Wilmington Middle School

Wilmington Middle School, a low-enrollment junior high in Wilmington, Illinois, overseen by Wilmington CUSD 209U, enrolls 254 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 45% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Across the 4 schools in Wilmington CUSD 209U (1,261 students total), Wilmington Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Wilmington Middle School lists that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder consists of 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Wilmington Middle School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Wilmington Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of +10.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Will County indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Will County runs 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), of which Wilmington Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: L J Stevens Intermediate School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Wilmington Middle School. On composite proficiency, Wilmington Middle School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilmington Middle School has shrank 12%, going from 288 students in 2018 to 254 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 93% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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