Is Spring Wood Middle School a good school?

Spring Wood Middle School ranks 861 st of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Spring Wood Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 436 students attended Spring Wood Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Spring Wood Middle School?

Students at Spring Wood Middle School are 39% Hispanic, 36% White, 12% African American, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Spring Wood Middle School attend?

Students who attend Spring Wood Middle School usually go on to attend Lake Park High School

Spring Wood Middle School

Summary:

Spring Wood Middle School is a public middle school located in Hanover Park, Illinois, serving around 450 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Keeneyville School District 20, which is ranked 626 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Spring Wood Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois middle schools over the past 8 years, with only around 28% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 16% in Math across all grades. The school's performance lags behind nearby higher-performing schools like Roselle Middle School, Westfield Middle School, and Jane Addams Junior High School. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, with Asian, Hispanic, White, and English Language Learner students performing significantly below their peers at higher-performing schools.

Additionally, Spring Wood Middle School has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.3% in 2019-2020 to 31.3% in 2021-2022, well above the state average. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 54% to 62% over the past few years, suggesting a significant population of students from low-income backgrounds. Despite the relatively high spending per student, ranging from $12,830 to $16,616, the school's academic performance has continued to decline, dropping from a 4-star rating in 2014-2015 to a 2-star rating in recent years.

Detail:

Public 6-8

5540 Arlington Dr E
Hanover Park, IL 60133-5569

(630) 893-8900

District: Keeneyville School District 20

SchoolDigger Rank:
861^st of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,987

Students who attend Spring Wood Middle School usually attend:

High:

Lake Park High School

Feeder schools for Spring Wood Middle School:

Elementary:	Greenbrook Elementary School
	Waterbury Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.9

Number of students: 436

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

38.5%

White:

36.0%

African American:

12.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 58.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Spring Wood Middle School ranks worse than 63.2% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.17. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Spring Wood Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (38.5%), White (36%), African American (12.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 58.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Spring Wood Middle School is 10.9. (See more...)

Compare Spring Wood Middle School employs 40 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Spring Wood Middle School is $16,987.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Spring Wood Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Spring Wood Middle School 861^st of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Spring Wood Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Hispanic students:

White students:

Keeneyville School District 20:

SchoolDigger ranks Keeneyville School District 20 626^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Spring Wood Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	62.72	490^th	1185	58.6%
2004	58.99	575^th	1204	52.2%
2005	51.89	689^th	1209	43.0%
2006	49.07	765^th	1272	39.9%
2007	53.65	707^th	1287	45.1%
2008	48.75	782^nd	1293	39.5%
2009	57.82	655^th	1318	50.3%
2010	59.12	637^th	1327	52.0%
2011	58.07	650^th	1344	51.6%
2012	59.55	615^th	1365	54.9%
2013	44.64	779^th	1367	43.0%
2014	55.24	596^th	1322	54.9%
2015	64.87	359^th	1302	72.4%
2016	60.23	437^th	1294	66.2%
2017	46.48	648^th	1293	49.9%
2018	44.95	676^th	1293	47.7%
2019	33.02	891^st	1356	34.3%
2021	33.88	753^rd	1241	39.3%
2022	28.38	942^nd	1369	31.2%
2023	29.19	932^nd	1367	31.8%
2024	32.17	861^st	1363	36.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	19.69	162^nd	195	16.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.73	261^st	285	8.4%
2019	46.49	140^th	339	58.7%
2021	49.53	89^th	277	67.9%
2022	29.47	396^th	454	12.8%
2023	25.30	442^nd	480	7.9%
2024	29.39	388^th	486	20.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.32	360^th	602	40.2%
2019	24.69	700^th	792	11.6%
2021	27.83	451^st	548	17.7%
2022	26.86	654^th	781	16.3%
2023	31.45	530^th	805	34.2%
2024	32.55	502^nd	802	37.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	46.05	582^nd	1161	49.9%
2019	35.44	800^th	1217	34.3%
2021	34.65	668^th	1019	34.4%
2022	27.13	933^rd	1221	23.6%
2023	26.75	953^rd	1234	22.8%
2024	35.95	767^th	1219	37.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.32	628^th	1226	48.8%
2019	35.98	818^th	1276	35.9%
2021	30.70	684^th	1017	32.7%
2022	27.28	909^th	1286	29.3%
2023	29.14	876^th	1275	31.3%
2024	34.34	784^th	1251	37.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	34.52	421^st	674	37.5%
2024	53.50	198^th	639	69.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.32	690^th	1223	43.6%
2019	29.21	894^th	1296	31.0%
2021	31.47	694^th	1048	33.8%
2022	30.61	854^th	1286	33.6%
2023	29.48	870^th	1292	32.7%
2024	30.16	821^st	1264	35.0%

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Rank History for Asian students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	29.56	165^th	209	21.1%
2019	12.20	187^th	201	7.0%
2021	21.78	96^th	112	14.3%
2022	12.80	188^th	198	5.1%
2023	23.65	162^nd	192	15.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.45	318^th	511	37.8%
2019	28.52	445^th	565	21.2%
2021	25.04	345^th	385	10.4%
2022	26.17	494^th	573	13.8%
2023	33.37	375^th	569	34.1%
2024	38.93	309^th	548	43.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.73	328^th	590	44.4%
2019	24.78	536^th	639	16.1%
2021	30.77	385^th	517	25.5%
2022	23.31	557^th	662	15.9%
2023	23.05	552^nd	661	16.5%
2024	25.26	517^th	643	19.6%

