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What's one thing Still Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
709
Middle
DISTRICT 866 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN PRAIRIE CUSD 204·NCES 174169003597
Still Middle School
787 Meadowridge Dr, Aurora, IL 60504 · (630) 375-3900 · DuPage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
133 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 261 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 235 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 213 | 30% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
75.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
56.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.1% | 56.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 56.0% |
% 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Still Middle School
Still Middle School's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still Middle School this school | 709 | 18.8% | 66.9% |
| Francis Granger Middle School Aurora | 1,011 | 20.2% | 66.0% |
| Kennedy Junior High School Lisle | 937 | 11.1% | 84.0% |
| Clifford Crone Middle School Naperville | 891 | 10.4% | 75.1% |
| Scullen Middle School Naperville | 948 | 10.3% | 77.1% |
| Plum Grove Middle School Rolling Meadows | 1,128 | 14.9% | 64.5% |
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 Still Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #54 of 578 | #12 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #97 of 640 ▼ 49 | #21 of 51 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #124 of 640 ▼ 24 | #25 of 51 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 709 | #139 of 691 | #16 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #288 of 558 | #34 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #77 of 560 | #11 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.8% | #536 of 581 | #35 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #256 of 440 | #19 of 37 |
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
709
-78 (-10%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 1,077
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 | 709 | 54.3 | 13.1:1 | 19% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 52 | 13.0:1 | 23% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 52.5 | 12.2:1 | 17% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 18% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 846 | 57 | 14.8:1 | 15% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 54 | 15.7:1 | 14% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 1,077 | 75 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Still Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (787 to 709); teachers down 1% (55 to 54.3).
About Still Middle School
Still Middle School is a large middle school in Aurora, Illinois, under Indian Prairie CUSD 204. A federal count lists 709 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
Indian Prairie CUSD 204 is made up of 32 schools with 26,108 students in all.
Still Middle School has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 47%. Other students are 32% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County residents are about 13% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.1:1. That is close to the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 19% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in DuPage County is 34%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Still Middle School's results are 6.2 points above predicted: 66.9% against 60.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in DuPage County, the median household income is $112,096, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, DuPage County has 277 public schools and roughly 138,557 students.
Prairie Children Preschool is the public school closest to Still Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.0%; Still Middle School's is 66.9%, ranking 1st of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 10% enrollment decrease, from 787 in 2020-21 to 709 in 2024-25.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indian Prairie CUSD 204
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Children Preschool0.2 mi · 643
- Georgetown Elementary School1.0 mi · 420
- McCarty Elementary School1.0 mi · 478
- White Eagle Elementary1.1 mi · 541
- Fischer Middle School1.3 mi · 861
- Waubonsie Valley High School1.6 mi · 2,849
Frequently asked questions
About Still Middle SchoolHow many students attend Still Middle School?
Still Middle School enrolls approximately 709 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Still Middle School serve?
Still Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Still Middle School have?
Still Middle School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Still Middle School?
Still Middle School reports a student body of 32% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 47% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Still Middle School?
Still Middle School is overseen by Indian Prairie CUSD 204 in DuPage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.