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Henry W Cowherd Middle School, Aurora, IL

CEP schoolHenry W Cowherd Middle School is a public middle school in Aurora, part of Aurora East USD 131. It enrolled 807 students in 2024-25, with 13.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
807
Teachers (FTE)
61.0
Students per teacher
13.2
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 2.5 lower than the district figure of 15.7. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.2
District15.7
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
441 N Farnsworth Ave, Aurora, IL 60505
Phone
(630)299-5900
District
Aurora East USD 131
County
Kane County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
170468000040
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
54167.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Aurora East USD 131

Middle schools elsewhere in Aurora

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.