Fieldcrest Middle School

Fieldcrest Middle School is an intermediate school of intimate scale in Wenona, Illinois, one of the schools within Fieldcrest CUSD 6, teacheing 196 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 58% below the state mean of about 462.

Fieldcrest Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Fieldcrest CUSD 6, a district that teaches 862 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Fieldcrest Middle School logs that nearly all students (86%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Fieldcrest Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.6%; this one delivers 46.2%.

Across the wider county, Marshall County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,585, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Marshall County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,576 students), Fieldcrest Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fieldcrest Intermediate School, around 5.4 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Fieldcrest Middle School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

Fieldcrest Middle School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 233 students in 2018 compared to 196 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.