Dorris Intermediate Sch

Set in Collinsville, Illinois, Dorris Intermediate Sch is an expansive 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Collinsville CUSD 10. It caters to 871 students across grades 4 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 89% above typical.

Within Collinsville CUSD 10, which oversees 11 schools and 6,110 students, Dorris Intermediate Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Dorris Intermediate Sch logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dorris Intermediate Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Madison County) reports that median household earnings sit near $75,793, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Dorris Intermediate Sch is one of 84 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students).

John A Renfro Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dorris Intermediate Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.4%.

Dorris Intermediate Sch operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Dorris Intermediate Sch's enrollment has ticked down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 976 (now 871). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 55% to 49%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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