Serena Middle School

Set in Serena, Illinois, Serena Middle School is a very small junior high, operated by Serena CUSD 2. It teaches 184 students across grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 60% smaller than the state mean of about 462.

Serena CUSD 2 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 611 students; Serena Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Serena Middle School lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to LaSalle County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Serena Middle School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Serena Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of -3.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for LaSalle County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,045 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Serena Middle School is one of 54 public schools in LaSalle County (combined enrollment of about 14,523 students).

Serena High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Serena Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Serena Middle School has edged down 3%, going from 189 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Serena Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.