Lakeview Jr High School

Located at 701 Plainfield Rd, in Downers Grove, Illinois, Lakeview Jr High School is a small 6-8 campus that teaches 340 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Center Cass SD 66. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Lakeview Jr High School is one of 3 schools operated by Center Cass SD 66, a district that enrolls 1,130 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lakeview Jr High School shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lakeview Jr High School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Lakeview Jr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Lakeview Jr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.2%; this one delivers 67.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (DuPage County) reports that median household income runs about $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Lakeview Jr High School is one.

Prairieview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakeview Jr High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeview Jr High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 361 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 9% to 14% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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