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Enrollment
606
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371001691
Tefft Middle School
1100 Shirley Ave, Streamwood, IL 60107 · (630) 213-5540 · Cook County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
389 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 7 | 265 | 44% |
| Grade 8 | 339 | 56% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 11 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
39.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 15.8% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Tefft Middle School
Tefft Middle School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tefft Middle School this school | 606 | 64.2% | 30.1% |
| Jefferson Middle School Aurora | 577 | 62.2% | 34.1% |
| Larsen Middle School Elgin | 570 | 62.8% | 23.4% |
| Jack Benny Middle School Waukegan | 475 | 62.1% | 17.3% |
| Abbott Middle School Elgin | 551 | 69.3% | 19.4% |
| Oliver W Holmes Middle School Wheeling | 615 | 71.2% | 22.3% |
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 Tefft Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #434 of 578 | #71 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #493 of 640 ▼ 33 | #105 of 146 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #503 of 640 ▼ 1 | #105 of 146 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #211 of 691 | #63 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #29 of 558 | #14 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #320 of 560 | #89 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #144 of 581 | #56 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.1% | #14 of 440 | #9 of 97 |
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
606
-223 (-27%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 810
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 | 606 | 62.7 | 9.7:1 | 64% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 55.6 | 12.4:1 | 51% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 58.7 | 12.4:1 | 57% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 829 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 963 | 53.2 | 18.1:1 | 78% (751) |
| 2015-16 | 819 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 70% (572) |
| 2010-11 | 801 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 63% (504) |
| 2000-01 | 717 | 56 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 810 | 51 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tefft Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (963 to 606); teachers up 18% (53.2 to 62.7).
About Tefft Middle School
Tefft Middle School is a middle school located in Streamwood, Illinois, in Cook County. The school enrolls 606 students in grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students, which makes this school 31% above average.
SD U-46 runs Tefft Middle School along with 50 other schools, enrolling 34,036 students in total.
About 75% of the student body at Tefft Middle School is Hispanic. Other groups include 10% White, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 27% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 9.7:1 is based on 62.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.0:1. In all, 64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cook County average a similar 66%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Tefft Middle School would score about 34.5%. It scores 30.1%, 4.3 points below that figure.
In Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Tefft Middle School.
Heritage Elementary School sits about 0.4 miles from Tefft Middle School. Tefft Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 35.0%, higher than Tefft Middle School's 30.1%.
Federal data place Tefft Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Tefft Middle School enrolled 829 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 606.
This page collects posts and questions about Tefft Middle School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Streamwood
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Canton Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Glenbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Oakhill Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Hanover Countryside Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Ridge Circle Elementary SchoolElementary · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Elementary School0.4 mi · 359
- Sunnydale Elementary School0.5 mi · 263
- Parkwood Elementary School0.5 mi · 342
- Laurel Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 384
- Oakhill Elementary School1.0 mi · 434
- Ridge Circle Elementary School1.0 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Tefft Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tefft Middle School?
Tefft Middle School enrolls approximately 606 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Tefft Middle School serve?
Tefft Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tefft Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tefft Middle School is approximately 9.7:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tefft Middle School?
At Tefft Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 75% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Tefft Middle School?
Tefft Middle School is overseen by SD U-46 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.