Summit Hill Junior High School

Summit Hill Junior High School is an intermediate school of average-sized scale in Frankfort, Illinois, part of Summit Hill SD 161, teacheing 566 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Summit Hill Junior High School is one of 7 schools operated by Summit Hill SD 161, a district that enrolls 2,682 students overall.

On demographics, Summit Hill Junior High School logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, Summit Hill Junior High School shows 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Will County's rate of about 44%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Summit Hill Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.5%, the actual is 65.9%, a residual of +6.4 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Will County put median household income runs about $109,984, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Summit Hill Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Indian Trail Elem School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Summit Hill Junior High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.4%.

Summit Hill Junior High School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Summit Hill Junior High School's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 772 (now 566). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 75% to 71%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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