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Enrollment
911
Middle
DISTRICT 833 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELVIDERE CUSD 100·NCES 170579004634
Belvidere Central Middle School
8787 Beloit Rd, Belvidere, IL 61008 · (815) 544-0190 · Boone County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL911 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
461 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 305 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 298 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 308 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
22.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 15.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Belvidere Central Middle School
Belvidere Central Middle School's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere Central Middle School this school | 911 | 50.6% | 35.4% |
| Peter J Palombi School Lake Villa | 844 | 45.3% | 37.0% |
| Creekside Middle School Woodstock | 736 | 46.1% | 59.7% |
| Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School Oak Lawn | 1,090 | 48.3% | 51.7% |
| Northwood Middle School Woodstock | 576 | 43.2% | 54.7% |
| Orenic Intermediate School Plainfield | 812 | 48.8% | 44.7% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Belvidere Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #383 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #456 of 640 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #488 of 640 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 911 | #43 of 691 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #201 of 558 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #184 of 560 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #286 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #311 of 440 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
911
-33 (-3%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 1,127
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 911 | 74.5 | 12.2:1 | 51% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 858 | 71.9 | 11.9:1 | 50% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 897 | 74.4 | 12.1:1 | 46% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 944 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 977 | 66.3 | 14.7:1 | 36% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 1,023 | 63 | 16.2:1 | 45% (461) |
| 2010-11 | 1,127 | 69 | 16.3:1 | 41% (457) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belvidere Central Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (977 to 911); teachers up 12% (66.3 to 74.5).
About Belvidere Central Middle School
Belvidere Central Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school in Belvidere, Illinois, one of the schools in Belvidere CUSD 100. A total of 911 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students, so this school is 97% bigger than average.
Belvidere Central Middle School is part of Belvidere CUSD 100, where 10 schools serve 7,523 students.
White students make up a majority at Belvidere Central Middle School, at 53%. The remaining shares are 38% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Boone County's population at about 72%. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 74.5 full-time equivalents, or about 12.2 students per teacher. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 51%. That tracks the 53% average for public schools in Boone County.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Belvidere Central Middle School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Belvidere Central Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 35.4% actual against 42.3% predicted.
Boone County census figures show that the median household income is $84,571, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 17 public schools in Boone County, enrolling about 8,993 students in all.
Seth Whitman Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Belvidere Central Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 30.1% on proficiency, and Belvidere Central Middle School is above that at 35.4%.
Locale data from NCES put Belvidere Central Middle School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment declined 3% from its 2020-21 level of 944.
The Belvidere Central Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,230
Census ACS
Median income
$84,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
8,993 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belvidere CUSD 100
- Belvidere North High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Belvidere High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Belvidere South Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Washington AcademyElementary · 721 students
- Meehan Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
- Seth Whitman Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Other schools in Belvidere
- Belvidere North High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Belvidere High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Belvidere South Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Washington AcademyElementary · 721 students
- Meehan Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
- Seth Whitman Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Nearby schools
- Seth Whitman Elementary School0.2 mi · 622
- Belvidere North High School0.6 mi · 1,354
- Lincoln Elementary School1.5 mi · 573
- Perry Elementary School1.6 mi · 284
- Washington Academy2.3 mi · 721
- Belvidere South Middle School2.9 mi · 754
Frequently asked questions
About Belvidere Central Middle SchoolHow large is Belvidere Central Middle School?
Belvidere Central Middle School enrolls approximately 911 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Belvidere Central Middle School serve?
Belvidere Central Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Belvidere Central Middle School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Belvidere Central Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Belvidere Central Middle School?
At Belvidere Central Middle School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 38% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Belvidere Central Middle School public or private?
Belvidere Central Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Belvidere CUSD 100.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.