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How has Urbana Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
877
Middle
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·URBANA SD 116·NCES 173996004017
Urbana Middle School
1201 S Vine St, Urbana, IL 61801 · (217) 384-3685 · Champaign County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL877 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Illinois public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.0:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
661 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 305 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 279 | 32% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Urbana Middle School→Urbana High School
Based on grade levels within Urbana SD 116. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
21.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
11.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 13.1% | 8.5% |
% 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
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Urbana Middle School
Urbana Middle School's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbana Middle School this school | 877 | 75.4% | 17.7% |
| Abraham Lincoln Middle School Rockford | 736 | 80.2% | 14.9% |
| West Middle School Rockford | 793 | 79.3% | 16.2% |
| Bernard W Flinn Middle School Rockford | 807 | 69.5% | 20.4% |
| Clinton Rosette Middle School DeKalb | 575 | 74.1% | 17.3% |
| Carbondale Middle School Carbondale | 457 | 73.3% | 21.4% |
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 Urbana Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #537 of 578 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #579 of 640 ▼ 16 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #617 of 640 ▲ 6 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 877 | #51 of 691 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #186 of 558 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #15 of 560 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.4% | #78 of 581 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #315 of 440 | #3 of 6 |
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
877
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 783
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 | 877 | 72.9 | 12.0:1 | 75% (661) |
| 2023-24 | 911 | 74.7 | 12.2:1 | 76% (691) |
| 2022-23 | 903 | 73.5 | 12.3:1 | 77% (692) |
| 2020-21 | 872 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 940 | 79.6 | 11.8:1 | 69% (648) |
| 2015-16 | 896 | 81 | 11.1:1 | 67% (603) |
| 2010-11 | 819 | 71 | 11.5:1 | 69% (567) |
| 2000-01 | 1,016 | 83 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 58 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Urbana Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (940 to 877); teachers down 8% (79.6 to 72.9).
About Urbana Middle School
Urbana Middle School runs as a large middle school in Urbana, Illinois. It educates 877 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 90% larger than the 462 average for middle schools in Illinois.
In Urbana SD 116, 9 schools enroll a combined 4,658 students.
Black students are the largest group at Urbana Middle School, with 38% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 24% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Champaign County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Urbana Middle School comes in at 72%.
Urbana Middle School operates with 72.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. About 75% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is higher than the 53% average for public schools in Champaign County.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Urbana Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Urbana Middle School would score about 28.0%. It scores 17.7%, 10.3 points below that figure.
Census estimates describe Champaign County this way: median household income is about $63,683, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Champaign County number 66 and enroll about 25,919.
The closest public school, Urbana High School, is about 0.1 miles from Urbana Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Urbana Middle School places 3rd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 872 to 877, a small change.
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Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Urbana SD 116
- Urbana High SchoolHigh · 1,176 students
- Yankee Ridge Multilingual SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Yankee Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Dr Preston L Williams Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Leal Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Thomas Paine Elementary SchoolElementary · 324 students
Other schools in Urbana
- Urbana High SchoolHigh · 1,176 students
- Yankee Ridge Multilingual SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Yankee Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Dr Preston L Williams Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Leal Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Thomas Paine Elementary SchoolElementary · 324 students
Other Urbana Middle schools
One other US public school is named Urbana Middle. Urbana Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Urbana MiddleIjamsville, MD · 1,090 students
Nearby schools
- Urbana High School0.1 mi · 1,176
- Leal Elementary School0.4 mi · 373
- Yankee Ridge Elementary School1.0 mi · 461
- Yankee Ridge Multilingual School1.0 mi · 482
- Thomas Paine Elementary School1.2 mi · 324
- University of Illinois High School1.2 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Urbana Middle SchoolHow large is Urbana Middle School?
Urbana Middle School enrolls approximately 877 students in grades 06-08.
Is Urbana Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Urbana Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Urbana Middle School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Urbana Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Urbana Middle School?
Student demographics at Urbana Middle School are roughly 24% White, 25% Hispanic, 38% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Urbana Middle School public or private?
Urbana Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Urbana SD 116.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.