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How has Thompson Jr High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
832
Middle
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027003133
Thompson Jr High School
440 Boulder Hill Pass, Oswego, IL 60543 · (630) 636-2600 · Kendall County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL832 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
350 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 290 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 265 | 32% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
46.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.8pp since 2023
Math
29.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.9% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 21.4% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Thompson Jr High School
Thompson Jr High School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Jr High School this school | 832 | 42.1% | 37.4% |
| Timber Ridge Middle School Plainfield | 885 | 40.1% | 41.3% |
| Troy Middle School Plainfield | 881 | 44.8% | 49.1% |
| Peter J Palombi School Lake Villa | 844 | 45.3% | 37.0% |
| Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School Oak Lawn | 1,090 | 48.3% | 51.7% |
| Orenic Intermediate School Plainfield | 812 | 48.8% | 44.7% |
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 Thompson Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #363 of 578 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #358 of 640 ▲ 12 | #6 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #440 of 640 ▼ 9 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 832 | #73 of 691 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #516 of 558 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #81 of 560 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #369 of 581 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #332 of 440 | #6 of 6 |
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
832
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 524
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 | 832 | 49.5 | 16.8:1 | 42% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 837 | 48.5 | 17.3:1 | 41% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 53.8 | 15.6:1 | 40% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 886 | 57.1 | 15.5:1 | 31% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 963 | 52 | 18.5:1 | 27% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 877 | 45 | 19.5:1 | 25% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 911 | 49 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thompson Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (886 to 832); teachers down 13% (57.1 to 49.5).
About Thompson Jr High School
Thompson Jr High School is a high-enrollment middle school in Illinois, with an address in Oswego. The school has 832 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students, which makes this school 80% above average.
CUSD 308 has 16,766 students spread across 21 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Thompson Jr High School is Hispanic, with 43% of students. Other groups make up 38% White, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. Kendall County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Thompson Jr High School scores 65%.
Thompson Jr High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1, with 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 42% at Thompson Jr High School. Public schools in Kendall County average 32%.
Thompson Jr High School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of Illinois public middle schools.
Thompson Jr High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.4%, compared with a predicted 47.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Kendall County show that the median household earns about $111,601 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Kendall County has 50 public schools with about 29,773 students, including Thompson Jr High School.
Thompson Jr High School is about 0.6 miles from Old Post Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Thompson Jr High School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 37.4% against a local average of 45.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 831 students in 2020-21 and 832 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 students
- Grande Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 687 students
Other schools in Oswego
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Southbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Fox Chase Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Plank Junior HighMiddle · 595 students
Nearby schools
- Old Post Elementary School0.6 mi · 387
- Boulder Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 476
- Oswego High School1.0 mi · 2,870
- Long Beach Elementary School1.1 mi · 632
- Southbury Elementary School1.2 mi · 676
- Fox Chase Elementary School1.4 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About Thompson Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thompson Jr High School?
Thompson Jr High School enrolls approximately 832 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Thompson Jr High School serve?
Thompson Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thompson Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thompson Jr High School is approximately 16.8:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Thompson Jr High School?
Thompson Jr High School reports a student body of 38% White, 43% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Thompson Jr High School in?
Thompson Jr High School is part of CUSD 308.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.