Aplington Middle School

As a rural-scale junior high in Polo, Illinois, Aplington Middle School hosts 114 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Polo CUSD 222. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 75% leaner than typical.

Polo CUSD 222 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 594 students; Aplington Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Aplington Middle School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ogle County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Aplington Middle School lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Aplington Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ogle County shows median household earnings sit near $82,132, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Aplington Middle School is one of 26 public schools in Ogle County (combined enrollment of about 8,269 students).

Nearest neighbor: Polo Comm High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Aplington Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Aplington Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.0%.

Aplington Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Aplington Middle School's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 137 (now 114).

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