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Enrollment
571
Middle
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAHOKIA CUSD 187·NCES 170804006232
Wirth/Parks Middle School
1900 Mousette Ln, Cahokia, IL 62206 · (618) 332-5901 · St. Clair County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
466 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 199 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 189 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 183 | 32% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Wirth/Parks Middle School→Cahokia High School
Based on grade levels within Cahokia CUSD 187. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
13.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
2.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.4% | 2.2% |
| 2023-24 | 7.8% | 0.8% |
% 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
8.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 24% 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 Wirth/Parks Middle School
Wirth/Parks Middle School's state test result (8.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wirth/Parks Middle School this school | 571 | 81.6% | 8.5% |
| Michelle Obama School of Technology Park Forest | 428 | 79.0% | 22.4% |
| Barack Obama School of Ldership Chicago Heights | 367 | 80.7% | 29.4% |
| McKinley Jr High School South Holland | 287 | 77.4% | 33.6% |
| Sterling Middle School Peoria | 374 | 88.5% | 9.4% |
| Sauk Elementary School Richton Park | 281 | 74.4% | 25.8% |
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 Wirth/Parks Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #576 of 578 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.2% | #639 of 640 ▼ 1 | #19 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #636 of 640 ▲ 3 | #19 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #238 of 691 | #4 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #407 of 558 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.6% | #465 of 560 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #58 of 581 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +138.9% | #1 of 127 | N/A |
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
571
+336 (+143%) 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 | 571 | 39.8 | 14.3:1 | 82% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 10 | 62.3:1 | 89% (552) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 39.3 | 15.7:1 | 96% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 12.7 | 18.8:1 | 90% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 12 | 17.9:1 | 78% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wirth/Parks Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 139% (239 to 571); teachers up 213% (12.7 to 39.8).
About Wirth/Parks Middle School
Wirth/Parks Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Cahokia, Illinois. The school enrolls 571 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 462 students for middle schools in Illinois.
The district, Cahokia CUSD 187, has 2,991 students enrolled across 8 schools.
The share of students at Wirth/Parks Middle School who are Black is 88%. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% White. County-wide, 28% of St. Clair County residents are Black. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at Wirth/Parks Middle School are from different groups.
A staff of 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.3:1. Compared with the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in St. Clair County, the average is 54%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Wirth/Parks Middle School posts 8.5% against a 24.4% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Illinois.
The county, St. Clair County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $73,854 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. St. Clair County has 96 public schools with about 40,879 students, including Wirth/Parks Middle School.
Penniman Elementary School is the nearest public school to Wirth/Parks Middle School, about 1.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Wirth/Parks Middle School is behind the 11.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
Wirth/Parks Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment figures are 235 for 2020-21 and 571 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cahokia CUSD 187
- Cahokia High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Lalumier Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Huffman Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
- Penniman Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Elizabeth Morris Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
Other schools in Cahokia
- Cahokia High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Huffman Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
- Penniman Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Elizabeth Morris Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Estelle Sauget School of ChoiceElementary · 240 students
Nearby schools
- Penniman Elementary School1.3 mi · 250
- Lalumier Elementary School1.4 mi · 276
- Estelle Sauget School of Choice1.5 mi · 240
- Cahokia High School1.9 mi · 850
- Elizabeth Morris Elementary School2.5 mi · 246
- Maplewood Elementary School2.5 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Wirth/Parks Middle SchoolHow large is Wirth/Parks Middle School?
Wirth/Parks Middle School enrolls approximately 571 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wirth/Parks Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wirth/Parks Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Wirth/Parks Middle School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Wirth/Parks Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Wirth/Parks Middle School?
Student demographics at Wirth/Parks Middle School are roughly 2% White, 3% Hispanic, 88% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wirth/Parks Middle School?
Wirth/Parks Middle School is overseen by Cahokia CUSD 187 in St. Clair County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.