Summary:
Woodridge School District 68 has one listed middle school, Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, serving grades 7–8 and enrolling 573 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades proficiency was 84% in English language arts (ELA) and 58% in mathematics, while grade 8 science proficiency was 48%. Its strongest overall results are in ELA and math, both above state rates, while science is below the state rate.
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School is the only school in this list, so there is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among local middle schools. Compared with the state in 2025–2026, its ELA proficiency was 28 percentage points higher (84% versus 56%), and its math proficiency was 19 points higher (58% versus 40%). Grade 8 science was the exception: 48% were proficient, 4 points below the state’s 52%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 246th of 1,126 Illinois middle schools, in the 78th percentile, and gave it four stars.
Scores improved in ELA and math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but science declined. ELA rose from 78% to 84%, a 6-point gain; the school’s lead over the state widened from 25 to 28 points. Math increased from 50% to 58%, an 8-point gain, while its lead over the state grew from 12 to 19 points. Grade 8 science fell by 4 points, from 52% to 48%, as the state rate rose; the school shifted from 6 points above the state to 4 points below. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking also declined, from 89th in 2023–2024 to 78th in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism was 17%, below the state’s 24% but 2 points above the district’s rate. Context measures include a 10.9:1 student-teacher ratio and 45% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. With only one school listed, these figures cannot show differences among local schools.
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