Alton Middle School

Alton Middle School operates as an expansive 6-8 campus in Alton, Illinois, operated by Alton CUSD 11. Current enrollment sits at 1,220 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 164% above typical.

Within Alton CUSD 11, which oversees 10 schools and 5,526 students, Alton Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Alton Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 29% Black, 15% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Alton Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Alton Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.0%; Alton Middle School posts 27.7%, -14.3 points below that line.

In the area at large, Madison County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,793, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Madison County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), of which Alton Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: East Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alton Middle School. On composite proficiency, Alton Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Alton Middle School's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,408 (now 1,220).

On the community side, the feed for Alton Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.