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Wredling Middle School
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wredling Middle School
Located at 1200 Dunham Rd, in Saint Charles, Illinois, Wredling Middle School is a substantial junior high that hosts 1,289 students (grades 6 through 8), run under St Charles CUSD 303. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Wredling Middle School sits 179% larger than that benchmark.
St Charles CUSD 303 comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 11,952 students; Wredling Middle School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Wredling Middle School records that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.
On the resource side, The school lists 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kane County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
With demographic context factored in, Wredling Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.5%.
Across the wider county, Kane County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,163, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wredling Middle School is one of 167 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students).
Nearest neighbor: St Charles East High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wredling Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wredling Middle School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 63.3%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wredling Middle School has showed little movement, going from 1,299 students in 2018 to 1,289 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 76% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
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