Orenic Intermediate School

Set in Plainfield, Illinois, Orenic Intermediate School is a well-populated intermediate school, overseen by Troy CCSD 30C. It hosts 812 students across grades 5 through 6. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Orenic Intermediate School sits 76% larger than that benchmark.

Troy CCSD 30C runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,971 students. Orenic Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Orenic Intermediate School records that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Orenic Intermediate School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Orenic Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of +1.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Will County indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Orenic Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Troy Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Orenic Intermediate School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.9%.

Orenic Intermediate School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orenic Intermediate School has decreased 16%, going from 965 students in 2018 to 812 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.