📍 11151 S New England Ave, Worth, Cook County, 60482
Worth Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Worth, Cook County. The school has 346 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jason Tooth. It is part of the Worth SD 127 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Worth Jr High School enrolls 346 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 214 | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 4.9% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 3.2% |
| Asian | 7 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
226 of the school's 346 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Worth Jr High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-60, state senate district 18, state house district 35.
Worth Jr High School is one of 4 schools in Worth SD 127, based in Worth, Illinois. The district serves 1,015 students district-wide and employs 76 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 346 students, Worth Jr High School is larger than the district average of about 254 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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