Leman Middle School

Leman Middle School, a substantial middle-grades school in West Chicago, Illinois, operated by West Chicago ESD 33, caters to 1,048 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Leman Middle School sits 127% bigger than that benchmark.

West Chicago ESD 33 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,233 students. Leman Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Leman Middle School reports that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 11% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Leman Middle School has 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Leman Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.8%, the actual is 31.2%, a residual of -4.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for DuPage County shows the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Leman Middle School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students).

Nearest neighbor: Early Learning Center, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Leman Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leman Middle School has contracted 22%, going from 1,341 students in 2018 to 1,048 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.