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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTDALE SD 107·NCES 173204005539

Pleasantdale Middle School

7450 Wolf Rd, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 · (708) 246-3210 · Cook County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Illinois public middle schools
  • A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A+Beats 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

Enrollment
352
Middle
DISTRICT 409 · STATE 462
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
64 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 58725%
Grade 69226%
Grade 77822%
Grade 89527%
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
25873%
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
5816%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
165%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
175%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
17650%
Female
17650%

School pathway

Feeds from
Pleasantdale Elementary SchoolPK–04
Based on grade levels within Pleasantdale SD 107. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)
English Language Arts
88.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.3pp since 2023
Math
71.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.1pp since 2023

What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.

IAR + ISA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2588.2%71.8%
2023-2474.9%60.7%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Pleasantdale Middle School

Pleasantdale Middle School's state test result (76.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Pleasantdale Middle School this school35218.2%76.7%
O Neill Middle School
Downers Grove
40321.6%62.1%
Willowbrook Middle School
South Beloit
34815.8%68.1%
Prairie Grove Junior High School
Crystal Lake
35722.7%51.6%
Oster-Oakview School
New Lenox
37319.8%47.5%
Bentley Elementary School
New Lenox
38016.8%68.3%
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 Pleasantdale Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn Cook County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
76.7%#10 of 578#2 of 116
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
71.8%#25 of 640
▲ 8
#12 of 146
▲ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
88.2%#20 of 640
▲ 42
#10 of 146
▲ 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
352#409 of 691#110 of 148
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.1:1#45 of 558#21 of 138
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
43.1%#313 of 560#85 of 138
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
18.2%#540 of 581#111 of 117
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-10.2%#245 of 440#58 of 97
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 2024-25
Enrollment
352
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 337
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2535234.710.1:118% (64)
2023-2435234.210.3:116% (57)
2022-2334235.59.6:113% (44)
2020-21375N/AN/AN/A
2017-1839233.411.7:114% (55)
2015-163863112.4:110% (38)
2010-113463011.5:18% (26)
2000-013372911.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasantdale Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 10% (392 to 352); teachers up 4% (33.4 to 34.7).

About Pleasantdale Middle School

Pleasantdale Middle School is a middle school in Burr Ridge, Illinois, and it is part of Pleasantdale SD 107. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 352 students enrolled. By comparison, middle schools in Illinois enroll about 462 students on average.

Pleasantdale SD 107 is responsible for 2 schools, Pleasantdale Middle School included, with 818 students in all.

Of every 100 students at Pleasantdale Middle School, about 73 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 44%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pleasantdale Middle School scores 43%.

There are 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pleasantdale Middle School, giving a ratio of 10.1:1. The school's 10.1:1 compares with an average of 13.0:1 for middle schools in Illinois. By family income, 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.

On the allk12 Grade, Pleasantdale Middle School lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Illinois public middle schools.

Pleasantdale Middle School scores 15.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 76.7% actual versus 61.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.

The school's county is Cook County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.

Pleasantdale Elementary School is the nearest public school to Pleasantdale Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 50.5%, lower than Pleasantdale Middle School's 76.7%.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment figures show a decrease of 23 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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Cook County at a glance

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Population
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students

Quick facts

School name
Pleasantdale Middle School
District
Pleasantdale SD 107
Address
7450 Wolf Rd, Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone
(708) 246-3210
County
Cook County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–08
Total enrollment
352
Teachers (FTE)
35
Student–teacher ratio
10.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
64 (18%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
173204005539
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Pleasantdale Middle School
How large is Pleasantdale Middle School?
Pleasantdale Middle School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Pleasantdale Middle School serve?
Pleasantdale Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Pleasantdale Middle School have?
Pleasantdale Middle School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasantdale Middle School?
At Pleasantdale Middle School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Pleasantdale Middle School public or private?
Pleasantdale Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasantdale SD 107.
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