Tremont Middle School

Tremont Middle School is a cozy 6-8 campus in Tremont, Illinois, one of the schools within Tremont CUSD 702. The school caters to 291 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Tremont Middle School sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Tremont CUSD 702, which oversees 3 schools and 883 students, Tremont Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Tremont Middle School records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black. Compared to Tazewell County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Tremont Middle School reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at Tremont Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Tazewell County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, Tremont Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.6%; this one delivers 60.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tazewell County) reports that median household earnings sit near $77,982, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Tazewell County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), Tremont Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Tremont High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Tremont Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tremont Middle School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.8%.

Tremont Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tremont Middle School has shrank 3%, going from 301 students in 2018 to 291 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.