Colin Powell Middle Sch

Colin Powell Middle Sch is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in Matteson, Illinois, overseen by ESD 159, with 564 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 22% larger than typical.

Colin Powell Middle Sch is one of 5 schools operated by ESD 159, a district that caters to 1,653 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Colin Powell Middle Sch shows that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Colin Powell Middle Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 21.6%.

Around the school, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Colin Powell Middle Sch is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Sieden Prairie Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Colin Powell Middle Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Colin Powell Middle Sch's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 647 (now 564). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 8% to 12%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.