Wm F Gurrie Middle School

Wm F Gurrie Middle School, a close-knit intermediate school in La Grange, Illinois, one of the schools within La Grange SD 105 South, caters to 278 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 462.

Wm F Gurrie Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by La Grange SD 105 South, a district that educates 1,212 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Wm F Gurrie Middle School shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Wm F Gurrie Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.8%, the actual is 60.5%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Wm F Gurrie Middle School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Spring Ave Elem School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wm F Gurrie Middle School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 65.4%.

Wm F Gurrie Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wm F Gurrie Middle School has decreased 10%, going from 309 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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