Manteno Middle School

Located at 250 N Poplar St, in Manteno, Illinois, Manteno Middle School is a medium-sized junior high that hosts 520 students (grades 5 through 8), operated by Manteno CUSD 5.

Across the 3 schools in Manteno CUSD 5 (1,801 students total), Manteno Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Manteno Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kankakee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Manteno Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 51.7%, a residual of -0.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kankakee County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,281 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Manteno Middle School is one of 44 public schools in Kankakee County (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students).

Nearest neighbor: Manteno High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manteno Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 603 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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