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Enrollment
403
Middle
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOWNERS GROVE GSD 58·NCES 171254001514
O Neill Middle School
635 59th St, Downers Grove, IL 60516 · (630) 719-5815 · DuPage County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-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
13.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
87 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 7 | 183 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 55% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
78.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.6pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 35.9% |
% 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
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 O Neill Middle School
O Neill Middle School's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| O Neill Middle School this school | 403 | 21.6% | 62.1% |
| Pleasantdale Middle School Burr Ridge | 352 | 18.2% | 76.7% |
| Prairie Grove Junior High School Crystal Lake | 357 | 22.7% | 51.6% |
| Summit Hill Junior High School Frankfort | 566 | 20.8% | 65.9% |
| Walker Intermediate School Tinley Park | 554 | 19.0% | 57.0% |
| Lakeview Jr High School Downers Grove | 340 | 17.9% | 67.2% |
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 O Neill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #79 of 578 | #18 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #143 of 640 ▲ 41 | #27 of 51 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #91 of 640 ▲ 85 | #16 of 51 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #361 of 691 | #37 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #350 of 558 | #38 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #242 of 560 | #33 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #511 of 581 | #32 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #121 of 440 | #5 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
403
-57 (-12%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 603
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 | 403 | 29.5 | 13.7:1 | 22% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 29.7 | 14.8:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 28.5 | 15.2:1 | 25% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 30.8 | 16.0:1 | 15% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 39 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 32 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for O Neill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (492 to 403); teachers down 4% (30.8 to 29.5).
About O Neill Middle School
O Neill Middle School is a public middle school run by Downers Grove GSD 58 in Downers Grove, Illinois. Its enrollment is 403 students, spread over grades 7 through 8.
Downers Grove GSD 58 is the district for O Neill Middle School. It has 13 schools and 4,811 students.
About 67% of the student body at O Neill Middle School is White. Smaller groups are 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. DuPage County residents are about 65% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
The school's 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. It is about the same as the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. At O Neill Middle School, 22% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in DuPage County report 34%.
Among Illinois public middle schools, O Neill Middle School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, O Neill Middle School is 3.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 62.1% actual, 59.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
The county, DuPage County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $112,096, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 277 public schools and about 138,557 students.
Of the public schools around it, O Neill Middle School is closest to Fairmount Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 12%.
O Neill Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Downers Grove GSD 58
- Herrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Lester Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Fairmount Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Other schools in Downers Grove
- Comm H S Dist 99 - South High SchoolHigh · 2,591 students
- Comm H S Dist 99 - North High SchoolHigh · 2,082 students
- Herrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Lester Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Prairieview Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Fairmount Elementary School0.2 mi · 342
- Whittier Elementary School0.9 mi · 307
- Hillcrest Elementary School1.0 mi · 382
- Kingsley Elementary School1.1 mi · 359
- Comm H S Dist 99 - South High School1.2 mi · 2,591
- El Sierra Elementary School1.2 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About O Neill Middle SchoolHow large is O Neill Middle School?
O Neill Middle School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does O Neill Middle School serve?
O Neill Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does O Neill Middle School have?
O Neill Middle School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at O Neill Middle School?
At O Neill Middle School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is O Neill Middle School public or private?
O Neill Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Downers Grove GSD 58.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.