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What's the most underrated thing about U S Grant Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
498
Middle
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003841
U S Grant Middle School
1800 W Monroe St, Springfield, IL 62704 · (217) 525-3170 · Sangamon County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
359 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 6 | 168 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 155 | 31% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
19.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
7.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.6% | 7.4% |
| 2023-24 | 16.8% | 3.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 U S Grant Middle School
U S Grant Middle School's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| U S Grant Middle School this school | 498 | 72.1% | 15.1% |
| Carbondale Middle School Carbondale | 457 | 73.3% | 21.4% |
| West Jr High School Belleville | 364 | 73.6% | 37.0% |
| Washington Middle School Springfield | 516 | 79.8% | 8.3% |
| Jefferson Middle School Springfield | 517 | 80.7% | 12.1% |
| Mark W Bills Middle School Peoria | 258 | 74.8% | 24.0% |
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 U S Grant Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #555 of 578 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.4% | #617 of 640 ▼ 4 | #15 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #624 of 640 ▼ 24 | #15 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #293 of 691 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #90 of 558 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #143 of 560 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #95 of 581 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #204 of 440 | #8 of 13 |
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
498
-57 (-10%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 710
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 | 498 | 45.5 | 10.9:1 | 72% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 50 | 10.5:1 | 74% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 47 | 11.3:1 | 66% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 43.8 | 13.1:1 | 75% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 45 | 13.0:1 | 58% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 49 | 13.0:1 | 71% (452) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 55 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 41 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for U S Grant Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (572 to 498); teachers up 4% (43.8 to 45.5).
About U S Grant Middle School
U S Grant Middle School, located in Springfield, Illinois, is a mid-sized middle-grades school. Total enrollment is 498 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
U S Grant Middle School falls under Springfield SD 186, which has 31 schools enrolling 13,014 students.
Federal enrollment data show U S Grant Middle School is 53% Black. The remaining shares are 30% White, 13% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 13% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, U S Grant Middle School scores 61%.
U S Grant Middle School reports a ratio of 10.9 students per teacher, from 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at U S Grant Middle School, 72% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Sangamon County is 24 points.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, U S Grant Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 15.1%; the prediction is 29.9%.
Sangamon County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $75,357, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 77 public schools in the county, enrolling about 27,345, U S Grant Middle School among them.
The closest school to U S Grant Middle School is Dubois Elementary School, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. U S Grant Middle School's average proficiency of 15.1% compares with 32.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's enrollment fell 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Nearby schools
- Dubois Elementary School0.6 mi · 469
- Owen Marsh Elementary School0.9 mi · 324
- Elizabeth Graham Elementary School0.9 mi · 241
- Jane Addams Elementary School1.0 mi · 243
- Springfield High School1.2 mi · 1,308
- Butler Elementary School1.4 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About U S Grant Middle SchoolHow many students attend U S Grant Middle School?
U S Grant Middle School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does U S Grant Middle School serve?
U S Grant Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at U S Grant Middle School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at U S Grant Middle School.
How diverse is U S Grant Middle School?
U S Grant Middle School reports a student body of 30% White, 3% Hispanic, 53% Black, 0% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is U S Grant Middle School in?
U S Grant Middle School is part of Springfield SD 186.
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