Macomb Middle School

Macomb Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Macomb, Illinois, operated by Macomb CUSD 185. The school caters to 479 students in grades 6 through 8.

Macomb CUSD 185 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,075 students. Macomb Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Macomb Middle School lists that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, McDonough County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 51% of students at Macomb Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Macomb Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (McDonough County) reports that median household earnings sit near $52,795, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, McDonough County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,250 students), of which Macomb Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Macomb Senior High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Macomb Middle School. On composite proficiency, Macomb Middle School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.7%.

Macomb Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Macomb Middle School has climbed 50%, going from 320 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 76% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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