Washington Middle School

Located at 8101 Ogden Ave, in Lyons, Illinois, Washington Middle School is a mid-tier junior high that hosts 659 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Lyons SD 103. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Washington Middle School sits 43% bigger than that benchmark.

Lyons SD 103 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,042 students; Washington Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Washington Middle School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 13% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Washington Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Washington Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Cook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Washington Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: J W Robinson Jr Elem School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 742 students in 2018 compared to 659 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 70% to 79% across the same window.

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