Glenwood Intermediate Sch

Glenwood Intermediate Sch, a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Chatham, Illinois, part of Ball Chatham CUSD 5, educates 672 students, covering grades 5 through 6. That puts it 45% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Across the 6 schools in Ball Chatham CUSD 5 (4,516 students total), Glenwood Intermediate Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glenwood Intermediate Sch shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Black, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Sangamon County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sangamon County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Glenwood Intermediate Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 52.8%, a residual of -5.8 points.

In the broader community, Sangamon County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,357, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Glenwood Intermediate Sch is one of 77 public schools in Sangamon County (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students).

Nearest neighbor: Glenwood Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Glenwood Intermediate Sch comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.2%.

Glenwood Intermediate Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenwood Intermediate Sch has declined 7%, going from 725 students in 2018 to 672 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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