Pleasantdale Middle Sch

Pleasantdale Middle Sch is an intimate middle school in Burr Ridge, Illinois, one of the schools within Pleasantdale SD 107. The school instructs 352 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 462.

Pleasantdale SD 107 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 818 students; Pleasantdale Middle Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pleasantdale Middle Sch logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Pleasantdale Middle Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Pleasantdale Middle Sch sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.0%; actual is 76.7%, +15.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Pleasantdale Middle Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pleasantdale Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pleasantdale Middle Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pleasantdale Middle Sch at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

Pleasantdale Middle Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasantdale Middle Sch has contracted 10%, going from 392 students in 2018 to 352 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment contracted from 10% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.