Middle · Illinois
GCMS Middle School
GCMS Middle School, a public middle school in Gibson City, Illinois: grades 6–8, 211 students, 10.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5.
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
- 211
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.8
- Students per teacher
- 10.2
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 87% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 12.7 · 689 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 79% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 428 · 691 schools compared
Smaller than 85% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Illinois: 53%Not published: too few students tested.
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Illinois: 39%31%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 31% · 631 middle schools compared
74 students tested, grades 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
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 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5.
Location
- Address
- 316 E 19th St, Gibson City, IL 60936
- Phone
- (217)784-8731
- City or town
- Gibson City
- County
- Ford County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 288 | 11.5 | 59% | 39% | |
Ridgeview Jr High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 107 | 13.4 | 40% | 14% |
J W Eater Jr High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 477 | 10.3 | 36% | 11% |
Rise Academy at JW EaterAlternativeFree meals for all | 5–8 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 5–6 | 216 | 11.8 | 70% | 50% | |
| 7–8 | 250 | 12.1 | 62% | 22% |
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
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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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