River Trails Middle School

Located at 1000 N Wolf Rd, in Mount Prospect, Illinois, River Trails Middle School is a mid-sized middle school that educates 508 students (grades 6 through 8), part of River Trails SD 26.

River Trails SD 26 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,462 students; River Trails Middle School is among them.

On demographics, River Trails Middle School shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, River Trails Middle School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, River Trails Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.0%; this one delivers 52.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), River Trails Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Prairie Trails School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around River Trails Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts River Trails Middle School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at River Trails Middle School has ticked up 7%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 23% to 16% over that span.

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