Summary:
Darien School District 61 in Illinois is home to a single middle school, Eisenhower Junior High School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 343 out of 1,367 Illinois middle schools in 2022-2023 to 456 out of 1,368 in 2024-2025.
Eisenhower Junior High School's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, has been mixed. In 2024-2025, the school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate for all grades was 50.3%, slightly below the Darien School District 61 average of 56.3% and the state average of 53.1%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate for all grades was 44.8%, higher than the state average of 38.5% but lower than the district average of 51.4%. However, the school's 8th-grade science proficiency rate on the ISA test was 52.2% in 2024-2025, higher than the state average of 45.4%.
Eisenhower Junior High School has a student population of 416 and a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 39.66% in 2023-2024. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $17,830, and the student-teacher ratio is 10.9, which is relatively low compared to state or national averages. These factors suggest that the school may have access to significant resources, which could contribute to its academic performance.
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