Enrollment
200
Middle
DISTRICT 224 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 4·NCES 172559006360
Unity Middle School
453 W Collins St, Mendon, IL 62351 · (217) 936-2727 · Adams County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Illinois public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
105 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 52 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 27% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
Unity Middle School→Unity High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CUSD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
68.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 32.1% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Unity Middle School
Unity Middle School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Middle School this school | 200 | 52.5% | 51.5% |
| Carmi White Cnty Jr High School Carmi | 188 | 52.1% | 52.4% |
| Central Jr High School West Frankfort | 215 | 53.5% | 28.9% |
| North Mac Middle School Girard | 228 | 54.4% | 28.1% |
| Pana Jr High School Pana | 248 | 53.2% | 51.4% |
| Salt Fork Junior High School Sidell | 202 | 55.4% | 33.2% |
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 Unity Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #178 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #218 of 640 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #193 of 640 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #560 of 691 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #244 of 558 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.9% | #550 of 560 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.5% | #268 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #100 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
200
+6 (+3%) vs 2020
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 | 200 | 15.9 | 12.6:1 | 53% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 194 | 16.3 | 11.9:1 | 46% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 184 | 14 | 13.1:1 | 42% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 194 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 250 | 16 | 15.7:1 | 30% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 18 | 13.2:1 | 39% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Unity Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (250 to 200); teachers down 1% (16 to 15.9).
About Unity Middle School
Unity Middle School is a middle school in Mendon, Illinois, and it is part of CUSD 4. The school serves 200 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students.
CUSD 4 has 672 students spread across 3 schools.
At Unity Middle School, White students make up 97% of the student body. The school is also 2% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Unity Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 6%.
The school employs the equivalent of 15.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.6:1. Middle schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. Across public schools in Adams County, the average is about the same, 56%.
Unity Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Unity Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.5% and a predicted 41.2%.
Among Adams County residents, median household income is about $66,220, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Unity Middle School is one of 23 public schools in Adams County, which together enroll about 8,717 students.
Unity High School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Unity Middle School is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The number of students grew from 194 to 200 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,754
Census ACS
Median income
$66,220
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
8,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 4
- Unity Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
- Unity High SchoolHigh · 176 students
Other schools in Mendon
- Unity Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
- Unity High SchoolHigh · 176 students
Other Unity Middle schools
One other US public school is named Unity Middle. Unity Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Unity MiddleBalsam Lake, WI · 238 students
Nearby schools
- Unity High School0.0 mi · 176
- Unity Elementary School0.3 mi · 296
- Colonel George Iles Elementary School10.0 mi · 535
- Dr. Abby Fox Rooney Elementary School10.3 mi · 500
- Quincy Sr High School11.6 mi · 1,847
- Thomas S Baldwin Elementary School11.7 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About Unity Middle SchoolHow many students attend Unity Middle School?
Unity Middle School enrolls approximately 200 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Unity Middle School serve?
Unity Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Unity Middle School have?
Unity Middle School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Unity Middle School?
Student demographics at Unity Middle School are roughly 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Unity Middle School in?
Unity Middle School is part of CUSD 4.
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