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Enrollment
871
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLINSVILLE CUSD 10·NCES 171065005632
Dorris Intermediate School
1841 Vandalia St, Collinsville, IL 62234 · (618) 346-6311 · Madison County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL871 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- B+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
13.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
601 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 2% |
| Grade 5 | 429 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 423 | 49% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Based on grade levels within Collinsville CUSD 10. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.1% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 19.8% |
% 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Dorris Intermediate School
Dorris Intermediate School's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorris Intermediate School this school | 871 | 69.0% | 38.1% |
| Collinsville Middle School Collinsville | 894 | 68.1% | 34.2% |
| Coolidge Junior High School Granite City | 854 | 68.0% | 19.1% |
| Grigsby Intermediate School Granite City | 818 | 70.8% | 18.3% |
| John Deere Middle School Moline | 770 | 64.2% | 26.3% |
| Bloomington Jr High School Bloomington | 1,050 | 65.0% | 27.7% |
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 Dorris Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #355 of 578 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #375 of 640 ▲ 21 | #5 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #406 of 640 ▼ 90 | #5 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 871 | #55 of 691 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #347 of 558 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #84 of 560 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #110 of 581 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #237 of 440 | #3 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
871
-56 (-6%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 901
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 | 871 | 63.8 | 13.7:1 | 69% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 807 | 62.2 | 13.0:1 | 69% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 884 | 62.9 | 14.1:1 | 62% (551) |
| 2020-21 | 927 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 58.2 | 16.8:1 | 64% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 946 | 56 | 16.9:1 | 63% (592) |
| 2010-11 | 901 | 50 | 18.0:1 | 57% (515) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dorris Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (976 to 871); teachers up 10% (58.2 to 63.8).
About Dorris Intermediate School
Dorris Intermediate School serves students in Collinsville, Illinois, as a high-enrollment middle school. It enrolled 871 students in grades 4 through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students each.
Collinsville CUSD 10 is the local district for Dorris Intermediate School. It runs 11 schools with 6,110 students.
The most common group at Dorris Intermediate School is White students, at 49%. Other groups make up 29% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 6% multiracial. Madison County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Dorris Intermediate School total 63.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.7:1. That is close to the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The school counts 601 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 69%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Madison County is 46%.
allk12 grades Dorris Intermediate School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Dorris Intermediate School is 6.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 38.1%. Predicted: 31.7%.
Census estimates describe Madison County this way: the median household income is $75,793, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Madison County has 84 public schools and roughly 35,253 students.
The school nearest to Dorris Intermediate School is John A Renfro Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Dorris Intermediate School is 4th among 7 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Dorris Intermediate School dropped 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 927 to 871 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Dorris Intermediate School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,238
Census ACS
Median income
$75,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
35,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Collinsville CUSD 10
- Collinsville High SchoolHigh · 1,956 students
- Collinsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- John A Renfro Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Maryville Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Kreitner Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Other schools in Collinsville
- Collinsville High SchoolHigh · 1,956 students
- Collinsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- John A Renfro Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Kreitner Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Twin Echo Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
Nearby schools
- John A Renfro Elementary School0.2 mi · 498
- Maryville Elementary School2.0 mi · 406
- Webster Elementary School2.0 mi · 357
- Summit Elementary School2.1 mi · 113
- Jefferson Elementary School3.1 mi · 79
- Twin Echo Elementary School3.4 mi · 222
Frequently asked questions
About Dorris Intermediate SchoolHow large is Dorris Intermediate School?
Dorris Intermediate School enrolls approximately 871 students in grades 04-06.
Is Dorris Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dorris Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many teachers does Dorris Intermediate School have?
Dorris Intermediate School employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dorris Intermediate School?
At Dorris Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 29% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Dorris Intermediate School?
Dorris Intermediate School is overseen by Collinsville CUSD 10 in Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.