Is Thompson Junior High School a good school?

Thompson Junior High School ranks 704 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Thompson Junior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 837 students attended Thompson Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Thompson Junior High School?

Students at Thompson Junior High School are 44% Hispanic, 37% White, 12% African American, 3% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Thompson Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Thompson Junior High School usually go on to attend Oswego High School

Thompson Junior High School

Summary:

Thompson Junior High School is a public middle school located in Oswego, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 840 students. The school is part of the Cusd 308 district, which is ranked 322 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

While Thompson Junior High School has some areas of concern, it also has some bright spots. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the district and state averages. However, the school's performance is better than some nearby schools in the Aurora East Unified School District 131 and Aurora West Unified School District 129. Additionally, the school's per-student spending and student-teacher ratio are in line with nearby schools, suggesting that the school's challenges may not be solely due to funding or staffing levels.

One significant concern for Thompson Junior High School is its high chronic absenteeism rate, which has increased from 6.3% in 2019-2020 to 21.5% in 2023-2024, exceeding the state average. The school also has uneven performance across different student subgroups, with particularly low performance for English Language Learners and students with disabilities. Given that 39.64% of the school's students come from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, this may be a contributing factor to the school's struggles. To address these issues, the school and district should focus on targeted interventions to improve attendance, provide additional support for struggling students, and address the unique needs of specific student subgroups.

Detail:

Public 6-8

440 Boulder Hill Pass
Oswego, IL 60543-8334

(630) 636-2600

District: Cusd 308

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,091

Students who attend Thompson Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Oswego High School

Feeder schools for Thompson Junior High School:

Elementary:	Boulder Hill Elementary School
	Fox Chase Elementary School
	Old Post Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 17.2

Number of students: 837

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

44.3%

White:

37.3%

African American:

11.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 40.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Thompson Junior High School ranks worse than 51.7% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 5 ranked middle schools in the Cusd 308 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.01. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (44.3%), White (37.3%), African American (11.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 40.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Thompson Junior High School is 17.2. 3 middle schools in the Cusd 308 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Thompson Junior High School employs 48.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Thompson Junior High School is $16,091, which is the 2^nd highest among 5 middle schools in the Cusd 308 School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Thompson Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Thompson Junior High School 704^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Thompson Junior High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Cusd 308:

SchoolDigger ranks Cusd 308 322^nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Thompson Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	65.75	443^rd	1185	62.6%
2004	64.08	484^th	1204	59.8%
2005	64.18	517^th	1209	57.2%
2006	65.29	483^rd	1272	62.0%
2007	66.63	472^nd	1287	63.3%
2008	70.63	401^st	1293	69.0%
2009	69.59	434^th	1318	67.1%
2010	67.71	470^th	1327	64.6%
2011	69.15	450^th	1344	66.5%
2012	74.32	326^th	1365	76.1%
2013	70.91	361^st	1367	73.6%
2014	68.87	385^th	1322	70.9%
2015	67.05	334^th	1302	74.3%
2016	69.49	327^th	1294	74.7%
2017	67.34	351^st	1293	72.9%
2018	61.22	442^nd	1293	65.8%
2019	56.21	535^th	1356	60.5%
2021	50.92	502^nd	1241	59.5%
2022	42.95	702^nd	1369	48.7%
2023	47.08	647^th	1367	52.7%
2024	43.01	704^th	1363	48.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.00	85^th	164	48.2%
2019	58.53	77^th	179	57.0%
2022	32.02	128^th	195	34.4%
2023	56.16	82^nd	194	57.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.54	235^th	285	17.5%
2019	52.86	98^th	339	71.1%
2022	32.83	355^th	454	21.8%
2023	31.72	376^th	480	21.7%
2024	33.20	348^th	486	28.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	54.16	186^th	602	69.1%
2019	40.42	381^st	792	51.9%
2021	33.95	351^st	548	35.9%
2022	30.99	573^rd	781	26.6%
2023	35.66	457^th	805	43.2%
2024	38.23	417^th	802	48.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	50.28	513^th	1161	55.8%
2019	41.30	703^rd	1217	42.2%
2021	54.09	361^st	1019	64.6%
2022	34.27	788^th	1221	35.5%
2023	42.01	672^nd	1234	45.5%
2024	37.62	736^th	1219	39.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.80	406^th	1226	66.9%
2019	54.09	532^nd	1276	58.3%
2021	45.20	507^th	1017	50.1%
2022	40.00	713^th	1286	44.6%
2023	45.40	633^rd	1275	50.4%
2024	43.75	655^th	1251	47.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	43.10	314^th	674	53.4%
2024	41.49	306^th	639	52.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.88	446^th	1223	63.5%
2019	57.24	484^th	1296	62.7%
2021	49.65	441^st	1048	57.9%
2022	45.69	607^th	1286	52.8%
2023	47.68	592^nd	1292	54.2%
2024	41.40	656^th	1264	48.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	22.02	170^th	198	14.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	81.81	45^th	511	91.2%
2019	43.67	278^th	565	50.8%
2021	63.77	74^th	385	80.8%
2022	44.14	256^th	573	55.3%
2023	52.02	201^st	569	64.7%
2024	51.53	203^rd	548	63.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.15	326^th	590	44.7%
2019	37.00	405^th	639	36.6%
2021	39.65	296^th	517	42.7%
2022	36.62	413^th	662	37.6%
2023	41.50	358^th	661	45.8%
2024	32.85	429^th	643	33.3%

