Wolf Branch Middle School

Set in Swansea, Illinois, Wolf Branch Middle School is a small middle-grades school, operated by Wolf Branch SD 113. It caters to 341 students across grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Wolf Branch Middle School sits 26% below that benchmark.

Wolf Branch SD 113 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 823 students. Wolf Branch Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wolf Branch Middle School reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 23% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with St. Clair County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 29% of students at Wolf Branch Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than St. Clair County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wolf Branch Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.8%, the actual is 60.2%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Clair County) shows that median household income runs about $73,854, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Clair County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), of which Wolf Branch Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Wolf Branch Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wolf Branch Middle School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 376 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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