State/Public Middle Open

Park Junior High School

๐Ÿ“ 325 N Park Rd, La Grange Park, Cook County, 60526

694
Pupils
13.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Park Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in La Grange Park, Cook County. The school has 694 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jerome Green. It is part of the La Grange SD 102 school district. It serves grades 7โ€“8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 68% of students are proficient in reading. 51% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Jerome Green
School district
La Grange SD 102

Enrollment & staffing

Park Junior High School enrolls 694 students across grades 7โ€“8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 50.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.

Male students
364 (52%)
Female students
330 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
50.7
Student-teacher ratio
13.7:1
Grade span
7โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White44464%
Hispanic or Latino16524%
Black or African American426.1%
Two or more races324.6%
Asian111.6%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

91 of the school's 694 students (13%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades 7โ€“8

Park Junior High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-40, state senate district 4, state house district 7.

School district: La Grange SD 102

Park Junior High School is one of 6 schools in La Grange SD 102, based in La Grange Park, Illinois. The district serves 2,875 students district-wide and employs 234 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 694 students, Park Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 479 students per school.

2,875
District students
6
Schools
234
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

68%
Reading proficient
51%
Math proficient

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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