Eureka Middle School

As a medium-sized middle-grades school in Eureka, Illinois, Eureka Middle School educates 436 students from grades 5 through 8, one of the schools within Eureka CUD 140.

Eureka CUD 140 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,551 students. Eureka Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Eureka Middle School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at Eureka Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Eureka Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.8%; this one delivers 66.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Woodford County shows median household income runs about $91,483, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Woodford County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,338 students), Eureka Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Davenport Elem School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eureka Middle School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.7%.

Eureka Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 447 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 96% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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