Midwest Central Middle School

Midwest Central Middle School is a tiny middle-grades school in Green Valley, Illinois, operated by Midwest Central CUSD 191. The school caters to 183 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Midwest Central Middle School sits 60% below that benchmark.

Midwest Central CUSD 191 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 848 students. Midwest Central Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Midwest Central Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest reads as 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tazewell County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Midwest Central Middle School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Tazewell County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Midwest Central Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tazewell County) reports that median household income runs about $77,982, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Midwest Central Middle School is one of 56 public schools in Tazewell County (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students).

Delavan Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Midwest Central Middle School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Midwest Central Middle School's enrollment has edged down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 236 (now 183). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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