Park Junior High School

Park Junior High School, a reasonably sized middle-grades school in La Grange Park, Illinois, overseen by La Grange SD 102, educates 661 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Park Junior High School sits 43% above that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in La Grange SD 102 (2,875 students total), Park Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Park Junior High School lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Park Junior High School records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 16% of students at Park Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Park Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 70.0%, a residual of +7.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Park Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ogden Ave Elem School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Park Junior High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 694 students in 2018 compared to 661 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Park Junior High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.