Urbana Middle School

Urbana Middle School is an expansive middle-grades school in Urbana, Illinois, operated by Urbana SD 116. The school enrolls 877 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Urbana Middle School sits 90% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in Urbana SD 116 (4,658 students total), Urbana Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Urbana Middle School reports that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 25% Hispanic, 24% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at Urbana Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Champaign County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Urbana Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.0%, the actual is 17.7%, a residual of -10.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Champaign County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,683 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Champaign County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students), Urbana Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Urbana High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Urbana Middle School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 21.8%.

Urbana Middle School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 940 students in 2018 compared to 877 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 14% to 25% over that span.

On allk12, members of the Urbana Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.