Auburn Middle School

As a cozy elementary school in Auburn, Illinois, Auburn Middle School instructs 200 students from grades 3 through 5, one of the schools within Auburn CUSD 10. Enrollment runs roughly 48% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Auburn CUSD 10 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,055 students; Auburn Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Auburn Middle School records that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest consists of 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Sangamon County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Auburn Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Auburn Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.2%, the actual is 33.2%, a residual of -12.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sangamon County shows median household income runs about $75,357, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sangamon County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), Auburn Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Auburn High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Auburn Middle School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Auburn Middle School's enrollment has declined 29% since 2018, when it stood at 283 (now 200). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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