Herget Middle School, Aurora IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Herget Middle School

Herget Middle School is a regular public middle school serving sixth through eighth grade in Aurora, part of West Aurora School District 129. The school draws from a wide swath of Aurora's residential neighborhoods and currently enrolls students across its three grade bands.

On state assessments, Herget's results show a consistent pattern across subjects and grades. In math, where state testing occurs in grades six through eight, proficiency rates range in the low to mid-forties percentile. Sixth grade math sits lower, while seventh grade shows a slight lift before dropping again in eighth grade. English language arts proficiency runs somewhat higher, clustering in the mid-forties across grades six through eight, with sixth grade notably stronger. Eighth grade science proficiency is in the low-to-mid forties. A parent may want to look into the school's specific supports and curriculum structures to understand what drives these patterns and how the school is working to strengthen performance. The data does show strong testing participation, consistently above ninety-seven percent across grades and subjects, indicating the school is capturing most students in these assessments.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share of students identifying that way. Black, white, and Asian students make up smaller shares. The school enrolls a small number of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so a reader cannot assess the degree of economic hardship within the school community from the data on hand.

When proficiency is compared against other districts in Kane County, Herget sits below the midpoint. This positioning reflects the broader achievement landscape in the school's region and provides one lens for understanding performance context, though individual family circumstances and school-level factors matter enormously for a child's actual experience.

The school sits on Deerpath Road in Aurora and is part of a district that has recently shifted its kindergarten enrollment default to full-day programming, a change that affects working families' planning. Aurora itself is an active, mixed-use suburban city and the second largest in Illinois, with a historic downtown anchored by the Paramount Theatre and Fox River parks, surrounded by residential neighborhoods where most school families live. Housing values in the area have moved modestly upward, and rental rates are climbing at a moderate pace. The city has multiple large employers including Caterpillar and major healthcare systems, along with a Metra commuter rail connection downtown.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 27% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 29% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 22% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 47% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 52% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Science

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 38% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolAurora West USD 129, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.