Crete-Monee Middle School

Located at 635 Olmstead Ln, in University Park, Illinois, Crete-Monee Middle School is a sizable junior high that instructs 1,002 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Crete Monee CUSD 201U. That puts it 117% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Crete Monee CUSD 201U comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,562 students; Crete-Monee Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crete-Monee Middle School records that 59% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 13% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Crete-Monee Middle School has 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at Crete-Monee Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Will County's rate of about 44%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crete-Monee Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.0%; this one delivers 27.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Will County put median household income runs about $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Crete-Monee Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coretta Scott King Magnet Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crete-Monee Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crete-Monee Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 1,066 students in 2018 compared to 1,002 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 13% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.