Northwood Middle School

Northwood Middle School is an average-sized middle-grades school in Woodstock, Illinois, run under Woodstock CUSD 200. The school educates 576 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Northwood Middle School sits 25% above that benchmark.

Woodstock CUSD 200 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,097 students. Northwood Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwood Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Northwood Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.5%, the actual is 54.7%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (McHenry County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,802 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McHenry County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), of which Northwood Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Verda Dierzen Early Learning Ctr, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northwood Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.9%.

Northwood Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 661 students in 2018 compared to 576 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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