U S Grant Middle School

U S Grant Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Springfield, Illinois, overseen by Springfield SD 186. The school teaches 498 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 31 schools in Springfield SD 186 (13,014 students total), U S Grant Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, U S Grant Middle School shows that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 13% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, U S Grant Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Sangamon County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, U S Grant Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 29.9%; U S Grant Middle School posts 15.1%, -14.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Sangamon County put the typical household earns roughly $75,357 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sangamon County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), U S Grant Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Dubois Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, U S Grant Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. U S Grant Middle School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 572 (now 498). Black enrollment moved from 44% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.