Summary:
The 60542 zip code in Illinois has only one middle school, Jewel Middle School, which is part of the Aurora West Unified School District 129. The school serves 523 students and has a student-teacher ratio of 12:1, which is lower than the state average.
Academically, Jewel Middle School's performance is mixed compared to district and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, 48.7% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 40.1% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Math, only 24.5% of Jewel Middle School students were proficient or better, compared to 27.9% for the district and 38.5% for the state. However, the school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rate of 42.5% was higher than the district's 38.2% but still below the state's 45.4%.
The school faces some challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 47.8%. Despite these challenges, Jewel Middle School's spending per student is $20,586, which is higher than the state average. The school's overall performance and ranking have fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 709 out of 1,367 Illinois middle schools in 2022-2023 to 776 out of 1,363 in 2023-2024, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
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