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Rank History for White students at Spring Wood Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.43	484^th	889	45.6%
2019	29.53	650^th	905	28.2%
2021	28.51	585^th	813	28.0%
2022	21.02	756^th	898	15.8%
2023	23.50	743^rd	895	17.0%
2024	23.33	694^th	875	20.7%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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by a parent
Thursday, November 2, 2017

My family has had a great experience here. The teachers are hardworking and compassionate. The atmosphere in the school is positive and upbeat with school leadership that meeting embodies teamwork and creates and welcoming environment for all students. The academics are rigorous, especially the 8th grade curriculum in preparing the students for high school. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Spring Wood Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	275	17	33	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	344
1989	258	25	36	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	339
1990	312	28	39	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	392
1991	465	20	70	33	5	n/a	n/a	0	593
1992	468	26	58	32	6	n/a	n/a	0	590
1993	499	39	63	31	1	n/a	n/a	0	633
1994	480	49	60	50	0	n/a	n/a	0	639
1995	421	26	60	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	555
1996	421	26	60	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	555
1997	417	31	62	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	557
1998	390	53	50	64	0	n/a	n/a	0	557
1999	374	51	58	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	544
2000	378	50	54	72	1	n/a	n/a	0	555
2001	348	55	59	73	1	n/a	n/a	0	536
2002	328	59	76	100	2	n/a	n/a	0	565
2003	328	59	76	100	2	n/a	n/a	0	565
2004	343	58	69	112	2	n/a	n/a	0	584
2005	309	72	70	111	1	n/a	n/a	1	564
2006	286	94	71	117	1	n/a	n/a	1	570
2007	267	99	69	130	0	n/a	n/a	3	568
2008	258	75	63	134	2	n/a	n/a	8	540
2009	249	83	59	137	2	n/a	n/a	12	542
2010	240	76	60	132	2	n/a	n/a	9	519
2011	230	75	58	156	2	0	17	0	538
2012	246	82	70	168	2	1	3	0	572
2013	225	84	69	169	3	2	4	0	556
2014	190	82	65	174	3	0	11	0	525
2015	175	81	48	143	15	0	13	0	475
2016	182	94	41	153	9	0	16	0	495
2017	179	85	44	153	10	0	17	0	488
2018	201	97	43	170	11	0	12	0	534
2019	181	94	41	160	12	0	16	0	504
2020	161	86	36	155	8	0	18	0	464
2021	169	86	40	165	4	0	24	0	488
2022	158	70	29	171	4	0	28	0	460
2023	156	69	31	176	2	0	16	0	450
2024	157	53	39	168	1	0	18	0	436

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Spring Wood Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	344	27.9	12.3	n/a
1989	339	23.4	14.4	n/a
1990	392	21.3	18.4	n/a
1991	593	32.9	18.0	n/a
1992	590	33.5	17.6	n/a
1993	633	33.5	18.9	n/a
1994	639	36.5	17.5	n/a
1995	555	35.0	15.9	n/a
1996	555	35.0	15.9	n/a
1997	557	35.0	15.9	n/a
1998	557	37.0	15.1	n/a
1999	544	40.0	13.6	n/a
2000	555	39.3	14.1	n/a
2001	536	41.0	13.1	n/a
2002	565	43.0	13.1	0
2003	565	43.0	13.1	0
2004	584	42.0	13.9	0
2005	564	42.9	13.1	0
2006	570	41.9	13.6	0
2007	568	43.0	13.2	28.1
2008	540	34.0	15.9	34.2
2009	542	41.0	13.2	40.8
2010	519	40.0	12.9	47.6
2011	538	35.0	15.3	51.3
2012	572	33.9	16.8	44.6
2013	556	40.5	13.6	43
2014	525	41.0	12.8	52.2
2015	475	36.0	13.1	54.3
2016	495	36.0	13.7	46.1
2017	488	37.0	13.1	48.8
2018	534	37.6	14.2	56.9
2019	504	36.4	13.8	57.3
2020	464	36.3	12.7	60.6
2021	488	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	460	36.9	12.4	61.7
2023	450	38.0	11.8	54.2
2024	436	40.0	10.9	58.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Spring Wood Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	344	27.9	12.3	n/a
1989	339	23.4	14.4	n/a
1990	392	21.3	18.4	n/a
1991	593	32.9	18.0	n/a
1992	590	33.5	17.6	n/a
1993	633	33.5	18.9	n/a
1994	639	36.5	17.5	n/a
1995	555	35.0	15.9	n/a
1996	555	35.0	15.9	n/a
1997	557	35.0	15.9	n/a
1998	557	37.0	15.1	n/a
1999	544	40.0	13.6	n/a
2000	555	39.3	14.1	n/a
2001	536	41.0	13.1	n/a
2002	565	43.0	13.1	0
2003	565	43.0	13.1	0
2004	584	42.0	13.9	0
2005	564	42.9	13.1	0
2006	570	41.9	13.6	0
2007	568	43.0	13.2	28.1
2008	540	34.0	15.9	34.2
2009	542	41.0	13.2	40.8
2010	519	40.0	12.9	47.6
2011	538	35.0	15.3	51.3
2012	572	33.9	16.8	44.6
2013	556	40.5	13.6	43
2014	525	41.0	12.8	52.2
2015	475	36.0	13.1	54.3
2016	495	36.0	13.7	46.1
2017	488	37.0	13.1	48.8
2018	534	37.6	14.2	56.9
2019	504	36.4	13.8	57.3
2020	464	36.3	12.7	60.6
2021	488	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	460	36.9	12.4	61.7
2023	450	38.0	11.8	54.2
2024	436	40.0	10.9	58.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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