Central Intermediate Sch

Set in Washington, Illinois, Central Intermediate Sch is a reasonably sized middle school, part of Central SD 51. It enrolls 649 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 40% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Within Central SD 51, which oversees 2 schools and 1,349 students, Central Intermediate Sch is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Central Intermediate Sch lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Tazewell County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Central Intermediate Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Tazewell County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,982 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Tazewell County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), Central Intermediate Sch is one campus in the mix.

Central Primary Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Intermediate Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central Intermediate Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 56.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Intermediate Sch has contracted 11%, going from 728 students in 2018 to 649 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.