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Enrollment
754
Middle
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARQUARDT SD 15·NCES 172478002688
Marquardt Middle School
1912 Glen Ellyn Rd, Glendale Hts, IL 60139 · (630) 858-3850 · DuPage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.3:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
452 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 252 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 266 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 31% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 Marquardt SD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
54.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
27.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.8% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 19.3% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Marquardt Middle School
Marquardt Middle School's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquardt Middle School this school | 754 | 59.9% | 40.1% |
| Algonquin Middle School Des Plaines | 597 | 57.3% | 49.7% |
| Jack London Middle School Wheeling | 628 | 63.5% | 39.8% |
| Hubert H Humphrey Middle School Bolingbrook | 596 | 62.1% | 42.5% |
| Canton Middle School Streamwood | 531 | 53.1% | 34.5% |
| Jane Addams Middle School Bolingbrook | 548 | 52.9% | 53.1% |
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 Marquardt Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #322 of 578 | #36 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #388 of 640 ▲ 15 | #46 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #347 of 640 ▲ 88 | #40 of 51 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #104 of 691 | #12 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #56 of 558 | #8 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #123 of 560 | #16 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #182 of 581 | #4 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #327 of 440 | #24 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
754
-89 (-11%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 459
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 | 754 | 72.9 | 10.3:1 | 60% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 72 | 10.8:1 | 59% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 806 | 72.4 | 11.1:1 | 61% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 843 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 65 | 12.4:1 | 65% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 798 | 56 | 14.3:1 | 71% (565) |
| 2010-11 | 850 | 57 | 14.9:1 | 64% (540) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 50 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 28 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marquardt Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (804 to 754); teachers up 12% (65 to 72.9).
About Marquardt Middle School
Marquardt Middle School is a public middle-grades school in Glendale Hts, Illinois. It enrolls 754 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. It has 63% more students than the average for middle schools in Illinois (about 462).
Marquardt Middle School is run by Marquardt SD 15, whose 5 schools enroll 2,310 students.
Federal enrollment data show Marquardt Middle School is 57% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 17% White, 12% Black, 12% Asian, and 2% multiracial. DuPage County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
With 72.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.3:1. Middle schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.0:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Marquardt Middle School, 60% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in DuPage County report 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, Marquardt Middle School lands at B-, ahead of 50% of Illinois public middle schools.
Marquardt Middle School scores 40.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 36.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for DuPage County show that the median household earns about $112,096 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. DuPage County has 277 public schools with about 138,557 students, including Marquardt Middle School.
About 0.9 miles separate Marquardt Middle School from the closest public school, Winnebago Elementary School. The five-mile area around Marquardt Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 37.8% on proficiency, and Marquardt Middle School is above that at 40.1%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Marquardt Middle School enrolled 843 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 754.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Marquardt Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Marquardt SD 15
- Black Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- G Stanley Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Winnebago Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Reskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
Other schools in Glendale Hts
- Black Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- G Stanley Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Reskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
Nearby schools
- Winnebago Elementary School0.9 mi · 343
- Reskin Elementary School0.9 mi · 294
- Black Hawk Elementary School1.1 mi · 576
- G Stanley Hall Elementary School1.3 mi · 343
- Queen Bee School1.3 mi · 77
- Glenside Middle School1.3 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About Marquardt Middle SchoolHow large is Marquardt Middle School?
Marquardt Middle School enrolls approximately 754 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Marquardt Middle School serve?
Marquardt Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marquardt Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marquardt Middle School is approximately 10.3:1 (73 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Marquardt Middle School?
Marquardt Middle School reports a student body of 17% White, 57% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Marquardt Middle School?
Marquardt Middle School is overseen by Marquardt SD 15 in DuPage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.