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Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOKENA SD 159·NCES 172637002802
Mokena Jr High School
19815 Kirkstone Way, Mokena, IL 60448 · (708) 342-4870 · Will County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL502 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
12.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
85 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 5 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 163 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 169 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 Mokena SD 159. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
76.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
59.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.6% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 48.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Mokena Jr High School
Mokena 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mokena Jr High School this school | 502 | 16.9% | 67.2% |
| Liberty Junior High School New Lenox | 573 | 16.8% | 60.6% |
| Manhattan Jr High School Manhattan | 615 | 16.9% | 61.9% |
| Bentley Elementary School New Lenox | 380 | 16.8% | 68.3% |
| Oster-Oakview School New Lenox | 373 | 19.8% | 47.5% |
| Germantown Hills Middle School Germantown Hills | 374 | 16.8% | 79.4% |
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 Mokena Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #49 of 578 | #5 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #82 of 640 ▲ 13 | #9 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #112 of 640 ▼ 63 | #13 of 44 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #285 of 691 | #33 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #206 of 558 | #12 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #360 of 560 | #32 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #545 of 581 | #30 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #416 of 440 | #36 of 36 |
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
502
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 416
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 | 502 | 40.9 | 12.3:1 | 17% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 41.1 | 12.1:1 | 18% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 38.5 | 12.9:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 15% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 35 | 21.1:1 | 12% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 752 | 34 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 19 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mokena Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (509 to 502); teachers up 14% (36 to 40.9).
About Mokena Jr High School
Mokena Jr High School is one of the public schools in Mokena, Illinois. It is a medium-sized middle school. The school serves 502 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Mokena Jr High School is one school in Mokena SD 159, a system of 3 schools with 1,557 students.
At 79%, White students outnumber all other groups at Mokena Jr High School combined. The school is also 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 62%. The chance that two students picked at random at Mokena Jr High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
Teachers at the school number 40.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.3:1. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Will County average 44%.
Mokena Jr High School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Mokena Jr High School would score about 61.7%. It scores 67.2%, 5.5 points above that figure.
Among Will County residents, median household income is about $109,984, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Mokena Jr High School is one of 209 public schools in Will County, which together enroll about 113,008 students.
The next-closest public school is Arbury Hills Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Mokena Jr High School. On proficiency, Mokena Jr High School is ahead of the 61.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 5.
Federal data place Mokena Jr High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 533 to 502.
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Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mokena SD 159
- Mokena Elementary SchoolElementary · 709 students
- Mokena Intermediate SchoolElementary · 346 students
Other schools in Mokena
- Mokena Elementary SchoolElementary · 709 students
- Mokena Intermediate SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Arbury Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
Nearby schools
- Arbury Hills Elementary School1.0 mi · 174
- Lincoln-Way East High School1.3 mi · 2,696
- Mokena Elementary School1.4 mi · 709
- Mokena Intermediate School1.5 mi · 346
- Dr Julian Rogus School1.9 mi · 653
- Grand Prairie Elementary School2.3 mi · 840
Frequently asked questions
About Mokena Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Mokena Jr High School?
Mokena Jr High School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mokena Jr High School serve?
Mokena Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Mokena Jr High School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Mokena Jr High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mokena Jr High School?
At Mokena Jr High School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Mokena Jr High School?
Mokena Jr High School is overseen by Mokena SD 159 in Will County.
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