Eldorado Middle School

Eldorado Middle School is one of the cozy middle schools in Eldorado, Illinois, part of Eldorado CUSD 4, with 246 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 462.

Eldorado CUSD 4 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,105 students; Eldorado Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Eldorado Middle School logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Eldorado Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 50.2%, a residual of +18.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Saline County shows median household earnings sit near $53,117, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Eldorado Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 3,704 students).

The closest other public school is Eldorado High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Eldorado Middle School. On composite proficiency, Eldorado Middle School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eldorado Middle School has showed little movement, going from 243 students in 2018 to 246 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.