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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Spencer Crossing this year?
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Enrollment
544
Middle
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW LENOX SD 122·NCES 172814005860
Spencer Crossing
1711 Spencer Rd, New Lenox, IL 60451 · (815) 462-7997 · Will County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
39 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 4 | 166 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 180 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 198 | 36% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
65.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.8pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.4% | 49.2% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Spencer Crossing
Spencer Crossing's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Crossing this school | 544 | 7.2% | 56.7% |
| Tri-Valley Middle School Downs | 450 | 8.7% | 69.2% |
| Alex M Martino Jr High School New Lenox | 591 | 10.8% | 58.8% |
| Central Intermediate School Washington | 649 | 11.6% | 70.5% |
| Herrick Middle School Downers Grove | 626 | 10.5% | 73.3% |
| Nelson Ridge School New Lenox | 432 | 11.1% | 59.3% |
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 Spencer Crossing ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #123 of 578 | #17 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #123 of 640 ▼ 37 | #18 of 44 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #236 of 640 ▲ 87 | #30 of 44 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #254 of 691 | #30 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #554 of 558 | #44 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #429 of 560 | #42 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.2% | #579 of 581 | #39 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #33 of 127 | #2 of 8 |
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
544
+148 (+37%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 462
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 | 544 | 25.2 | 21.6:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 26 | 20.7:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 27.7 | 18.3:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 27.5 | 17.2:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 23 | 20.1:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 21 | 22.0:1 | 10% (48) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spencer Crossing.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (474 to 544); teachers down 8% (27.5 to 25.2).
About Spencer Crossing
Spencer Crossing is a medium-sized middle school that serves part of New Lenox, Illinois. The student body numbers 544 students, from grades 4 through 6.
The district, New Lenox SD 122, has 4,956 students enrolled across 12 schools.
At Spencer Crossing, White students make up 85% of the student body. It is also 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. Will County's residents are about 62% White, 23 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Spencer Crossing comes in at 26%.
The school has about 21.6 students per teacher and 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 7%. On average, public schools in Will County report 44%.
A school with Spencer Crossing's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 67.4%. Spencer Crossing scores 56.7%, 10.6 points below that line.
Will County has about 701,462 residents, and median household income is about $109,984, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 209 public schools in Will County, with a combined enrollment of about 113,008.
The shortest distance from Spencer Crossing to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Spencer Pointe. The five-mile area around Spencer Crossing holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 56.7% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Spencer Crossing is Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 544, 37% above the 396 of 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 New Lenox SD 122
- Alex M Martino Jr High SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Liberty Junior High SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Spencer PointeElementary · 437 students
- Nelson Ridge SchoolMiddle · 432 students
- Nelson Prairie SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Bentley Elementary SchoolMiddle · 380 students
Other schools in New Lenox
- Lincoln Way WestHigh · 2,047 students
- Lincoln-Way Central High SchoolHigh · 1,991 students
- Alex M Martino Jr High SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Liberty Junior High SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Spencer PointeElementary · 437 students
- Nelson Ridge SchoolMiddle · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Spencer Pointe0.0 mi · 437
- Spencer Trail0.1 mi · 367
- Bentley Elementary School0.8 mi · 380
- Arnold J Tyler School0.9 mi · 372
- Alex M Martino Jr High School1.2 mi · 591
- Lincoln-Way Central High School1.9 mi · 1,991
Frequently asked questions
About Spencer CrossingHow many students attend Spencer Crossing?
Spencer Crossing enrolls approximately 544 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Spencer Crossing serve?
Spencer Crossing serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Spencer Crossing?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Spencer Crossing.
What is the student diversity at Spencer Crossing?
Student demographics at Spencer Crossing are roughly 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Spencer Crossing public or private?
Spencer Crossing is a public K-12 school, overseen by New Lenox SD 122.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.