Enrollment
171
Middle
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ERIE CUSD 1·NCES 171435001774
Erie Middle School
500 5th Ave, Erie, IL 61250 · (309) 659-2239 · Whiteside County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Illinois public middle schools
- B+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
8.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
58 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 5 | 44 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 26% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Erie Middle School→Erie High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Erie CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
62.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 39.3% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Erie Middle School
Erie Middle School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Middle School this school | 171 | 33.9% | 53.8% |
| Cantrall Intermediate School Cantrall | 184 | 34.8% | 58.4% |
| Sherrard Jr High School Sherrard | 189 | 35.4% | 40.9% |
| Illini Bluffs Middle School Glasford | 181 | 29.8% | 52.7% |
| New Berlin Jr High School New Berlin | 155 | 29.0% | 56.2% |
| Crestwood Jr High School Paris | 134 | 37.3% | 49.1% |
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 Erie Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Whiteside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #153 of 578 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #168 of 640 ▼ 7 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #259 of 640 ▼ 90 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #594 of 691 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #430 of 581 | #6 of 6 |
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
171
-15 (-8%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 277
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 | 171 | 19.3 | 8.9:1 | 34% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 175 | 19.2 | 9.1:1 | 35% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 176 | 21.2 | 8.3:1 | 25% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 182 | 20.8 | 8.8:1 | 27% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 190 | 19 | 10.0:1 | 31% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 18 | 10.6:1 | 29% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 210 | 16 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 18 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Erie Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (182 to 171); teachers down 7% (20.8 to 19.3).
About Erie Middle School
Erie Middle School is a middle school located in Erie, Illinois, in Whiteside County. The school runs grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 171 students. That compares with an average of about 462 students for middle schools in Illinois.
Erie CUSD 1 has 603 students spread across 3 schools.
The share of students at Erie Middle School who are White is 95%. The remaining students are 2% multiracial. Among people living in Whiteside County, the White share is about 85%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 9, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Erie Middle School totals 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.9:1. The average for middle schools in Illinois, 13.0:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Erie Middle School is about 34%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Whiteside County is 55%.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Erie Middle School outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Erie Middle School is 1.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.8% actual, 51.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Whiteside County show that the median household earns about $67,500 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Whiteside County, 50 public schools serve about 8,445 students.
The closest school to Erie Middle School is Erie Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Erie Middle School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Erie Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 186 (2020-21) to 171 (2024-25).
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Whiteside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,947
Census ACS
Median income
$67,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
8,445 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Erie CUSD 1
- Erie Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 190 students
Other schools in Erie
- Erie Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 190 students
Other Erie Middle schools
One other US public school is named Erie Middle. Erie Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Erie Middle SchoolERIE, CO · 762 students
Nearby schools
- Erie Elementary School0.2 mi · 242
- Erie High School0.2 mi · 190
- Prophetstown Elementary School7.3 mi · 229
- PLT Middle School7.4 mi · 148
- Prophetstown High School7.4 mi · 205
- Riverdale Middle School10.0 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Erie Middle SchoolHow large is Erie Middle School?
Erie Middle School enrolls approximately 171 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Erie Middle School serve?
Erie Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Erie Middle School have?
Erie Middle School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Erie Middle School?
At Erie Middle School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Erie Middle School public or private?
Erie Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Erie CUSD 1.
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