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Timber Ridge Middle School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 295 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 310 | 35% |
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)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% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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 | #38 of 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #334 of 640 | #38 of 44 |
| 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 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #200 of 440 | #18 of 36 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or 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) |
| 2017-18 | 1,018 | 60.2 | 16.9:1 | 37% (380) |
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.
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 13% from 2017-18 to 2024-25. Over the same years, the White share fell from 55% to 45%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.4:1.
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