Enrollment
340
Middle
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTER CASS SD 66·NCES 170897000523
Lakeview Jr High School
701 Plainfield Rd, Downers Grove, IL 60516 · (630) 783-5102 · DuPage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Illinois public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
11.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
61 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 110 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 123 | 36% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 Center Cass SD 66. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
78.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.6% | 45.7% |
% 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Lakeview Jr High School
Lakeview Jr High School's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview Jr High School this school | 340 | 17.9% | 67.2% |
| Millburn Middle School Lindenhurst | 388 | 20.9% | 64.6% |
| O Neill Middle School Downers Grove | 403 | 21.6% | 62.1% |
| Pleasantdale Middle School Burr Ridge | 352 | 18.2% | 76.7% |
| Cass Jr High School Darien | 313 | 24.0% | 58.5% |
| Washington Jr High School Naperville | 551 | 13.4% | 69.5% |
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 Lakeview Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #50 of 578 | #11 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #90 of 640 ▲ 25 | #20 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #97 of 640 ▲ 36 | #18 of 51 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #417 of 691 | #39 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #91 of 558 | #14 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #282 of 560 | #37 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #543 of 581 | #36 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #336 of 440 | #25 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
340
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 356
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 | 340 | 31 | 11.0:1 | 18% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 28.5 | 13.0:1 | 15% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 29.2 | 12.9:1 | 14% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 26.3 | 13.7:1 | 15% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 31 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 24 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeview Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (361 to 340); teachers up 18% (26.3 to 31).
About Lakeview Jr High School
Lakeview Jr High School is a small middle-grades school with an address in Downers Grove, Illinois. Federal data show 340 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
Lakeview Jr High School is one school in Center Cass SD 66, a system of 3 schools with 1,130 students.
About 70% of the student body at Lakeview Jr High School is White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Lakeview Jr High School are from different groups.
There are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.0:1. The average for middle schools in Illinois, 13.0:1, is higher. Of all students at Lakeview Jr High School, 18% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DuPage County is 34%.
Lakeview Jr High School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Illinois public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lakeview Jr High School, the prediction is 61.2% and the result is 67.2%.
The school is in DuPage County, where the median household earns about $112,096 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across DuPage County, 277 public schools serve about 138,557 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Lakeview Jr High School from the closest public school, Prairieview Elementary School. The five-mile area around Lakeview Jr High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lakeview Jr High School at 1st of 7.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 364 (2020-21) to 340 (2024-25).
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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 Center Cass SD 66
- Elizabeth Ide Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Prairieview Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
Other schools in Downers Grove
- Comm H S Dist 99 - South High SchoolHigh · 2,591 students
- Comm H S Dist 99 - North High SchoolHigh · 2,082 students
- Herrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Lester Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- O Neill Middle SchoolMiddle · 403 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other Lakeview Junior High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lakeview Junior High. Lakeview Jr High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lakeview Junior HighSanta Maria, CA · 463 students
- LAKEVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLCOLUMBUS, NE · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Prairieview Elementary School0.1 mi · 380
- Elizabeth Ide Elementary School0.7 mi · 410
- Cass Jr High School1.2 mi · 313
- Eisenhower Jr High School1.5 mi · 407
- Concord Elementary School1.6 mi · 460
- Lace Elementary School1.7 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeview Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Lakeview Jr High School?
Lakeview Jr High School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lakeview Jr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lakeview Jr High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakeview Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakeview Jr High School is approximately 11.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeview Jr High School?
At Lakeview Jr High School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakeview Jr High School?
Lakeview Jr High School is overseen by Center Cass SD 66 in DuPage County.
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