Harmony Intermediate Center

Harmony Intermediate Center is a cozy middle school in Belleville, Illinois, part of Harmony Emge SD 175. The school hosts 207 students in grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Harmony Intermediate Center sits 55% smaller than that benchmark.

Harmony Emge SD 175 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 735 students; Harmony Intermediate Center is among them.

Looking at the student body, Harmony Intermediate Center shows that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% White, 14% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Clair County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harmony Intermediate Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.0%; this one delivers 34.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put median household income runs about $73,854, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Harmony Intermediate Center is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students).

The closest other public school is Emge Junior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harmony Intermediate Center at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.4%.

Harmony Intermediate Center operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Harmony Intermediate Center's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 207). Over the same period, the White share declined from 40% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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