Enrollment
358
Middle
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO CUSD 88·NCES 173177003343
Plano Middle School
804 S Hale St, Plano, IL 60545 · (630) 552-3608 · Kendall County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
205 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 7 | 178 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 178 | 50% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Plano Middle School→Plano High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Plano CUSD 88. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.1pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.2% | 16.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Plano Middle School
Plano Middle School's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plano Middle School this school | 358 | 57.3% | 33.5% |
| Emily G Johns School Plano | 494 | 57.1% | 33.6% |
| Wood Dale Jr High School Wood Dale | 277 | 56.7% | 41.3% |
| Jefferson Middle School Villa Park | 375 | 59.5% | 31.7% |
| Prairie Jr High School Alsip | 303 | 53.1% | 45.3% |
| Jewel Middle School North Aurora | 490 | 50.4% | 36.2% |
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 Plano Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #400 of 578 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #447 of 640 ▲ 2 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #455 of 640 ▲ 14 | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #401 of 691 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #208 of 558 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #200 of 560 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.3% | #205 of 581 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #83 of 127 | N/A |
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
358
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
+100% since 1990-91, when it was 179
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 | 358 | 29.2 | 12.3:1 | 57% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 29 | 12.0:1 | 59% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 30.3 | 11.4:1 | 63% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 60% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 22 | 16.5:1 | 57% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 52% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 285 | 23 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 179 | 8 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plano Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (341 to 358); teachers up 12% (26 to 29.2).
About Plano Middle School
At 804 S Hale St in Plano, Illinois, Plano Middle School operates as a low-enrollment middle school. The school enrolls 358 students in grades 7 through 8. On average, middle schools in Illinois enroll around 462, and this school is 23% below that mark.
Plano Middle School is part of Plano CUSD 88, where 5 schools serve 2,398 students.
Hispanic students are 58% of those enrolled at Plano Middle School. Other reported shares: 32% White, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 22% Hispanic among all Kendall County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Staffing at Plano Middle School comes to 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3:1. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 0.7 more students per teacher than here. Plano Middle School counts 57% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Kendall County average 32%.
Plano Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Illinois public middle schools.
Plano Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.5% is 4.9 points below the 38.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Kendall County, median household income comes to about $111,601, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 50, with about 29,773 students.
Centennial Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Plano Middle School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Plano Middle School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 364 in 2020-21, 358 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Plano Middle School lets the school community talk about 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 Plano CUSD 88
- Plano High SchoolHigh · 757 students
- Emily G Johns SchoolMiddle · 494 students
- P H Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Plano
- Plano High SchoolHigh · 757 students
- Emily G Johns SchoolMiddle · 494 students
- P H Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- FLEX ProgramHigh
- Plano CUSD 88Elementary
Nearby schools
- Centennial Elementary School0.2 mi · 351
- Plano High School1.0 mi · 757
- P H Miller Elementary School1.1 mi · 438
- Emily G Johns School1.6 mi · 494
- Yorkville High School4.1 mi · 2,266
- Millbrook Junior High School4.2 mi · 89
Frequently asked questions
About Plano Middle SchoolHow large is Plano Middle School?
Plano Middle School enrolls approximately 358 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Plano Middle School serve?
Plano Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Plano Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Plano Middle School is approximately 12.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Plano Middle School?
Plano Middle School reports a student body of 32% White, 58% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Plano Middle School in?
Plano Middle School is part of Plano CUSD 88.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.