Cuba Middle School

Cuba Middle School is one of the very small junior highs in Cuba, Illinois, part of CUSD 3 Fulton County, with 80 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 83% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

CUSD 3 Fulton County comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 386 students; Cuba Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cuba Middle School records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 4% multiracial. Compared to Fulton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cuba Middle School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Cuba Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cuba Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 29.7%, a residual of -12.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Fulton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,599 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fulton County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,160 students), of which Cuba Middle School is one.

Cuba Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Cuba Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cuba Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Cuba Middle School's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 98 (now 80).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.