Monticello Middle School

Monticello Middle School is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in Monticello, Illinois, run under Monticello CUSD 25, with 405 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Monticello CUSD 25, which oversees 4 schools and 1,707 students, Monticello Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Monticello Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder comes out to 2% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Monticello Middle School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Monticello Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Piatt County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Monticello Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.5%.

Around the school, census data for Piatt County shows median household earnings sit near $94,811, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Monticello Middle School is one of 14 public schools in Piatt County (combined enrollment of about 3,086 students).

Monticello High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monticello Middle School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 50.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Monticello Middle School's enrollment has climbed 14% since 2018, when it stood at 356 (now 405).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.