Is Timber Ridge Middle School a good school?

Timber Ridge Middle School ranks 590 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Timber Ridge Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 848 students attended Timber Ridge Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Timber Ridge Middle School?

Students at Timber Ridge Middle School are 46% White, 34% Hispanic, 11% African American, 4% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Timber Ridge Middle School attend?

Students who attend Timber Ridge Middle School usually go on to attend Plainfield High School

Timber Ridge Middle School

Summary:

Timber Ridge Middle School is a public middle school located in Plainfield, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 878 students. The school is part of the Plainfield School District 202, which is ranked 291 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Timber Ridge Middle School's academic performance on standardized tests is generally lower than the district and state averages across all grades, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts was 43.6% at Timber Ridge, compared to 50.6% for the district and 41.2% for the state. Similarly, the percentage of students proficient or better in Mathematics was 22.8% at Timber Ridge, compared to 31.7% for the district and 28.4% for the state. However, the school's performance on the Science assessment is better, with 61.5% of students proficient or better, which is higher than the district (60.6%) and state (53.2%) averages. Additionally, Timber Ridge Middle School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 3.5% in 2020-2021 to 25.2% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the state average of 17.6%.

Compared to nearby schools, Heritage Grove Middle School, which is also part of the Plainfield School District 202, consistently outperforms Timber Ridge on academic measures and has a higher statewide ranking. Other nearby schools, such as Aux Sable Middle School and Drauden Point Middle School, also tend to outperform Timber Ridge, though the differences are not as stark. The school's relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 44.53% receiving free or reduced-price lunch, may contribute to its lower academic performance compared to some of the nearby schools with lower percentages of economically disadvantaged students.

Detail:

Public 6-8

2101 S Bronk Rd
Plainfield, IL 60586-6946

(815) 439-3410

District: Plainfield School District 202

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,694

Students who attend Timber Ridge Middle School usually attend:

High:

Plainfield High School

Feeder schools for Timber Ridge Middle School:

Elementary:	Crystal Lawns Elementary School
	Grand Prairie Elementary School
	River View Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.8

Number of students: 848

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.3%

Hispanic:

34.3%

African American:

11.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 40%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Timber Ridge Middle School ranks better than 56.7% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 7 ranked middle schools in the Plainfield School District 202. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 50.67. (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: White (46.3%), Hispanic (34.3%), African American (11%). (See more...)

Compare Details 40% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Timber Ridge Middle School is 14.8. 3 middle schools in the Plainfield School District 202 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Timber Ridge Middle School employs 57 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Timber Ridge Middle School is $13,694. 4 middle schools in the Plainfield School District 202 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Timber Ridge Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Timber Ridge Middle School 590^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Timber Ridge 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 Timber Ridge Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	48.66	689^th	1185	41.9%
2004	51.88	682^nd	1204	43.4%
2005	55.26	649^th	1209	46.3%
2006	55.41	671^st	1272	47.2%
2007	57.17	645^th	1287	49.9%
2008	59.76	625^th	1293	51.7%
2009	57.56	660^th	1318	49.9%
2010	61.21	594^th	1327	55.2%
2011	62.70	567^th	1344	57.8%
2012	68.23	450^th	1365	67.0%
2013	74.48	313^th	1367	77.1%
2014	77.03	267^th	1322	79.8%
2015	55.72	478^th	1302	63.3%
2016	65.30	371^st	1294	71.3%
2017	65.75	376^th	1293	70.9%
2018	71.01	312^th	1293	75.9%
2019	70.21	347^th	1356	74.4%
2021	47.92	548^th	1241	55.8%
2022	58.22	475^th	1369	65.3%
2023	55.57	508^th	1367	62.8%
2024	50.67	590^th	1363	56.7%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	60.07	62^nd	164	62.2%
2019	53.31	85^th	179	52.5%
2021	42.32	51^st	97	47.4%
2022	63.12	72^nd	195	63.1%
2023	68.05	59^th	194	69.6%
2024	52.71	83^rd	184	54.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	71.37	23^rd	285	91.9%
2019	59.52	62^nd	339	81.7%
2021	30.73	242^nd	277	12.6%
2022	50.18	145^th	454	68.1%
2023	49.23	167^th	480	65.2%
2024	41.23	248^th	486	49.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.81	165^th	602	72.6%
2019	54.51	218^th	792	72.5%
2021	43.67	238^th	548	56.6%
2022	49.84	246^th	781	68.5%
2023	53.35	245^th	805	69.6%
2024	38.14	418^th	802	47.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	80.14	131^st	1161	88.7%
2019	74.27	196^th	1217	83.9%
2021	47.96	446^th	1019	56.2%
2022	58.10	388^th	1221	68.2%
2023	59.70	372^nd	1234	69.9%
2024	51.90	488^th	1219	60.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	76.41	237^th	1226	80.7%
2019	72.94	297^th	1276	76.7%
2021	41.43	541^st	1017	46.8%
2022	59.17	418^th	1286	67.5%
2023	57.84	451^st	1275	64.6%
2024	51.19	537^th	1251	57.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	61.78	147^th	674	78.2%
2024	51.61	212^th	639	66.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.26	389^th	1223	68.2%
2019	64.12	390^th	1296	69.9%
2021	48.31	459^th	1048	56.2%
2022	54.98	482^nd	1286	62.5%
2023	50.50	551^st	1292	57.4%
2024	47.90	573^rd	1264	54.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	51.23	101^st	209	51.7%
2019	56.61	96^th	201	52.2%
2024	26.30	149^th	184	19.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	72.45	85^th	511	83.4%
2019	78.87	63^rd	565	88.8%
2021	62.34	77^th	385	80.0%
2022	68.46	101^st	573	82.4%
2023	47.08	244^th	569	57.1%
2024	44.17	259^th	548	52.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	64.41	155^th	590	73.7%
2019	65.24	167^th	639	73.9%
2021	47.03	237^th	517	54.2%
2022	53.16	245^th	662	63.0%
2023	48.22	291^st	661	56.0%
2024	43.22	321^st	643	50.1%

