jr High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts L J Hauser Jr High School at 3rd of 8.
The NCES locale for L J Hauser Jr High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when L J Hauser Jr High School had 581 students, to 2024-25, when it had 597.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside SD 96
- A F Ames Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Blythe Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 230 students
- Hollywood Elementary SchoolElementary · 114 students
Other schools in Riverside
- Riverside Brookfield Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- A F Ames Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Blythe Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 230 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary School0.1 mi · 371
- Riverside Brookfield Twp High School0.5 mi · 1,663
- Hollywood Elementary School0.6 mi · 114
- A F Ames Elementary School0.7 mi · 482
- Blythe Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 230
- Washington Middle School0.9 mi · 659
Frequently asked questions
About L J Hauser Jr High SchoolHow large is L J Hauser Jr High School?
L J Hauser Jr High School enrolls approximately 597 students in grades 06-08.
Is L J Hauser Jr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
L J Hauser Jr High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does L J Hauser Jr High School have?
L J Hauser Jr High School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is L J Hauser Jr High School?
L J Hauser Jr High School reports a student body of 56% White, 35% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees L J Hauser Jr High School?
L J Hauser Jr High School is overseen by Riverside SD 96 in Cook County.
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