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Westview Hills Middle School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Westview Hills Middle School
Westview Hills Middle School is an intermediate school of average-sized scale in Willowbrook, Illinois, part of Maercker SD 60, teacheing 455 students in grades 6 through 8.
Westview Hills Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Maercker SD 60, a district that serves 1,430 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Westview Hills Middle School records that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 23% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, DuPage County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Westview Hills Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above DuPage County's rate of about 34%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westview Hills Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.8%; Westview Hills Middle School posts 59.5%, +13.8 points above that line.
In the area at large, DuPage County reports that median household income runs about $112,096, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Westview Hills Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Mark DeLay School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westview Hills Middle School at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 53.0%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westview Hills Middle School has fell 5%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 17% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.
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