Thayer J Hill Middle School

As a large middle-grades school in Naperville, Illinois, Thayer J Hill Middle School educates 828 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Indian Prairie CUSD 204. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Thayer J Hill Middle School sits 79% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 32 schools in Indian Prairie CUSD 204 (26,108 students total), Thayer J Hill Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Thayer J Hill Middle School records that the most-represented group is Asian (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 30% White, 18% Black, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 13% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Thayer J Hill Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thayer J Hill Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for DuPage County put the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Thayer J Hill Middle School is one.

Brookdale Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thayer J Hill Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 62.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 899 students in 2018 compared to 828 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 30% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.