Enrollment
80
Middle
DISTRICT 129 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 3 FULTON COUNTY·NCES 171140001369
Cuba Middle School
20325 N State Route 97, Cuba, IL 61427 · (309) 785-7122 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL80 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
41 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 26 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 43% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cuba Middle School→Cuba Sr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CUSD 3 Fulton County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
37.7%
IL avg 51.0% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
11.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.7% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 11.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cuba Middle School
Cuba Middle School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba Middle School this school | 80 | 51.3% | 29.7% |
| Williamsfield Middle School Williamsfield | 83 | 50.6% | 50.8% |
| Galatia Jr High Galatia | 96 | 51.0% | 42.2% |
| River Ridge Middle School Hanover | 91 | 51.6% | 66.0% |
| Brownstown Jr High School Brownstown | 61 | 54.1% | 40.9% |
| Spring Garden Middle School Ina | 93 | 47.3% | 31.3% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cuba Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 80 | #659 of 691 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
80
-9 (-10%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 185
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80 | 8 | 10.0:1 | 51% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 80 | 8.7 | 9.2:1 | 46% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 87 | 8.6 | 10.2:1 | 48% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 89 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 98 | 9.3 | 10.5:1 | 46% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 96 | 6 | 16.0:1 | 45% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 80 | 7 | 11.4:1 | 55% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 191 | 13 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 185 | 8 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cuba Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (98 to 80); teachers down 14% (9.3 to 8).
About Cuba Middle School
Cuba Middle School is one of the public schools in Cuba, Illinois. It is a very small middle school. There are 80 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 83% below the 462-student average for middle schools in Illinois.
CUSD 3 Fulton County has 3 schools and 386 students, and Cuba Middle School is one of those schools.
White students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% multiracial. Among Fulton County residents, the White share is about 92%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 7%.
Cuba Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1, with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Illinois, 13.0:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 51% at Cuba Middle School. Public schools in Fulton County average a similar 51%.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Cuba Middle School outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Cuba Middle School is 12.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
In Fulton County, home to about 33,020 people, the median household earns about $60,599 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Fulton County number 24, with about 4,160 students.
Cuba Sr High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Cuba Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The school's 29.7% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
Cuba Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 89 to 80, a 10% decline.
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,020
Census ACS
Median income
$60,599
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
4,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 3 Fulton County
- Cuba Elementary SchoolElementary · 188 students
- Cuba Sr High SchoolHigh · 118 students
Other schools in Cuba
- Cuba Elementary SchoolElementary · 188 students
- Cuba Sr High SchoolHigh · 118 students
Other Cuba Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cuba Middle. Cuba Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- CUBA MIDDLECUBA, MO · 364 students
- CUBA MIDDLECUBA, NM · 148 students
Nearby schools
- Cuba Sr High School0.0 mi · 118
- Cuba Elementary School0.9 mi · 188
- Lewistown Jr/Sr High School5.1 mi · 262
- Central Elementary School6.8 mi · 326
- Westview Elementary School9.2 mi · 377
- Canton High School10.1 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Cuba Middle SchoolHow many students attend Cuba Middle School?
Cuba Middle School enrolls approximately 80 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cuba Middle School serve?
Cuba Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cuba Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cuba Middle School is approximately 10.0:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cuba Middle School?
Student demographics at Cuba Middle School are roughly 95% White, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cuba Middle School?
Cuba Middle School is overseen by CUSD 3 Fulton County in Fulton County.
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