Carlinville Middle School

Set in Carlinville, Illinois, Carlinville Middle School is an intimate junior high, overseen by Carlinville CUSD 1. It instructs 286 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 38% below typical.

Across the 4 schools in Carlinville CUSD 1 (1,282 students total), Carlinville Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Carlinville Middle School records that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder comes out to 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Macoupin County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at Carlinville Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Carlinville Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.7%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of +7.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Macoupin County put median household earnings sit near $70,805, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Macoupin County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,221 students), of which Carlinville Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carlinville High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Carlinville Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carlinville Middle School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

Carlinville Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 286 in 2025.

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