Virgil I Grissom Middle School

Virgil I Grissom Middle School is one of the mid-sized intermediate schools in Tinley Park, Illinois, operated by Kirby SD 140, with 627 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Virgil I Grissom Middle School sits 36% larger than that benchmark.

Virgil I Grissom Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Kirby SD 140, a district that caters to 3,495 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Virgil I Grissom Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Virgil I Grissom Middle School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Virgil I Grissom Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Prairie View Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 585 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 70% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Virgil I Grissom Middle School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.