Richland County Middle School

Set in Olney, Illinois, Richland County Middle School is a reasonably sized middle school, run under Richland County CUSD 1. It hosts 439 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within Richland County CUSD 1, which oversees 4 schools and 2,145 students, Richland County Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Richland County Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Richland County Middle School lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Richland County Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.5%; this one delivers 50.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Richland County put median household income runs about $62,455, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richland County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,145 students), of which Richland County Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Richland County Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Richland County Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Richland County Middle School's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 511 (now 439). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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