Enrollment
93
Middle
DISTRICT 109 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING GARDEN CCSD 178·NCES 170141906371
Spring Garden Middle School
511 S Elm St, Ina, IL 62846 · (618) 437-5361 · Jefferson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL93 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest 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
11.3:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
44 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 5 | 25 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 24% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Spring Garden CCSD 178. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
43.2%
IL avg 51.0% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
18.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 11.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Spring Garden Middle School
Spring Garden Middle School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Garden Middle School this school | 93 | 47.3% | 31.3% |
| Galatia Jr High Galatia | 96 | 51.0% | 42.2% |
| Williamsfield Middle School Williamsfield | 83 | 50.6% | 50.8% |
| Aplington Middle School Polo | 114 | 48.2% | 41.5% |
| Cuba Middle School Cuba | 80 | 51.3% | 29.7% |
| East Dubuque Jr High East Dubuque | 84 | 42.9% | 61.3% |
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 Spring Garden Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 93 | #648 of 691 |
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
93
-14 (-13%) vs 2020
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 | 93 | 8.2 | 11.3:1 | 47% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 6.3 | 13.6:1 | 53% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 86 | 9.4 | 9.2:1 | 50% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 107 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 92 | 7 | 13.1:1 | 63% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 127 | 9 | 14.1:1 | 54% (69) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Garden Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (92 to 93); teachers up 17% (7 to 8.2).
About Spring Garden Middle School
Spring Garden Middle School is a small middle school in Ina, Illinois. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 93 students in grades 5 through 8. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students, so this school is 80% smaller than average.
Spring Garden CCSD 178 runs Spring Garden Middle School along with 1 other school, enrolling 217 students in total.
The large majority of students at Spring Garden Middle School, 90%, are White. The next largest groups are 5% multiracial and 4% Black. By the diversity index, Spring Garden Middle School comes in at 18%.
Teachers at the school number 8.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.3:1. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is 60%.
The allk12 Grade for Spring Garden Middle School is C-. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Spring Garden Middle School's results are 12.9 points below predicted: 31.3% against 44.2%.
Within Jefferson County, median household income is about $63,118, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 31 public schools in Jefferson County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,314.
Ewing-Northern Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Spring Garden Middle School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 31.3% against a local average of 41.0%.
Federal data place Spring Garden Middle School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 107 to 93.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,550
Census ACS
Median income
$63,118
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
5,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spring Garden CCSD 178
- Spring Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 124 students
Other Spring Garden Middle schools
One other US public school is named Spring Garden Middle. Spring Garden Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SPRING GARDEN MIDDLEST JOSEPH, MO · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Ewing-Northern Elementary School4.9 mi · 231
- Spring Garden Elementary School7.8 mi · 124
- McClellan Elementary School8.3 mi · 56
- Waltonville Grade School9.0 mi · 212
- Waltonville High School9.1 mi · 98
- Bethel Grade School9.1 mi · 154
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Garden Middle SchoolHow large is Spring Garden Middle School?
Spring Garden Middle School enrolls approximately 93 students in grades 05-08.
Is Spring Garden Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Garden Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Spring Garden Middle School have?
Spring Garden Middle School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Spring Garden Middle School?
Spring Garden Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Spring Garden Middle School?
Spring Garden Middle School is overseen by Spring Garden CCSD 178 in Jefferson County.
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