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Enrollment
885
Middle
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD SD 202·NCES 173174001873
Timber Ridge Middle School
2101 S Bronk Rd, Plainfield, IL 60586 · (815) 439-3410 · Will County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL885 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
355 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 295 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 310 | 35% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
56.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.6pp since 2023
Math
24.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 22.8% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Timber Ridge Middle School
Timber Ridge Middle School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Ridge Middle School this school | 885 | 40.1% | 41.3% |
| Thompson Jr High School Oswego | 832 | 42.1% | 37.4% |
| Troy Middle School Plainfield | 881 | 44.8% | 49.1% |
| Peter J Palombi School Lake Villa | 844 | 45.3% | 37.0% |
| Grayslake Middle School Grayslake | 641 | 36.0% | 46.0% |
| Creekside Middle School Woodstock | 736 | 46.1% | 59.7% |
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 Timber Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #310 of 578 | #33 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #434 of 640 ▼ 79 | #38 of 44 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #334 of 640 ▲ 30 | #38 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 885 | #49 of 691 | #7 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #470 of 558 | #37 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #87 of 560 | #10 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #386 of 581 | #16 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #200 of 440 | #18 of 36 |
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
885
-84 (-9%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 933
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 | 885 | 57.6 | 15.4:1 | 40% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 848 | 57 | 14.9:1 | 40% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 52 | 16.9:1 | 45% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 969 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,018 | 60.2 | 16.9:1 | 37% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 1,016 | 63 | 16.1:1 | 31% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 1,080 | 68 | 15.9:1 | 24% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 933 | 66 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Timber Ridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,018 to 885); teachers down 4% (60.2 to 57.6).
About Timber Ridge Middle School
Timber Ridge Middle School is a middle school in Plainfield, Illinois, according to federal school records. It teaches 885 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 92% more students than the average for middle schools in Illinois (about 462).
Plainfield SD 202 has 30 schools; together they serve 24,556 students.
No group is above 50% at Timber Ridge Middle School; the largest is White, at 45%. Other reported shares: 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Will County's residents are about 62% White, 17 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
A staff of 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.4:1. The gap from the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is 2.4 students per teacher. By family income, 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Timber Ridge Middle School lands at C, ahead of 30% of Illinois public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Timber Ridge Middle School would score about 48.4%. It scores 41.3%, 7.0 points below that figure.
In Will County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $109,984, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 209 public schools and about 113,008 students.
Measured in a straight line, River View Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Timber Ridge Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Timber Ridge Middle School at 7th of 9.
Timber Ridge Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school's enrollment fell 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield SD 202
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Richard Ira Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 851 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Troy Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
Nearby schools
- River View Elementary School0.2 mi · 584
- Wesmere Elementary School1.2 mi · 544
- Grand Prairie Elementary School1.4 mi · 494
- Troy Hofer Elementary School1.7 mi · 436
- Troy Cronin Elementary School1.8 mi · 466
- Troy Middle School1.8 mi · 881
Frequently asked questions
About Timber Ridge Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Timber Ridge Middle School?
Timber Ridge Middle School enrolls approximately 885 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Timber Ridge Middle School serve?
Timber Ridge Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Timber Ridge Middle School have?
Timber Ridge Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Timber Ridge Middle School?
Student demographics at Timber Ridge Middle School are roughly 45% White, 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Timber Ridge Middle School?
Timber Ridge Middle School is overseen by Plainfield SD 202 in Will County.
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