Enrollment
217
Middle
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER CREEK-MACKINAW CUSD 701·NCES 171188001433
Dee-Mack Intermediate School
506 N Logan St, Deer Creek, IL 61733 · (309) 447-6226 · Tazewell County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL217 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
63 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 4 | 64 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 38% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
73.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.7pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +26.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.5% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 17.6% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Dee-Mack Intermediate School
Dee-Mack Intermediate School's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dee-Mack Intermediate School this school | 217 | 29.0% | 58.4% |
| Illini Bluffs Middle School Glasford | 181 | 29.8% | 52.7% |
| Matherville Intermediate School Matherville | 182 | 30.8% | 39.2% |
| New Berlin Jr High School New Berlin | 155 | 29.0% | 56.2% |
| Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School Big Rock | 216 | 25.9% | 49.7% |
| Erie Middle School Erie | 171 | 33.9% | 53.8% |
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 Dee-Mack Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #110 of 578 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #197 of 640 ▲ 230 | #5 of 14 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #140 of 640 ▲ 89 | #4 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 217 | #538 of 691 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #354 of 558 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.8% | #544 of 560 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #465 of 581 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #388 of 440 | #10 of 11 |
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
217
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 193
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 | 217 | 15.9 | 13.7:1 | 29% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 16.9 | 13.8:1 | 28% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 15.9 | 13.0:1 | 26% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 12.9 | 17.5:1 | 20% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 16 | 15.4:1 | 27% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | 16 | 16.8:1 | 21% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 14 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 193 | 13 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dee-Mack Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (225 to 217); teachers up 23% (12.9 to 15.9).
About Dee-Mack Intermediate School
Students in Deer Creek, Illinois, attend Dee-Mack Intermediate School, a small middle school. Its 217 students are spread across grades 4 through 6. The typical figure for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students.
Across its 3 schools, Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701 enrolls 942 students. Dee-Mack Intermediate School is one of those schools.
Dee-Mack Intermediate School enrolls a student body that is 95% White. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Tazewell County is about 93% White. Dee-Mack Intermediate School has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Dee-Mack Intermediate School total 15.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.7:1. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.0:1. The school counts 63 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 29%. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Tazewell County is 10 points.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Dee-Mack Intermediate School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Dee-Mack Intermediate School would be expected to post about 54.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Tazewell County show that median household income is about $77,982, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 56 public schools in Tazewell County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,581.
The nearest other public school, Goodfield Elementary School, is about 2.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Dee-Mack Intermediate School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Dee-Mack Intermediate School is 8th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Dee-Mack Intermediate School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment went from 213 in 2020-21 to 217 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students.
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701
- Dee-Mack Primary/Jr HighElementary · 432 students
- Dee-Mack High SchoolHigh · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Goodfield Elementary School2.5 mi · 75
- Eureka Middle School5.6 mi · 436
- Lincoln Elementary School6.3 mi · 517
- Eureka High School6.6 mi · 513
- Morton High School6.6 mi · 1,061
- Davenport Elementary School6.7 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Dee-Mack Intermediate SchoolHow large is Dee-Mack Intermediate School?
Dee-Mack Intermediate School enrolls approximately 217 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Dee-Mack Intermediate School serve?
Dee-Mack Intermediate School serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Dee-Mack Intermediate School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Dee-Mack Intermediate School.
How diverse is Dee-Mack Intermediate School?
Dee-Mack Intermediate School reports a student body of 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Dee-Mack Intermediate School in?
Dee-Mack Intermediate School is part of Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701.
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