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Enrollment
595
Middle
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027005820
Plank Junior High
510 Secretariat Ln, Oswego, IL 60543 · (630) 551-9400 · Kendall County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
219 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 6 | 193 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 197 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 205 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
53.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
29.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 26.2% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Plank Junior High
Plank Junior High's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plank Junior High this school | 595 | 36.8% | 42.2% |
| Jackson Middle School Villa Park | 621 | 37.8% | 39.5% |
| Grayslake Middle School Grayslake | 641 | 36.0% | 46.0% |
| Frederick School Grayslake | 667 | 34.8% | 47.7% |
| Hubble Middle School Warrenville | 679 | 33.6% | 57.2% |
| Indian Trail Middle School Plainfield | 520 | 39.2% | 47.8% |
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 Plank Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #300 of 578 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #364 of 640 ▼ 59 | #7 of 9 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #373 of 640 ▼ 82 | #5 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 595 | #222 of 691 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #100 of 558 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #72 of 560 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #407 of 581 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.5% | #18 of 440 | #1 of 6 |
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
595
-187 (-24%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 764
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 | 595 | 53.5 | 11.1:1 | 37% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 605 | 48.8 | 12.4:1 | 41% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 53.5 | 11.7:1 | 39% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 782 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 868 | 56.1 | 15.5:1 | 36% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 861 | 57 | 15.1:1 | 34% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 40 | 19.1:1 | 35% (264) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plank Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (868 to 595); teachers down 5% (56.1 to 53.5).
About Plank Junior High
Plank Junior High is a mid-sized middle-grades school in CUSD 308, located in Oswego, Illinois. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 595 students enrolled. It has 29% more students than the average for middle schools in Illinois (about 462).
The CUSD 308 system has 21 schools and 16,766 students.
At Plank Junior High, White students make up the biggest share, 43%. Enrollment also includes 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Kendall County, the White share is about 65%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Middle schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.0:1. At Plank Junior High, 37% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 50.3%.
In Kendall County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $111,601 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kendall County number 50, with about 29,773 students.
Plank Junior High is about 0.1 miles from Churchill Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Plank Junior High ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 24%.
Plank Junior High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 students
Other schools in Oswego
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Southbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Fox Chase Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
Nearby schools
- Churchill Elementary School0.1 mi · 425
- Brokaw Early Learning Center0.2 mi · 345
- Oswego East High School1.0 mi · 2,758
- Southbury Elementary School1.7 mi · 676
- Old Post Elementary School1.9 mi · 387
- Thompson Jr High School2.0 mi · 832
Frequently asked questions
About Plank Junior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Plank Junior High?
Plank Junior High enrolls approximately 595 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Plank Junior High serve?
Plank Junior High serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Plank Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Plank Junior High is approximately 11.1:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Plank Junior High?
At Plank Junior High, the student body is approximately 43% White, 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Plank Junior High in?
Plank Junior High is part of CUSD 308.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.