Enrollment
63
Middle
DISTRICT 97 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEMENT CUSD 5·NCES 170582004541
Bement Middle School
201 S Champaign St, Bement, IL 61813 · (217) 678-4200 · Piatt County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL63 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Illinois public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.9:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
21 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 41% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 35% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bement Middle School→Bement High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bement CUSD 5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
68.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.3% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 19.4% |
% 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Bement Middle School
Bement Middle School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bement Middle School this school | 63 | 33.3% | 47.6% |
| Orangeville Jr High School Orangeville | 64 | 34.4% | 38.2% |
| Delavan Jr High School Delavan | 55 | 36.4% | 32.5% |
| V I T Jr High School Table Grove | 69 | 39.1% | 39.7% |
| New Athens Jr High New Athens | 95 | 34.7% | 62.6% |
| Cissna Park Jr High School Cissna Park | 66 | 27.3% | 50.8% |
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 Bement Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 63 | #667 of 691 |
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
63
-1 (-2%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 121
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 | 63 | 5.3 | 11.9:1 | 33% (21) |
| 2023-24 | 67 | 4.9 | 13.8:1 | 37% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 73 | 4.3 | 17.1:1 | 40% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 64 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 67 | 4 | 16.8:1 | 60% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 65 | 3 | 21.7:1 | 40% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 93 | 5 | 18.6:1 | 37% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 98 | 6 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 121 | 5 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bement Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (67 to 63); teachers up 32% (4 to 5.3).
About Bement Middle School
Bement Middle School runs as a very small middle school in Bement, Illinois. It has an enrollment of 63 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Illinois enroll around 462, and this school is 86% below that mark.
Bement Middle School falls under Bement CUSD 5, which has 3 schools enrolling 291 students.
White students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. Among Piatt County residents, the White share is about 95%. A diversity index of 9% means there is a 9% chance two randomly chosen students at Bement Middle School are from different groups.
Bement Middle School has 5.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.9:1. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 1.1 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 33% at Bement Middle School.
Bement Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of Illinois public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.3% for Bement Middle School. The school posts 47.6%, 4.7 points below the prediction.
The county, Piatt County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $94,811, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 14, with about 3,086 students.
Bement Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Bement Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Bement Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Bement Middle School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 64 students in 2020-21 and 63 in 2024-25.
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Piatt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,695
Census ACS
Median income
$94,811
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,086 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bement CUSD 5
- Bement Elementary SchoolElementary · 143 students
- Bement High SchoolHigh · 85 students
Other schools in Bement
- Bement Elementary SchoolElementary · 143 students
- Bement High SchoolHigh · 85 students
Nearby schools
- Bement Elementary School0.0 mi · 143
- Bement High School0.0 mi · 85
- Washington School6.8 mi · 543
- Monticello High School6.8 mi · 489
- Monticello Middle School7.1 mi · 405
- Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High School8.7 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Bement Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bement Middle School?
Bement Middle School enrolls approximately 63 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bement Middle School serve?
Bement Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bement Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bement Middle School is approximately 11.9:1 (5 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bement Middle School?
At Bement Middle School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Bement Middle School in?
Bement Middle School is part of Bement CUSD 5.
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