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What's the most underrated thing about Thompson Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,364
Middle
DISTRICT 1,327 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CHARLES CUSD 303·NCES 173717003859
Thompson Middle School
705 W Main St, Saint Charles, IL 60174 · (331) 228-3100 · Kane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,364 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Illinois public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.7:1
100 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
259 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 454 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 441 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 469 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
78.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
60.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.6% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 57.3% |
% 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
69.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 Thompson Middle School
Thompson Middle School's state test result (69.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Middle School this school | 1,364 | 19.0% | 69.8% |
| Marlowe Middle School Lake in the Hills | 1,215 | 20.4% | 62.4% |
| Sam Rotolo Middle School Batavia | 1,080 | 18.3% | 57.6% |
| Old Quarry Middle School Lemont | 856 | 19.7% | 74.2% |
| Mascoutah Middle School Mascoutah | 973 | 21.2% | 60.8% |
| Liberty Middle School Edwardsville | 888 | 19.3% | 55.8% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #32 of 578 | #2 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #70 of 640 ▼ 27 | #2 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #93 of 640 ▼ 34 | #6 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,364 | #3 of 691 | #1 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #352 of 558 | #15 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #302 of 560 | #11 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.0% | #532 of 581 | #19 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #135 of 440 | #11 of 21 |
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
1,364
+83 (+6%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,093
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 | 1,364 | 99.8 | 13.7:1 | 19% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 1,282 | 97.2 | 13.2:1 | 22% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 1,267 | 97.9 | 12.9:1 | 19% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 1,281 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,641 | 113 | 14.5:1 | 15% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 914 | 61 | 15.0:1 | 23% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 923 | 68 | 13.6:1 | 16% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 795 | 46 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,093 | 59 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thompson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,641 to 1,364); teachers down 12% (113 to 99.8).
About Thompson Middle School
Thompson Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Saint Charles, Illinois. The school has 1,364 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 462 students for middle schools in Illinois.
St Charles CUSD 303 has 11,952 students spread across 16 schools.
About 73% of the student body at Thompson Middle School is White. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Kane County, the White share is about 58%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
With 99.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 13.0:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Thompson Middle School, 19% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Kane County is 29 points higher.
Thompson Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Illinois public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Thompson Middle School is 9.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 69.8% actual, 60.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
In the wider Kane County area, median household income comes to about $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Kane County counts 167 public schools with about 87,252 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Richmond Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Thompson Middle School ranks 2nd of 5 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 6%.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St Charles CUSD 303
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Wredling Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,289 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Ferson Creek SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Bell-Graham Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
Other schools in Saint Charles
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Wredling Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,289 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Ferson Creek SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Bell-Graham Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
Other Thompson Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Thompson Middle. Thompson Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Thompson MiddleMurrieta, CA · 1,565 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolAlabaster, AL · 1,444 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMIDDLETOWN, NJ · 862 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolSAGINAW, MI · 585 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolNorth Grosvenordale, CT · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Richmond Elementary School0.3 mi · 385
- Davis Elementary School0.7 mi · 509
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 221
- Wild Rose Elementary School1.1 mi · 535
- Geneva Community High School1.3 mi · 1,635
- Munhall Elementary School1.5 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Thompson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thompson Middle School?
Thompson Middle School enrolls approximately 1,364 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Thompson Middle School serve?
Thompson Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thompson Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thompson Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (100 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thompson Middle School?
At Thompson Middle School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Thompson Middle School?
Thompson Middle School is overseen by St Charles CUSD 303 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.