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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHILOH VILLAGE SD 85·NCES 173621005739

Shiloh Middle School

1 Wildcat Xing, Shiloh, IL 62269 · (618) 632-7434 · St. Clair County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Illinois public middle schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools

Enrollment
331
Middle
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 462
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
91 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 45617%
Grade 56620%
Grade 67422%
Grade 76419%
Grade 87121%
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
19960%
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
165%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
8024%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
113%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
258%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
16048%
Female
17152%

School pathway

Feeds from
Shiloh Elementary SchoolPK–03
Based on grade levels within Shiloh Village SD 85. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)
English Language Arts
69.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.3pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.

IAR + ISA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2569.5%49.8%
2023-2452.2%38.1%
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Shiloh Middle School

Shiloh Middle School's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Shiloh Middle School this school33127.5%55.8%
Wolf Branch Middle School
Swansea
34129.0%60.2%
Reservoir Gifted School
Peoria
30835.1%91.9%
Lincoln Magnet School
Springfield
30037.7%63.8%
Amelia V Carriel Jr High
O Fallon
66426.7%57.8%
Haven Middle School
Evanston
66027.4%57.6%
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Shiloh Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn St. Clair County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
55.8%#132 of 578#7 of 18
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
49.8%#146 of 640
▲ 21
#6 of 19
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
69.5%#188 of 640
▲ 77
#5 of 19
▲ 3
Enrollment
ranked largest first
331#424 of 691#12 of 20
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.6:1#512 of 558#14 of 17
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
57.1%#188 of 560#8 of 17
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
27.5%#475 of 581#14 of 18
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+2.5%#105 of 127N/A
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
331
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 262
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253312016.6:127% (91)
2023-2432619.516.7:129% (96)
2022-2333717.519.3:132% (108)
2020-21330N/AN/AN/A
2017-1832318.517.5:138% (122)
2015-162661616.6:133% (88)
2010-112621517.5:125% (65)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shiloh Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students up 2% (323 to 331); teachers up 8% (18.5 to 20).

About Shiloh Middle School

Shiloh Middle School is a small middle school based in Shiloh, Illinois. The school serves 331 students in grades 4 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Illinois is roughly 462 students; this school is 28% smaller than that.

Shiloh Village SD 85 has 2 schools and 576 students, and Shiloh Middle School is one of those schools.

Shiloh Middle School's enrollment is 60% White. The remaining shares are 24% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The White share in St. Clair County as a whole is similar, at about 60%. By the diversity index, Shiloh Middle School comes in at 57%.

Federal staffing data show 20 full-time-equivalent teachers at Shiloh Middle School and a ratio of 16.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 27% of enrollment. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County is 27 points.

Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Shiloh Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

A school with Shiloh Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 55.6%. Shiloh Middle School scores 55.8%, within a point of that line.

Among St. Clair County residents, median household income is about $73,854, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Shiloh Middle School is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County, which together enroll about 40,879 students.

The nearest other public school, Shiloh Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Shiloh Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

Federal data show 330 students in 2020-21 and 331 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.

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St. Clair County at a glance

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Population
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students

Quick facts

School name
Shiloh Middle School
District
Shiloh Village SD 85
Address
1 Wildcat Xing, Shiloh, IL 62269
Phone
(618) 632-7434
County
St. Clair County
Level
Middle
Grade range
04–08
Total enrollment
331
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
16.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
91 (27%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
173621005739
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Shiloh Middle. Shiloh Middle School is the 4th largest of the 5.

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Frequently asked questions

About Shiloh Middle School
How many students attend Shiloh Middle School?
Shiloh Middle School enrolls approximately 331 students in grades 04-08.
What age range does Shiloh Middle School serve?
Shiloh Middle School serves students from grade 04 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Shiloh Middle School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Shiloh Middle School.
How diverse is Shiloh Middle School?
Shiloh Middle School reports a student body of 60% White, 5% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Shiloh Middle School public or private?
Shiloh Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shiloh Village SD 85.
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