Glenview Middle School

Glenview Middle School is one of the roomy 6-8 campuss in East Moline, Illinois, part of East Moline SD 37, with 1,092 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 136% larger than the state mean of about 462.

Within East Moline SD 37, which oversees 6 schools and 2,641 students, Glenview Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glenview Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% Black, 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Glenview Middle School reports 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Rock Island County's rate of about 65%.

After controlling for student poverty, Glenview Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 14.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Rock Island County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,159 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rock Island County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,921 students), Glenview Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ridgewood Elem School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenview Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenview Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 27.2%.

Glenview Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 1,163 students in 2018 compared to 1,092 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 20% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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