Central Intermediate School

Central Intermediate School, a small middle school in Monmouth, Illinois, part of Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238, works with 318 students, covering grades 4 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 462.

Within Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238, which oversees 5 schools and 1,579 students, Central Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Central Intermediate School records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Central Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.0%, the actual is 30.8%, a residual of -6.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Warren County put median household income runs about $67,385, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Central Intermediate School is one of 10 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 2,788 students).

The closest other public school is Monmouth-Roseville High Sch, roughly 0.4 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Central Intermediate School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 365 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 57% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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