Enrollment
193
Middle
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RED HILL CUSD 10·NCES 172213005430
Sumner Attendance Center
110 W Locust St, Sumner, IL 62466 · (618) 936-2412 · Lawrence County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL193 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- 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
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
109 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 4 | 50 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 40% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 34% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Sumner Attendance Center→Red Hill Jr/Sr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Red Hill CUSD 10. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.2%
IL avg 51.0% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
25.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.3% | 17.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Sumner Attendance Center
Sumner Attendance Center's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Attendance Center this school | 193 | 56.5% | 40.3% |
| Mt Carmel Junior High School Mount Carmel | 199 | 56.8% | 31.7% |
| Salt Fork Junior High School Sidell | 202 | 55.4% | 33.2% |
| West Central Middle School Stronghurst | 169 | 59.2% | 25.3% |
| Westville Jr High School Westville | 205 | 58.0% | 16.1% |
| Gallatin Junior High School Junction | 186 | 60.2% | 35.8% |
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 Sumner Attendance Center ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #320 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #413 of 640 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #290 of 640 ▼ 99 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 193 | #567 of 691 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #220 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #287 of 440 |
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
193
+7 (+4%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 344
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 | 193 | 12.1 | 16.0:1 | 56% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 12.8 | 16.6:1 | 62% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 12.9 | 15.5:1 | 58% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 186 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 210 | 15 | 14.0:1 | 57% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 232 | 14 | 16.6:1 | 63% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 16 | 13.8:1 | 59% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 26 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 25 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sumner Attendance Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (210 to 193); teachers down 20% (15 to 12.1).
About Sumner Attendance Center
Sumner Attendance Center, a small middle school, is located in Sumner, Illinois. Its grade span covers grades 4 through 6, with 193 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 462 students for middle schools in Illinois.
In Red Hill CUSD 10, 3 schools enroll a combined 903 students.
By race and ethnicity, Sumner Attendance Center is 98% White. The school's White share is 14 points above the 84% share among Lawrence County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 3%.
Its staff includes 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.0 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.0:1. Sumner Attendance Center has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 56%.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Sumner Attendance Center outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sumner Attendance Center lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.3%; the prediction is 38.9%.
For the population of Lawrence County, the median household earns about $55,324 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Sumner Attendance Center shares Lawrence County with 5 other public schools.
Bridgeport Grade School, about 5.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number 5. Sumner Attendance Center is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 4% rise took enrollment from 186 in 2020-21 to 193 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Sumner Attendance Center, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,031
Census ACS
Median income
$55,324
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Red Hill CUSD 10
- Red Hill Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 396 students
- Bridgeport Grade SchoolElementary · 314 students
Nearby schools
- Bridgeport Grade School5.5 mi · 314
- Red Hill Jr/Sr High School5.7 mi · 396
- Lawrenceville High School8.9 mi · 298
- Parkside Elementary School9.1 mi · 528
- Parkview Jr High School9.2 mi · 235
- Richland County Erly Childhd Center10.7 mi · 149
Frequently asked questions
About Sumner Attendance CenterHow many students attend Sumner Attendance Center?
Sumner Attendance Center enrolls approximately 193 students in grades 04-06.
Is Sumner Attendance Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sumner Attendance Center is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Sumner Attendance Center?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Sumner Attendance Center.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sumner Attendance Center?
At Sumner Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Sumner Attendance Center public or private?
Sumner Attendance Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Red Hill CUSD 10.
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