Middle · Connecticut

Illing Middle School

Free meals for all

Illing Middle School, a public middle school in Manchester, Connecticut: grades 7–8, 763 students, 9.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Manchester School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
763
Teachers (FTE)
78.0
Students per teacher
9.8
Grades
7–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 11.1 · 178 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 82% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 498 · 178 schools compared

Larger than 75% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Connecticut: 50%

31%proficient

−2.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 87% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 57% · 177 middle schools compared

748 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Connecticut: 46%

20%proficient

−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 88% of middle schools in Connecticut

Median 50% · 178 middle schools compared

730 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Manchester School District.

Location

Address
227 Middle Tpke E, Manchester, CT 06040
Phone
(860)647-3400
City or town
Manchester

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Elisabeth M. Bennet AcademyFree meals for all
5–886411.037%31%
6–81,22111.269%65%
6–865110.257%39%
Sunset Ridge Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–833411.661%57%
East Hartford Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–897111.532%21%
6–887513.175%71%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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