Orland Jr High School

Orland Jr High School is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Orland Park, Illinois, part of Orland SD 135. The school works with 524 students in grades 6 through 8.

Orland SD 135 runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,186 students. Orland Jr High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Orland Jr High School lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Orland Jr High School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: High Point Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orland Jr High School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orland Jr High School has contracted 6%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 524 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 73% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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