Enrollment
302
Middle
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALUMET CITY SD 155·NCES 174152003426
Wentworth Jr High School
560 Superior Ave, Calumet City, IL 60409 · (708) 862-0750 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Illinois public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
10.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
171 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 108 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 102 | 34% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Calumet City SD 155. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
26.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
15.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.5% | 6.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wentworth Jr High School
Wentworth Jr High School's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wentworth Jr High School this school | 302 | 56.6% | 20.1% |
| Calumet Elementary School Calumet Park | 316 | 56.0% | 18.6% |
| Irving Middle School Maywood | 515 | 64.3% | 17.8% |
| Forest Park Middle School Forest Park | 186 | 53.8% | 44.3% |
| Rickover Jr High School Sauk Village | 371 | 51.5% | 13.9% |
| Liberty Leadership Middle School Peoria | 350 | 64.3% | 28.3% |
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 Wentworth Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #526 of 578 | #103 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #539 of 640 ▲ 46 | #121 of 146 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #592 of 640 ▲ 15 | #137 of 146 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #452 of 691 | #122 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #59 of 558 | #26 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #228 of 560 | #61 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #218 of 581 | #72 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #115 of 440 | #27 of 97 |
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
302
-55 (-15%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 371
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 | 302 | 29 | 10.4:1 | 57% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 28 | 11.2:1 | 64% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 28 | 11.1:1 | 72% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 36.8 | 10.1:1 | 95% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 32 | 11.5:1 | 91% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 93% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wentworth Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (370 to 302); teachers down 21% (36.8 to 29).
About Wentworth Jr High School
As a small middle school, Wentworth Jr High School serves students in Calumet City, Illinois. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 302 students. The school's enrollment is 35% smaller than the 462 average for middle schools in Illinois.
Wentworth Jr High School is one school in Calumet City SD 155, a system of 3 schools with 966 students.
Black students make up a majority at Wentworth Jr High School, at 56%. Other students are 39% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Cook County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.4:1, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Wentworth Jr High School is 57%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 9 points.
Wentworth Jr High School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Wentworth Jr High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 20.1%. Predicted: 38.8%. Difference: 18.7 points.
Among Cook County residents, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Wentworth Jr High School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Wentworth Intermediate School, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Wentworth Jr High School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 20.1% versus a 19.7% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Wentworth Jr High School's enrollment declined from 357 in 2020-21 to 302 in 2024-25.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calumet City SD 155
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Wentworth Intermediate SchoolElementary · 315 students
Other schools in Calumet City
- Thornton Fractnl No High SchoolHigh · 1,425 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Caroline Sibley Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Wentworth Intermediate SchoolElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Wentworth Intermediate School0.1 mi · 315
- Thornton Fractnl No High School0.4 mi · 1,425
- Wilson Elementary School0.7 mi · 349
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 717
- Caroline Sibley Elementary School0.9 mi · 434
- Carol Moseley Braun School1.0 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Wentworth Jr High SchoolHow large is Wentworth Jr High School?
Wentworth Jr High School enrolls approximately 302 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wentworth Jr High School serve?
Wentworth Jr High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wentworth Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wentworth Jr High School is approximately 10.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wentworth Jr High School?
Wentworth Jr High School reports a student body of 1% White, 39% Hispanic, 56% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Wentworth Jr High School in?
Wentworth Jr High School is part of Calumet City SD 155.
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