Enrollment
291
Middle
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TREMONT CUSD 702·NCES 173939003984
Tremont Middle School
400 W Pearl St, Tremont, IL 61568 · (309) 925-3823 · Tazewell County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-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
15.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
55 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 70 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 30% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Tremont Middle School→Tremont High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tremont CUSD 702. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
73.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.6pp since 2023
Math
48.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.4% | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 37.8% |
% 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Tremont Middle School
Tremont Middle School's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tremont Middle School this school | 291 | 18.9% | 60.9% |
| St Joseph Middle School Saint Joseph | 325 | 18.8% | 70.3% |
| Orion Middle School Orion | 244 | 19.3% | 56.7% |
| Riverdale Middle School Port Byron | 254 | 15.7% | 54.7% |
| Germantown Hills Middle School Germantown Hills | 374 | 16.8% | 79.4% |
| Rockridge Jr High School Taylor Ridge | 234 | 21.8% | 45.4% |
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 Tremont Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #86 of 578 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #164 of 640 ▲ 6 | #4 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #142 of 640 ▲ 104 | #5 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #461 of 691 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #484 of 558 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #505 of 560 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #534 of 581 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #392 of 440 | #11 of 11 |
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
291
+25 (+9%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 198
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 | 291 | 18.6 | 15.7:1 | 19% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 19.1 | 15.2:1 | 17% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 18.1 | 16.9:1 | 17% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 16.4 | 18.4:1 | 17% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 15 | 20.2:1 | 11% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 16 | 19.2:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 240 | 13 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 198 | 9 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tremont Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (301 to 291); teachers up 13% (16.4 to 18.6).
About Tremont Middle School
Tremont Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Tremont, Illinois. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 291 students enrolled. Middle schools in Illinois have about 462 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
Tremont CUSD 702 oversees Tremont Middle School and 2 other schools, with 883 students in total.
Tremont Middle School is 91% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Black. That is in line with Tazewell County, where about 93% of residents are White. The diversity index for Tremont Middle School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.7 students per teacher. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 2.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Tremont Middle School, 19% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Tazewell County average 39%.
Tremont Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of Illinois public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Tremont Middle School would be expected to post about 60.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Tazewell County show that median household income comes to about $77,982, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 56, with about 18,581 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Tremont High School, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Tremont Middle School places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Tremont Middle School's location as Rural: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 291, from 266 in 2020-21.
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tremont CUSD 702
- Tremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Tremont High SchoolHigh · 288 students
Other schools in Tremont
- Tremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Tremont High SchoolHigh · 288 students
Nearby schools
- Tremont High School0.0 mi · 288
- Tremont Elementary School0.4 mi · 304
- Grundy Elementary School5.3 mi · 465
- Jefferson Elementary School5.9 mi · 354
- Lincoln Elementary School6.0 mi · 517
- Scott Altman Primary School6.1 mi · 189
Frequently asked questions
About Tremont Middle SchoolHow large is Tremont Middle School?
Tremont Middle School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Tremont Middle School serve?
Tremont Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Tremont Middle School have?
Tremont Middle School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Tremont Middle School?
Student demographics at Tremont Middle School are roughly 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Tremont Middle School in?
Tremont Middle School is part of Tremont CUSD 702.
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