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Enrollment
856
Middle
DISTRICT 666 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEMONT-BROMBEREK CSD 113A·NCES 170729001933
Old Quarry Middle School
16100 W 127th St, Lemont, IL 60439 · (630) 257-2286 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL856 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
169 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 284 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 281 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 34% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
85.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
65.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.2% | 65.6% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 55.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Old Quarry Middle School
Old Quarry Middle School's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Quarry Middle School this school | 856 | 19.7% | 74.2% |
| South Middle School Arlington Heights | 812 | 15.6% | 65.9% |
| Glenwood Intermediate School Chatham | 672 | 22.5% | 52.8% |
| Liberty Middle School Edwardsville | 888 | 19.3% | 55.8% |
| Glenwood Middle School Chatham | 735 | 22.7% | 51.0% |
| Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School Mahomet | 812 | 23.3% | 67.0% |
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 Old Quarry Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #16 of 578 | #4 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #47 of 640 ▲ 4 | #17 of 146 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #39 of 640 ▲ 12 | #16 of 146 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 856 | #60 of 691 | #14 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #466 of 558 | #121 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.0% | #398 of 560 | #110 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #526 of 581 | #109 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #49 of 127 | #17 of 40 |
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
856
+62 (+8%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 775
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 | 856 | 56 | 15.3:1 | 20% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 57 | 14.5:1 | 19% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 819 | 57 | 14.4:1 | 20% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 794 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 45.6 | 17.0:1 | 16% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 816 | 42 | 19.4:1 | 13% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 925 | 38 | 24.3:1 | 13% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 775 | 47 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Old Quarry Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (775 to 856); teachers up 23% (45.6 to 56).
About Old Quarry Middle School
Old Quarry Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Lemont, Illinois, administered by Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A. It reported 856 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 462 students for middle schools in Illinois.
Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A runs Old Quarry Middle School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 2,664 students in total.
A large majority of enrollment at Old Quarry Middle School is White, at 82%. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Cook County, the White share is about 44%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
Old Quarry Middle School lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is 2.3 students per teacher. About 20% of students at Old Quarry Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 46 points.
Old Quarry Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Illinois public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Old Quarry Middle School beats its 60.1% prediction with 74.2%, a top-10% result in Illinois.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Old Quarry Middle School's closest public school neighbor is River Valley School, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Old Quarry Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Old Quarry Middle School at 1st of 7.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 8%.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A
- Oakwood SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Central SchoolElementary · 591 students
- River Valley SchoolElementary · 588 students
Other schools in Lemont
- Lemont Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,284 students
- Oakwood SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Central SchoolElementary · 591 students
- River Valley SchoolElementary · 588 students
Nearby schools
- River Valley School0.9 mi · 588
- Oakwood School0.9 mi · 629
- Central School1.5 mi · 591
- Lemont Twp High School1.8 mi · 1,284
- Reed Elementary School2.5 mi · 291
- Oak Prairie Jr High School3.1 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Old Quarry Middle SchoolHow many students attend Old Quarry Middle School?
Old Quarry Middle School enrolls approximately 856 students in grades 06-08.
Is Old Quarry Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Old Quarry Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Old Quarry Middle School have?
Old Quarry Middle School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Old Quarry Middle School?
Student demographics at Old Quarry Middle School are roughly 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Old Quarry Middle School in?
Old Quarry Middle School is part of Lemont-Bromberek CSD 113A.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.