Is Heritage Grove Middle School a good school?

Heritage Grove Middle School ranks 184 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Heritage Grove Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 866 students attended Heritage Grove Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Heritage Grove Middle School?

Students at Heritage Grove Middle School are 60% White, 14% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 8% African American, 4% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Heritage Grove Middle School attend?

Students who attend Heritage Grove Middle School usually go on to attend Plainfield North High School

Heritage Grove Middle School

Summary:

Heritage Grove Middle School is a high-performing public middle school in Plainfield, Illinois, serving 866 students in grades 6-8 and part of the Plainfield School District 202.

Heritage Grove Middle School consistently ranks among the top middle schools in Illinois, with exceptional academic performance that exceeds district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, 71.3% of all students at Heritage Grove were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 50.6% for the district and 41.2% for the state. The school's strong performance extends to specific student subgroups, such as African American students (ranked 33 out of 548 Illinois middle schools) and multi-racial students (ranked 9 out of 184 Illinois middle schools), indicating a focus on equity and inclusion. Additionally, Heritage Grove Middle School has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates and spends more per student ($12,366 in 2022-2023) compared to the district average.

While Heritage Grove Middle School stands out as a high-performing school, there are several nearby schools, such as Gordon Gregory Middle School and Scullen Middle School (both part of the Indian Prairie CUSD 204 district), that also demonstrate exceptional academic performance. This highlights the importance of considering the broader regional context when evaluating a school's performance.

Detail:

Public 6-8

12425 S Van Dyke Rd
Plainfield, IL 60585-2701

(815) 439-4810

District: Plainfield School District 202

SchoolDigger Rank:
184^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,106

Students who attend Heritage Grove Middle School usually attend:

High:

Plainfield North High School

Feeder schools for Heritage Grove Middle School:

Elementary:	Eagle Pointe Elementary School
	Freedom Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.4

Number of students: 866

Racial breakdown:

White:

60.3%

Asian:

13.9%

Hispanic:

12.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 20.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Heritage Grove Middle School ranks better than 86.5% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 7 ranked middle schools in the Plainfield School District 202! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 84.29. (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 Heritage Grove Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Plainfield School District 202. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Heritage Grove Middle School is $14,106, which is the 3^rd highest among 7 middle schools in the Plainfield School District 202.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Heritage Grove Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Heritage Grove Middle School 184^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Heritage Grove Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Plainfield School District 202:

SchoolDigger ranks Plainfield School District 202 291^st of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Heritage Grove Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	58.89	543^rd	1185	54.2%
2004	50.50	687^th	1204	42.9%
2005	61.44	558^th	1209	53.8%
2006	67.23	444^th	1272	65.1%
2007	69.94	394^th	1287	69.4%
2008	83.09	145^th	1293	88.8%
2009	83.86	119^th	1318	91.0%
2010	84.07	111^th	1327	91.6%
2011	86.11	72^nd	1344	94.6%
2012	86.15	81^st	1365	94.1%
2013	88.77	100^th	1367	92.7%
2014	90.02	88^th	1322	93.3%
2015	90.99	97^th	1302	92.5%
2016	85.40	145^th	1294	88.8%
2017	88.36	121^st	1293	90.6%
2018	88.55	115^th	1293	91.1%
2019	90.07	101^st	1356	92.6%
2021	83.44	154^th	1241	87.6%
2022	87.05	135^th	1369	90.1%
2023	85.42	163^rd	1367	88.1%
2024	84.29	184^th	1363	86.5%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.52	19^th	164	88.4%
2019	79.58	29^th	179	83.8%
2022	81.09	32^nd	195	83.6%
2023	82.39	30^th	194	84.5%
2024	92.05	9^th	184	95.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	65.19	35^th	285	87.7%
2019	78.63	14^th	339	95.9%
2022	54.41	114^th	454	74.9%
2023	74.91	39^th	480	91.9%
2024	73.54	50^th	486	89.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	76.70	67^th	602	88.9%
2019	79.31	71^st	792	91.0%
2021	60.42	110^th	548	79.9%
2022	72.45	87^th	781	88.9%
2023	77.78	114^th	805	85.8%
2024	74.42	150^th	802	81.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.61	74^th	1161	93.6%
2019	88.18	57^th	1217	95.3%
2021	90.38	41^st	1019	96.0%
2022	87.65	54^th	1221	95.6%
2023	81.37	121^st	1234	90.2%
2024	85.98	80^th	1219	93.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	87.73	116^th	1226	90.5%
2019	91.28	81^st	1276	93.7%
2021	79.02	165^th	1017	83.8%
2022	81.35	188^th	1286	85.4%
2023	84.56	144^th	1275	88.7%
2024	82.04	181^st	1251	85.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	77.22	70^th	674	89.6%
2024	66.53	125^th	639	80.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	87.27	115^th	1223	90.6%
2019	86.36	137^th	1296	89.4%
2021	81.41	136^th	1048	87.0%
2022	89.61	95^th	1286	92.6%
2023	83.93	165^th	1292	87.2%
2024	84.02	162^nd	1264	87.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	71.13	47^th	209	77.5%
2019	70.88	44^th	201	78.1%
2021	55.18	49^th	112	56.3%
2022	70.84	53^rd	198	73.2%
2023	57.49	83^rd	192	56.8%
2024	60.38	76^th	184	58.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	97.82	8^th	511	98.4%
2019	90.88	28^th	565	95.0%
2021	86.00	18^th	385	95.3%
2022	87.21	33^rd	573	94.2%
2023	87.89	28^th	569	95.1%
2024	85.98	33^rd	548	94.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	81.66	72^nd	590	87.8%
2019	81.94	64^th	639	90.0%
2021	76.38	67^th	517	87.0%
2022	86.30	58^th	662	91.2%
2023	82.59	70^th	661	89.4%
2024	78.35	85^th	643	86.8%

