Enrollment
376
Middle
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DU QUOIN CUSD 300·NCES 171276001531
Du Quoin Middle School
845 E Jackson St, Du Quoin, IL 62832 · (618) 542-2646 · Perry County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
215 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Du Quoin Middle School→Du Quoin High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Du Quoin CUSD 300. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
65.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
28.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
376
-93 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 16.1:1
% White
86%
was 83%
% Hispanic
2%
was 2%
% Black
3%
was 5%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Du Quoin Middle School
Du Quoin Middle School, a modestly sized 6-8 campus in Du Quoin, Illinois, overseen by Du Quoin CUSD 300, instructs 376 students, covering grades 5 through 8.
Du Quoin Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Du Quoin CUSD 300, a district that instructs 1,329 students overall.
On demographics, Du Quoin Middle School logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Du Quoin Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of +6.4 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Perry County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $62,118 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Perry County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,545 students), Du Quoin Middle School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Du Quoin Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Du Quoin Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Du Quoin Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Over the past 7-year window. Du Quoin Middle School's enrollment has decreased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 376). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for Du Quoin Middle School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,639
Census ACS
Median income
$62,118
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
2,545 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Du Quoin CUSD 300
- Du Quoin Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Du Quoin High SchoolHigh · 397 students
Other schools in Du Quoin
- Du Quoin Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Du Quoin High SchoolHigh · 397 students
- Project SOARHigh
- TCSE-DUQUOIN HSElementary
- TCSE-DUQUOIN MSElementary
- Tri-County WardElementary
Nearby schools
- Du Quoin Elementary School0.0 mi · 556
- Du Quoin High School0.5 mi · 397
- Elverado Primary School6.3 mi · 102
- Elverado High School6.7 mi · 102
- Community Cons School7.6 mi · 210
- Christopher High8.9 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About Du Quoin Middle SchoolHow large is Du Quoin Middle School?
Du Quoin Middle School enrolls approximately 376 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Du Quoin Middle School serve?
Du Quoin Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Du Quoin Middle School have?
Du Quoin Middle School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Du Quoin Middle School?
Student demographics at Du Quoin Middle School are roughly 86% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Du Quoin Middle School public or private?
Du Quoin Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Du Quoin CUSD 300.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.