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Enrollment
851
Middle
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD SD 202·NCES 173174005748
Richard Ira Jones Middle School
15320 W Wallin Dr, Plainfield, IL 60544 · (815) 267-3600 · Will County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
191 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 278 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 294 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 279 | 33% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
72.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
48.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.2% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 37.4% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Richard Ira Jones Middle School
Richard Ira Jones Middle School's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Ira Jones Middle School this school | 851 | 22.4% | 60.4% |
| Glen Crest Middle School Glen Ellyn | 723 | 26.6% | 56.0% |
| Barrington Middle School Station Barrington | 886 | 19.4% | 65.8% |
| Lake Zurich Middle - N Campus Hawthorn Woods | 697 | 23.4% | 70.7% |
| Glenn Westlake Middle School Lombard | 935 | 30.6% | 47.2% |
| Prairie Knolls Middle School Elgin | 770 | 16.8% | 67.0% |
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 Richard Ira Jones Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #93 of 578 | #13 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #160 of 640 ▲ 15 | #22 of 44 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #155 of 640 ▼ 4 | #18 of 44 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #63 of 691 | #10 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #476 of 558 | #38 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #98 of 560 | #13 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #507 of 581 | #26 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #366 of 440 | #33 of 36 |
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
851
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 929
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 | 851 | 55 | 15.5:1 | 22% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 851 | 54.3 | 15.7:1 | 24% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 837 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 23% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 843 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 53.2 | 16.8:1 | 19% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 887 | 50 | 17.7:1 | 17% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 929 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 14% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Ira Jones Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (894 to 851); teachers up 3% (53.2 to 55).
About Richard Ira Jones Middle School
Students in Plainfield, Illinois, attend Richard Ira Jones Middle School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Enrollment stands at 851 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 84% bigger than the average of about 462 students for middle schools in Illinois.
The district for Richard Ira Jones Middle School is Plainfield SD 202, with 30 schools and 24,556 students.
The largest group at Richard Ira Jones Middle School is White students, at 55%. Enrollment also includes 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 11% Black, and 4% multiracial. The diversity index for Richard Ira Jones Middle School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 55 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. The average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 22% of students at Richard Ira Jones Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Will County average 44%.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Richard Ira Jones Middle School outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Richard Ira Jones Middle School is 1.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 60.4%. Predicted: 58.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Will County show that the median household earns about $109,984 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Will County, 209 public schools serve about 113,008 students.
The closest school to Richard Ira Jones Middle School is Wallin Oaks Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 60.4% is above the 59.0% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 843 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 851.
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Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield SD 202
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Wallin Oaks Elementary School0.2 mi · 677
- Lincoln Elementary0.8 mi · 536
- Plainfield High School0.9 mi · 1,800
- Central Elementary School1.6 mi · 544
- Bonnie McBeth Learning Center1.7 mi · 757
- Indian Trail Middle School1.7 mi · 520
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Ira Jones Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richard Ira Jones Middle School?
Richard Ira Jones Middle School enrolls approximately 851 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Richard Ira Jones Middle School serve?
Richard Ira Jones Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richard Ira Jones Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richard Ira Jones Middle School is approximately 15.5:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richard Ira Jones Middle School?
At Richard Ira Jones Middle School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard Ira Jones Middle School?
Richard Ira Jones Middle School is overseen by Plainfield SD 202 in Will County.
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