Shabbona Middle School

Shabbona Middle School is the name of a small middle school in Morris, Illinois. Enrollment is 360 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 462-student average for middle schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 22% lower.

Enrollment across the 2 schools in Morris SD 54 totals 1,082 students.

At 69%, White students outnumber all other groups at Shabbona Middle School combined. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Grundy County, the White share is about 86%. Shabbona Middle School has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Teachers at the school number 24.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.5:1. Among middle schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.0:1. The school's lunch program data list 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Grundy County is 35%.

Shabbona Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.4% and a predicted 43.6%.

Grundy County census figures show that median household income is about $92,235, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 28 public schools operate in Grundy County, serving about 12,070 students.

Morris Community High School is located about 0.3 miles from Shabbona Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: 4. The nearest schools with test data average 51.5%, higher than Shabbona Middle School's 42.4%.

The NCES locale for Shabbona Middle School is Town: Fringe, which covers schools in a town close to an urbanized area.

The number of students declined from 382 to 360 over 4 years.

Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.