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Rank History for White students at Timber Ridge Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.07	294^th	889	66.9%
2019	58.89	343^rd	905	62.1%
2021	37.25	491^st	813	39.6%
2022	52.57	394^th	898	56.1%
2023	50.59	403^rd	895	55.0%
2024	46.58	456^th	875	47.9%

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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 Timber Ridge Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1997	740	10	6	50	1	n/a	n/a	0	807
1998	893	18	19	74	2	n/a	n/a	0	1006
1999	985	31	33	105	1	n/a	n/a	0	1155
2000	778	17	21	75	1	n/a	n/a	0	892
2001	826	18	22	60	7	n/a	n/a	0	933
2002	984	55	23	94	3	n/a	n/a	0	1159
2003	984	55	23	94	3	n/a	n/a	0	1159
2004	974	37	26	136	3	n/a	n/a	0	1176
2005	880	52	27	130	3	n/a	n/a	14	1106
2006	869	67	27	171	3	n/a	n/a	30	1167
2007	893	83	23	204	2	n/a	n/a	39	1244
2008	888	80	17	219	3	n/a	n/a	37	1244
2009	831	77	18	224	2	n/a	n/a	35	1187
2010	732	68	20	212	5	n/a	n/a	34	1071
2011	696	70	25	259	5	0	25	0	1080
2012	657	71	25	259	4	1	28	0	1045
2013	686	78	35	283	3	2	27	0	1114
2014	661	85	32	287	2	2	28	0	1097
2015	633	78	36	266	5	2	32	0	1052
2016	615	65	38	255	6	1	36	0	1016
2017	581	82	43	266	4	0	38	0	1014
2018	564	81	40	284	7	0	42	0	1018
2019	564	96	33	277	6	0	43	0	1019
2020	514	98	30	278	6	0	45	0	971
2021	513	97	30	290	1	0	38	0	969
2022	427	92	26	274	3	1	32	0	855
2023	420	94	29	294	3	1	37	0	878
2024	393	93	32	291	2	1	36	0	848

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 Timber Ridge Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1997	807	43.0	18.8	n/a
1998	1006	57.0	17.6	n/a
1999	1155	71.0	16.3	n/a
2000	892	68.1	13.1	n/a
2001	933	66.3	14.1	n/a
2002	1159	74.2	15.6	4.3
2003	1159	74.2	15.6	4.3
2004	1176	78.0	15.1	6.5
2005	1106	72.4	15.3	8.7
2006	1167	71.7	16.3	12.6
2007	1244	62.0	20.1	15.8
2008	1244	64.0	19.4	14.4
2009	1187	76.0	15.6	15.9
2010	1071	74.4	14.3	21.2
2011	1080	68.0	15.8	23.6
2012	1045	62.0	16.8	28.6
2013	1114	94.6	11.7	28.4
2014	1097	67.6	16.2	30
2015	1052	65.0	16.1	34.1
2016	1016	63.0	16.1	31.3
2017	1014	59.0	17.1	35.2
2018	1018	60.1	16.9	37.3
2019	1019	58.3	17.4	37.7
2020	971	58.0	16.7	39.5
2021	969	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	855	54.7	15.6	31.9
2023	878	52.0	16.8	44.5
2024	848	57.0	14.8	40

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 Timber Ridge Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1997	807	43.0	18.8	n/a
1998	1006	57.0	17.6	n/a
1999	1155	71.0	16.3	n/a
2000	892	68.1	13.1	n/a
2001	933	66.3	14.1	n/a
2002	1159	74.2	15.6	4.3
2003	1159	74.2	15.6	4.3
2004	1176	78.0	15.1	6.5
2005	1106	72.4	15.3	8.7
2006	1167	71.7	16.3	12.6
2007	1244	62.0	20.1	15.8
2008	1244	64.0	19.4	14.4
2009	1187	76.0	15.6	15.9
2010	1071	74.4	14.3	21.2
2011	1080	68.0	15.8	23.6
2012	1045	62.0	16.8	28.6
2013	1114	94.6	11.7	28.4
2014	1097	67.6	16.2	30
2015	1052	65.0	16.1	34.1
2016	1016	63.0	16.1	31.3
2017	1014	59.0	17.1	35.2
2018	1018	60.1	16.9	37.3
2019	1019	58.3	17.4	37.7
2020	971	58.0	16.7	39.5
2021	969	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	855	54.7	15.6	31.9
2023	878	52.0	16.8	44.5
2024	848	57.0	14.8	40

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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