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Enrollment
1,289
Middle
DISTRICT 1,327 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST CHARLES CUSD 303·NCES 173717001443
Wredling Middle School
1200 Dunham Rd, Saint Charles, IL 60174 · (331) 228-3700 · Kane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,289 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Illinois public middle schools
- ATest 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
13.2:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
252 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 461 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 403 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 425 | 33% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
78.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
64.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
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.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 64.4% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 58.0% |
% 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Wredling Middle School
Wredling Middle School's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wredling Middle School this school | 1,289 | 19.6% | 72.5% |
| Barrington Middle School Station Barrington | 886 | 19.4% | 65.8% |
| Marlowe Middle School Lake in the Hills | 1,215 | 20.4% | 62.4% |
| Richard Ira Jones Middle School Plainfield | 851 | 22.4% | 60.4% |
| Prairie Knolls Middle School Elgin | 770 | 16.8% | 67.0% |
| Thomas Middle School Arlington Heights | 1,024 | 16.0% | 69.9% |
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 Wredling Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #21 of 578 | #1 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #51 of 640 ▼ 11 | #1 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #89 of 640 ▼ 37 | #5 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,289 | #6 of 691 | #2 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #300 of 558 | #11 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #226 of 560 | #8 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #527 of 581 | #18 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #430 of 440 | #21 of 21 |
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
1,289
-132 (-9%) vs 2020
+21% since 2000-01, when it was 1,069
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 | 1,289 | 98 | 13.2:1 | 20% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 1,322 | 99.2 | 13.3:1 | 17% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 1,375 | 101 | 13.6:1 | 15% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 1,421 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,299 | 84.8 | 15.3:1 | 15% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 1,294 | 83 | 15.6:1 | 16% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 1,264 | 82 | 15.4:1 | 13% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 1,069 | 62 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wredling Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,299 to 1,289); teachers up 16% (84.8 to 98).
About Wredling Middle School
Wredling Middle School is a middle school in Saint Charles, Illinois, according to federal school records. The school counted 1,289 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 179% more students than the average for middle schools in Illinois (about 462).
St Charles CUSD 303 is made up of 16 schools with 11,952 students in all.
The largest group at Wredling Middle School is White students, at 65%. Smaller groups are 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. The diversity index for Wredling Middle School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 98 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is close to this figure. Income data for the school show 20% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kane County average 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wredling Middle School lands at A, ahead of 93% of Illinois public middle schools.
Wredling Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.5%, compared with a predicted 60.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Kane County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $103,163, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 167, with about 87,252 students.
St Charles East High School sits about 0.3 miles from Wredling Middle School. Wredling Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 72.5% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 5 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Wredling Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Wredling Middle School had a net loss of 132 students, or 9%.
The discussion board for Wredling Middle School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St Charles CUSD 303
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Ferson Creek SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Bell-Graham Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
Other schools in Saint Charles
- St Charles East High SchoolHigh · 1,930 students
- St Charles North High SchoolHigh · 1,903 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Wild Rose Elementary SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Ferson Creek SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Bell-Graham Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- St Charles East High School0.3 mi · 1,930
- Norton Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 479
- Fox Ridge Elementary School1.8 mi · 424
- Lincoln Elementary School2.0 mi · 221
- Munhall Elementary School2.0 mi · 447
- Wayne Elementary School2.2 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Wredling Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wredling Middle School?
Wredling Middle School enrolls approximately 1,289 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wredling Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wredling Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wredling Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wredling Middle School is approximately 13.2:1 (98 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wredling Middle School?
Wredling Middle School reports a student body of 65% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wredling Middle School?
Wredling Middle School is overseen by St Charles CUSD 303 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.