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Rank History for White students at Thompson Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.20	375^th	889	57.8%
2019	52.34	413^th	905	54.4%
2021	44.50	418^th	813	48.6%
2022	36.88	551^st	898	38.6%
2023	44.23	479^th	895	46.5%
2024	43.70	479^th	875	45.3%

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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 Thompson Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	516	9	7	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	543
1989	510	5	8	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	535
1990	506	4	8	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	536
1991	496	3	7	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	524
1992	517	4	6	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	545
1993	517	6	6	20	1	n/a	n/a	0	550
1994	523	8	10	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	563
1995	486	10	6	27	4	n/a	n/a	0	533
1996	486	10	6	27	4	n/a	n/a	0	533
1997	487	12	7	41	3	n/a	n/a	0	550
1998	515	11	6	36	3	n/a	n/a	0	571
1999	557	19	8	44	3	n/a	n/a	0	631
2000	645	33	19	72	5	n/a	n/a	0	774
2001	720	62	31	94	4	n/a	n/a	0	911
2002	717	44	15	109	6	n/a	n/a	0	891
2003	717	44	15	109	6	n/a	n/a	0	891
2004	749	61	15	149	7	n/a	n/a	0	981
2005	739	74	14	193	7	n/a	n/a	2	1029
2006	793	93	15	232	11	n/a	n/a	12	1156
2007	664	56	20	144	4	n/a	n/a	10	898
2008	688	57	24	154	4	n/a	n/a	17	944
2009	684	42	16	165	3	n/a	n/a	24	934
2010	652	41	15	160	1	n/a	n/a	29	898
2011	619	37	15	169	2	0	35	0	877
2012	615	41	19	170	3	0	42	0	890
2013	651	66	25	187	2	0	52	0	983
2014	624	60	25	183	2	0	58	0	952
2015	616	67	20	161	7	0	62	0	933
2016	594	79	18	183	7	0	82	0	963
2017	580	78	19	184	6	0	73	0	940
2018	491	89	23	228	3	0	52	0	886
2019	460	70	22	246	1	0	36	0	835
2020	454	77	30	272	2	0	32	0	867
2021	416	76	29	274	2	1	33	0	831
2022	390	102	34	282	3	0	30	0	841
2023	332	98	24	348	2	0	36	0	840
2024	312	100	23	371	4	0	27	0	837

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 Thompson Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	543	30.1	18.0	n/a
1989	535	30.1	17.7	n/a
1990	536	30.2	17.7	n/a
1991	524	29.7	17.6	n/a
1992	545	28.0	19.4	n/a
1993	550	27.5	20.0	n/a
1994	563	28.7	19.6	n/a
1995	533	31.5	16.9	n/a
1996	533	31.5	16.9	n/a
1997	550	31.7	17.4	n/a
1998	571	32.7	17.5	n/a
1999	631	34.7	18.2	n/a
2000	774	41.2	18.8	n/a
2001	911	49.0	18.6	n/a
2002	891	54.3	16.4	8.6
2003	891	54.3	16.4	8.6
2004	981	52.0	18.9	10.7
2005	1029	52.2	19.7	10.1
2006	1156	55.4	20.9	12.8
2007	898	45.0	20.0	13.2
2008	944	46.0	20.5	14.2
2009	934	48.7	19.2	19.9
2010	898	48.0	18.6	24.3
2011	877	45.9	19.0	24.5
2012	890	48.0	18.5	24.8
2013	983	65.3	15.0	32
2014	952	51.2	18.5	33.4
2015	933	51.0	18.2	32.4
2016	963	52.0	18.5	27.3
2017	940	58.1	16.1	25.1
2018	886	57.1	15.5	31.3
2019	835	55.0	15.1	33.5
2020	867	53.2	16.2	27.7
2021	831	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	841	51.5	16.3	29.7
2023	840	53.8	15.6	39.6
2024	837	48.4	17.2	40.5

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 Thompson Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	543	30.1	18.0	n/a
1989	535	30.1	17.7	n/a
1990	536	30.2	17.7	n/a
1991	524	29.7	17.6	n/a
1992	545	28.0	19.4	n/a
1993	550	27.5	20.0	n/a
1994	563	28.7	19.6	n/a
1995	533	31.5	16.9	n/a
1996	533	31.5	16.9	n/a
1997	550	31.7	17.4	n/a
1998	571	32.7	17.5	n/a
1999	631	34.7	18.2	n/a
2000	774	41.2	18.8	n/a
2001	911	49.0	18.6	n/a
2002	891	54.3	16.4	8.6
2003	891	54.3	16.4	8.6
2004	981	52.0	18.9	10.7
2005	1029	52.2	19.7	10.1
2006	1156	55.4	20.9	12.8
2007	898	45.0	20.0	13.2
2008	944	46.0	20.5	14.2
2009	934	48.7	19.2	19.9
2010	898	48.0	18.6	24.3
2011	877	45.9	19.0	24.5
2012	890	48.0	18.5	24.8
2013	983	65.3	15.0	32
2014	952	51.2	18.5	33.4
2015	933	51.0	18.2	32.4
2016	963	52.0	18.5	27.3
2017	940	58.1	16.1	25.1
2018	886	57.1	15.5	31.3
2019	835	55.0	15.1	33.5
2020	867	53.2	16.2	27.7
2021	831	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	841	51.5	16.3	29.7
2023	840	53.8	15.6	39.6
2024	837	48.4	17.2	40.5

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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