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Homer Jr High School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
15711 S Bell Rd
Homer Glen, IL 60491
Phone
(708) 226-7800
District
Homer CCSD 33C
County
WILL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
843
Classroom Teachers
60

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

9

(10 is best)

Better than 87.8% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Homer Jr High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
57%
31%
64%
37%
49%
26%
57%
31%
64%
37%
49%
26%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
32%
49%
40%
46%
25%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 397 47.1%
Grade 8 446 52.9%
Total 843 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.9% 85.1% 48.2%
Black 1.8% 1.6% 17.2%
Hispanic 9.7% 11.0% 28.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.9% 1.9% 5.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 31,884 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,246.8 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.6% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.8% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 15.9% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,621 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 3.7% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.4% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 42.0% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 38.0% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.9% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.6% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.6% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.2% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 2.7% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,731 $39,822,000 54.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,478 $5,485,000 7.5%
Staff $684 $2,539,000 3.5%
General Administration $354 $1,315,000 1.8%
School Administration $781 $2,899,000 4.0%
Operation $1,629 $6,046,000 8.3%
Transportation $1,127 $4,183,000 5.8%
Other $821 $3,047,000 4.2%
Total Support $6,875 $25,514,000 35.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,980 $7,349,000 10.1%
Total Expenditures $19,586 $72,685,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,344 $21,011,381,000 52.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,455 $2,694,692,000 6.8%
Staff $716 $1,326,218,000 3.3%
General Administration $562 $1,041,380,000 2.6%
School Administration $995 $1,842,060,000 4.6%
Operation $1,579 $2,924,414,000 7.3%
Transportation $640 $1,185,247,000 3.0%
Other $822 $1,522,629,000 3.8%
Total Support $6,768 $12,536,640,000 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,433 $6,357,896,000 15.9%
Total Expenditures $21,545 $39,905,917,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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