Lombard Middle School

Lombard Middle School is a middle-grades school of mid-sized scale in Galesburg, Illinois, one of the schools within Galesburg CUSD 205, enrolling 534 students in grades 5 through 6.

Across the 7 schools in Galesburg CUSD 205 (3,863 students total), Lombard Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lombard Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Black, 16% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. By comparison, Knox County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lombard Middle School logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 81% of students at Lombard Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Knox County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lombard Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Knox County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,030, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Knox County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,359 students), Lombard Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: King School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lombard Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lombard Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

On the community side, the feed for Lombard Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.