Enrollment
140
Middle
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH CENTRAL CUD 401·NCES 170011405392
South Central Middle School
503 S Madison St, Kinmundy, IL 62854 · (618) 547-7734 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL140 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
79 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 46 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 32% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 69% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
South Central Middle School→South Central High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Central CUD 401. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.9pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.1% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.2% | 6.8% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 South Central Middle School
South Central Middle School's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Central Middle School this school | 140 | 56.4% | 24.9% |
| Western Jr High School Kinderhook | 146 | 55.5% | 44.3% |
| Stark County Junior High School Toulon | 140 | 55.7% | 37.7% |
| West Central Middle School Stronghurst | 169 | 59.2% | 25.3% |
| Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High School Bushnell | 131 | 58.0% | 30.1% |
| Hardin County Jr High School Elizabethtown | 107 | 55.1% | 25.4% |
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 South Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #484 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #540 of 640 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #588 of 640 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 140 | #617 of 691 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #222 of 581 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
140
-15 (-10%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 210
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 140 | 13.4 | 10.4:1 | 56% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 13.7 | 10.5:1 | 59% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 144 | 13.7 | 10.5:1 | 53% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 142 | 14 | 10.1:1 | 42% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 182 | 16 | 11.4:1 | 59% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 18 | 10.6:1 | 60% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 179 | 12 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 210 | 15 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Central Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (142 to 140); teachers down 4% (14 to 13.4).
About South Central Middle School
A very small middle school in Kinmundy, Illinois, South Central Middle School is part of South Central CUD 401. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 140 students. Middle schools in Illinois have about 462 students on average; enrollment here is 70% lower.
South Central Middle School is part of South Central CUD 401, where 3 schools serve 592 students.
White students account for 98% of the school's enrollment. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 4%.
South Central Middle School lists 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.4 students per teacher. The school's 10.4:1 compares with an average of 13.0:1 for middle schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 56% of the student body.
South Central Middle School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Illinois public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, South Central Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools: 24.9% actual against 38.9% predicted.
Census data for Marion County show the median household earns about $61,240 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting South Central Middle School, Marion County has 27 public schools.
South Central Elementary-Kinmundy sits about 0.8 miles from South Central Middle School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, South Central Middle School is 7th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, South Central Middle School had a net loss of 15 students, or 10%.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,000
Census ACS
Median income
$61,240
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
5,636 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Central CUD 401
- South Central Elementary-KinmundyElementary · 269 students
- South Central High SchoolHigh · 183 students
Other schools in Kinmundy
- South Central Elementary-KinmundyElementary · 269 students
Other South Central Middle schools
One other US public school is named South Central Middle. South Central Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- South Central Middle SchoolProtection, KS · 113 students
Nearby schools
- South Central Elementary-Kinmundy0.8 mi · 269
- South Central High School6.3 mi · 183
- Salem Community High School10.3 mi · 706
- Franklin Park Middle School10.6 mi · 528
- Hawthorn Elementary School10.7 mi · 421
- Iuka Comm Cons School11.1 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About South Central Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at South Central Middle School?
South Central Middle School enrolls approximately 140 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does South Central Middle School serve?
South Central Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at South Central Middle School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at South Central Middle School.
How diverse is South Central Middle School?
South Central Middle School reports a student body of 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is South Central Middle School public or private?
South Central Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Central CUD 401.
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