Grant Middle School

Grant Middle School, a tight-knit middle-grades school in Fairview Heights, Illinois, run under Grant CCSD 110, teaches 254 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Grant Middle School sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Grant CCSD 110 (569 students total), Grant Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Grant Middle School shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Grant Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of St. Clair County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grant Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.8%; Grant Middle School posts 30.1%, -15.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, St. Clair County reports that median household income runs about $73,854, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Clair County's 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), Grant Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Illini Elem School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grant Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grant Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 255 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.