Burr Ridge Middle School, Burr Ridge IL

Original Research by School Decision on Burr Ridge Middle School

Burr Ridge Middle School serves grades 5 through 8 as part of Community Consolidated School District 180, a very small two-school district centered on an affluent suburb southwest of Chicago. The school sits in a high-income residential community on large estate-scale lots, with a median home value well above the state benchmark. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Asian, and White students; the racial composition is notably different from the surrounding DuPage County average. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch data was not available, though the district has recently opened a permanent weekly food pantry at its elementary school to support families experiencing food insecurity.

Burr Ridge Middle School's academic performance on state assessments shows mixed results by grade and subject. In English language arts, the school's performance is uneven: fifth-grade students achieved proficiency at a moderate rate, sixth-graders at a similar level, and seventh-graders in the low-to-mid range, but eighth-grade students demonstrated substantially stronger proficiency, performing at a level that stands out within the school's grade progression. Mathematics proficiency is considerably lower across all tested grades, with fifth through eighth graders showing proficiency rates in the low-to-mid range overall. In science, both fifth and eighth grades recorded proficiency rates below state targets. When proficiency rates across all tested subjects and grades are averaged together, the school's overall proficiency index falls in the bottom quartile among school buildings in DuPage County.

The school's enrollment is small, with about 50 students per grade across grades 5 through 8. State testing data from grades 3 and 4 are not reported here because the school does not serve those grades. Participation rates in state assessments are strong, with the school maintaining near-complete test participation across the subjects and grades reported.

Burr Ridge sits within a context of sustained property-tax stability. The district has not sought a voter-approved tax increase in more than two decades and maintains among the highest per-pupil spending in the Chicago region, funded by local property taxes and federal Impact Aid. A rooftop solar installation at the school building signals long-term energy-cost management. A parents may want to look into further with the school what academic supports and interventions are in place to address the mathematics proficiency gaps in the middle grades, particularly as students progress toward algebra and more advanced courses in high school, as well as what factors account for the notably stronger eighth-grade ELA performance.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 39 pts below county median

Grade 718%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 545%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 880%

School 80% · District 80%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 818%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 46 pts below county median

This schoolCCSD 180, 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.