Enrollment
277
Middle
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOOD DALE SD 7·NCES 174302004318
Wood Dale Jr High School
6N655 Wood Dale Rd, Wood Dale, IL 60191 · (630) 766-6210 · DuPage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
157 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 100 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 32% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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 Wood Dale SD 7. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
55.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 20.1% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Wood Dale Jr High School
Wood Dale Jr High School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Dale Jr High School this school | 277 | 56.7% | 41.3% |
| Plano Middle School Plano | 358 | 57.3% | 33.5% |
| Prairie Jr High School Alsip | 303 | 53.1% | 45.3% |
| Jefferson Middle School Villa Park | 375 | 59.5% | 31.7% |
| Algonquin Middle School Algonquin | 370 | 56.5% | 49.0% |
| Hamlin Upper Grade Center Alsip | 182 | 55.5% | 39.4% |
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 Wood Dale Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #309 of 578 | #35 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #377 of 640 ▲ 13 | #45 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #339 of 640 ▲ 5 | #39 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #477 of 691 | #44 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #93 of 558 | #15 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #198 of 560 | #27 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.7% | #216 of 581 | #7 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #177 of 440 | #11 of 37 |
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
277
-59 (-18%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 328
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 | 277 | 25.3 | 11.0:1 | 57% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 28.2 | 10.0:1 | 52% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 29.6 | 9.9:1 | 63% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 27.9 | 11.6:1 | 50% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 30 | 11.7:1 | 49% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 35% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 30 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 328 | 21 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wood Dale Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (324 to 277); teachers down 9% (27.9 to 25.3).
About Wood Dale Jr High School
Wood Dale Jr High School is a public small middle school in Wood Dale, Illinois. It enrolls 277 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 40% below the 462-student average for middle schools in Illinois.
The district for Wood Dale Jr High School is Wood Dale SD 7, with 4 schools and 890 students.
About 56% of the student body at Wood Dale Jr High School is Hispanic. Other students are 34% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, DuPage County residents are about 16% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. The school has 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.0:1 compares with an average of 13.0:1 for middle schools in Illinois. Federal data show 57% of students (157) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in DuPage County.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Wood Dale Jr High School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Wood Dale Jr High School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 38.8%. Wood Dale Jr High School scores 41.3%, 2.5 points above that line.
For DuPage County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $112,096 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Wood Dale Jr High School, DuPage County has 277 public schools.
Early Childhood Education Center is the nearest public school to Wood Dale Jr High School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 41.3% is above the 39.9% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 277, compared with 336 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 Wood Dale SD 7
- Westview Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Oakbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 85 students
Other schools in Wood Dale
- Westview Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Oakbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 85 students
- ECSE AM/PM-Wood Dale Dist 7Elementary
Nearby schools
- Early Childhood Education Center0.3 mi · 85
- Westview Elementary School1.3 mi · 277
- Oakbrook Elementary School1.5 mi · 251
- F E Peacock Middle School1.6 mi · 305
- Raymond Benson Primary School1.8 mi · 333
- Clearmont Elementary School1.8 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Wood Dale Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Wood Dale Jr High School?
Wood Dale Jr High School enrolls approximately 277 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wood Dale Jr High School serve?
Wood Dale Jr High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wood Dale Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wood Dale Jr High School is approximately 11.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wood Dale Jr High School?
At Wood Dale Jr High School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 56% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Wood Dale Jr High School public or private?
Wood Dale Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wood Dale SD 7.
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