Traughber Jr High School

Traughber Jr High School is one of the big middle-grades schools in Oswego, Illinois, part of CUSD 308, with 1,070 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Traughber Jr High School sits 132% bigger than that benchmark.

CUSD 308 runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 16,766 students. Traughber Jr High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Traughber Jr High School reports that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Traughber Jr High School has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Traughber Jr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.3%; this one delivers 49.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kendall County) shows that median household earnings sit near $111,601, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Traughber Jr High School is one of 50 public schools in Kendall County (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students).

Nearest neighbor: Prairie Point Elem School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Traughber Jr High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 1,146 students in 2018 compared to 1,070 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 64% to 56%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.