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Rank History for White students at Heritage Grove Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	77.50	154^th	889	82.7%
2019	81.47	112^th	905	87.6%
2021	70.61	189^th	813	76.8%
2022	70.50	206^th	898	77.1%
2023	71.09	206^th	895	77.0%
2024	69.28	218^th	875	75.1%

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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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Enrollment information for Heritage Grove Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
2000	632	15	8	53	0	n/a	n/a	0	708
2001	783	29	23	75	2	n/a	n/a	0	912
2002	603	72	42	128	1	n/a	n/a	0	846
2003	603	72	42	128	1	n/a	n/a	0	846
2004	750	108	59	204	1	n/a	n/a	0	1122
2005	709	73	52	124	1	n/a	n/a	20	979
2006	769	91	57	227	1	n/a	n/a	23	1168
2007	805	108	65	227	1	n/a	n/a	28	1234
2008	415	57	57	90	0	n/a	n/a	13	632
2009	432	58	60	89	0	n/a	n/a	21	660
2010	457	51	66	84	0	n/a	n/a	21	679
2011	490	45	56	100	5	9	13	0	718
2012	556	58	72	168	2	8	24	0	888
2013	569	65	73	162	2	6	34	0	911
2014	579	75	90	160	2	1	38	0	945
2015	589	68	98	141	5	2	40	0	943
2016	617	69	106	134	7	3	41	0	977
2017	629	75	123	148	4	2	43	0	1024
2018	599	72	109	158	1	1	47	0	987
2019	558	68	114	165	2	0	44	0	951
2020	530	59	104	154	1	0	43	0	891
2021	531	60	112	143	1	0	35	0	882
2022	501	69	117	120	1	0	43	0	851
2023	522	73	120	111	1	0	36	3	866

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 Heritage Grove Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2000	708	18.0	39.3	n/a
2001	912	42.6	21.4	n/a
2002	846	51.0	16.6	2.6
2003	846	51.0	16.6	2.6
2004	1122	59.5	18.9	3.7
2005	979	58.5	16.7	4.3
2006	1168	67.9	17.2	11.4
2007	1234	75.0	16.5	12.4
2008	632	45.0	14.0	10.5
2009	660	48.0	13.8	9.9
2010	679	46.0	14.7	9.1
2011	718	42.5	16.8	8.5
2012	888	50.5	17.5	11.8
2013	911	83.4	10.9	11.1
2014	945	55.5	17.0	11.6
2015	943	57.0	16.5	15.3
2016	977	59.0	16.5	11.2
2017	1024	56.4	18.1	14.3
2018	987	54.9	17.9	16.1
2019	951	53.3	17.8	16.7
2020	891	52.0	17.1	14.8
2021	882	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	851	53.0	16.0	13.6
2023	866	56.0	15.4	20.8

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 Heritage Grove Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2000	708	18.0	39.3	n/a
2001	912	42.6	21.4	n/a
2002	846	51.0	16.6	2.6
2003	846	51.0	16.6	2.6
2004	1122	59.5	18.9	3.7
2005	979	58.5	16.7	4.3
2006	1168	67.9	17.2	11.4
2007	1234	75.0	16.5	12.4
2008	632	45.0	14.0	10.5
2009	660	48.0	13.8	9.9
2010	679	46.0	14.7	9.1
2011	718	42.5	16.8	8.5
2012	888	50.5	17.5	11.8
2013	911	83.4	10.9	11.1
2014	945	55.5	17.0	11.6
2015	943	57.0	16.5	15.3
2016	977	59.0	16.5	11.2
2017	1024	56.4	18.1	14.3
2018	987	54.9	17.9	16.1
2019	951	53.3	17.8	16.7
2020	891	52.0	17.1	14.8
2021	882	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	851	53.0	16.0	13.6
2023	866	56.0	15.4	20.8

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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