Enrollment
302
Middle
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 201·NCES 174198004203
Westmont Jr High School
944 Oakwood Dr, Westmont, IL 60559 · (630) 468-8200 · DuPage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
97 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 107 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Westmont Jr High School→Westmont High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CUSD 201. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
77.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.6pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.6% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 41.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
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 Westmont Jr High School
Westmont Jr High School's state test result (65.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmont Jr High School this school | 302 | 32.1% | 65.9% |
| Lisle Jr High School Lisle | 338 | 33.1% | 65.8% |
| Wm F Gurrie Middle School La Grange | 278 | 34.2% | 60.5% |
| Beecher Junior High School Beecher | 249 | 30.9% | 51.3% |
| Winfield Central School Winfield | 189 | 29.6% | 49.8% |
| Reservoir Gifted School Peoria | 308 | 35.1% | 91.9% |
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 Westmont Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #60 of 578 | #15 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #76 of 640 ▲ 69 | #17 of 51 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #104 of 640 ▲ 9 | #23 of 51 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #453 of 691 | #43 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #188 of 558 | #19 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #169 of 560 | #24 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.1% | #441 of 581 | #24 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.9% | #40 of 127 | #3 of 10 |
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
+31 (+11%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 442
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 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 32% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 24.2 | 12.3:1 | 42% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 23.2 | 13.0:1 | 38% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 23.4 | 11.5:1 | 36% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 25 | 11.9:1 | 31% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 39% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 442 | 23 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westmont Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (270 to 302); teachers up 7% (23.4 to 25).
About Westmont Jr High School
Westmont Jr High School is a small middle-grades school for students in Westmont, Illinois. A federal count lists 302 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Illinois is about 462, so this school runs 35% smaller than that.
Westmont Jr High School is one school in a 5-school district, CUSD 201, which enrolls 1,330 students.
White students make up a majority at Westmont Jr High School, at 58%. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 25 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 32% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in DuPage County average 34%.
Westmont Jr High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Westmont Jr High School is 12.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 65.9% actual, 53.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
In DuPage County (population about 930,024), the median household income is $112,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 277 public schools in DuPage County, enrolling about 138,557 students in all.
Westmont High School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
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.
The school enrolled 302 students in 2024-25, 31 more than the 271 it had in 2020-21.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 201
- Westmont High SchoolHigh · 395 students
- J T Manning Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
- C E Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 194 students
- South SchoolElementary · 53 students
Other schools in Westmont
- Maercker Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Westmont High SchoolHigh · 395 students
- J T Manning Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
- C E Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 194 students
- South SchoolElementary · 53 students
Nearby schools
- Westmont High School0.2 mi · 395
- C E Miller Elementary School1.2 mi · 194
- Clarendon Hills Middle School1.2 mi · 448
- Oak Brook Park District1.3 mi · 7
- Prospect Elementary School1.3 mi · 302
- J T Manning Elementary School1.4 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Westmont Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Westmont Jr High School?
Westmont Jr High School enrolls approximately 302 students in grades 06-08.
Is Westmont Jr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westmont Jr High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Westmont Jr High School have?
Westmont Jr High School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Westmont Jr High School?
Student demographics at Westmont Jr High School are roughly 58% White, 26% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Westmont Jr High School?
Westmont Jr High School is overseen by CUSD 201 in DuPage County.
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