Enrollment
282
Middle
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND CUSD 77·NCES 173909003965
Cumberland Middle School
1496 Illinois Route 121, Toledo, IL 62468 · (217) 923-3135 · Cumberland County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% 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.
- FBeats 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
20.0:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
101 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 5 | 76 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 22% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Cumberland Middle School→Cumberland High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cumberland CUSD 77. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
36.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
23.6%
IL avg 37.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 26.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Cumberland Middle School
Cumberland Middle School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Middle School this school | 282 | 35.8% | 30.1% |
| Knoxville Jr High School Knoxville | 262 | 36.3% | 39.0% |
| Staunton Jr High School Staunton | 240 | 39.6% | 57.8% |
| Pecatonica Comm Middle School Pecatonica | 269 | 33.5% | 43.1% |
| EPG Middle School Gridley | 345 | 34.8% | 53.4% |
| John L Nash Middle School Clifton | 278 | 41.4% | 44.3% |
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 Cumberland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #438 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #446 of 640 ▼ 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #525 of 640 ▼ 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #471 of 691 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #549 of 558 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.5% | #552 of 560 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #414 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #306 of 440 |
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
282
-23 (-8%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 262
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 | 282 | 14.1 | 20.0:1 | 36% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 19.2 | 14.7:1 | 39% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 20.7 | 13.9:1 | 40% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 16.2 | 18.7:1 | 45% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 48% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 14 | 19.8:1 | 43% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 271 | 16 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 262 | 13 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cumberland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (304 to 282); teachers down 13% (16.2 to 14.1).
About Cumberland Middle School
Cumberland Middle School is a small middle school for students in Toledo, Illinois. School enrollment was 282 students in 2024-25, in grades 5 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students.
Across its 3 schools, Cumberland CUSD 77 enrolls 972 students. Cumberland Middle School is one of those schools.
White students are the large majority at Cumberland Middle School, with 97% of enrollment. The White share in Cumberland County as a whole is similar, at about 95%. By the diversity index, Cumberland Middle School comes in at 6%.
Cumberland Middle School employs 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 20.0:1. That ratio is over the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 36% in 2024-25. That is close to the 35% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
The allk12 Grade for Cumberland Middle School is D. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Cumberland Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% in Illinois. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.1%, against a prediction of 50.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cumberland County show that median household income is about $73,327, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 7 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,493.
The nearest other public school, Cumberland High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.9%; Cumberland Middle School's is 30.1%, ranking 9th of 9.
NCES describes the area around Cumberland Middle School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Cumberland Middle School went from 305 students to 282.
Community posts for Cumberland Middle School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,334
Census ACS
Median income
$73,327
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,493 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cumberland CUSD 77
- Cumberland Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Cumberland High SchoolHigh · 303 students
Other schools in Toledo
- Cumberland Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Cumberland High SchoolHigh · 303 students
Other Cumberland Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cumberland Middle. Cumberland Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Cumberland MiddleCumberland, VA · 374 students
- Cumberland MiddleCumberland, WI · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Cumberland High School0.0 mi · 303
- Cumberland Elementary School0.2 mi · 387
- Monroe Elementary School11.3 mi · 530
- Casey-Westfield Jr/Sr High School11.5 mi · 361
- Neoga Elementary School13.9 mi · 241
- Neoga Jr/Sr High School14.0 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Cumberland Middle SchoolHow large is Cumberland Middle School?
Cumberland Middle School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades 05-08.
Is Cumberland Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cumberland Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Cumberland Middle School have?
Cumberland Middle School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
How diverse is Cumberland Middle School?
Cumberland Middle School reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cumberland Middle School public or private?
Cumberland Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland CUSD 77.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.