Is Murphysboro Middle School a good school?

Murphysboro Middle School ranks in the bottom 15.8% of Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Murphysboro Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 444 students attended Murphysboro Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Murphysboro Middle School?

Students at Murphysboro Middle School are 71% White, 14% African American, 7% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic.

What high school do graduates of Murphysboro Middle School attend?

Students who attend Murphysboro Middle School usually go on to attend Murphysboro High School

Murphysboro Middle School

Summary:

Murphysboro Middle School is a public middle school serving 444 students in grades 6-8 in Murphysboro, Illinois. The school is part of the Murphysboro CUSD 186 district, which is ranked 725 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Murphysboro Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Illinois middle schools over the past 10 years, with a 1-star rating for the 2023-2024 school year. The school struggles across all student subgroups, with the lowest rankings for African American, White, and Multi-racial students. Chronic absenteeism has been a significant issue, increasing from 11.8% in 2020-2021 to 46.8% in 2023-2024. Academically, only 16.5% of students are proficient or better in English Language Arts, and just 9.4% are proficient or better in Mathematics, significantly lagging behind the state and district averages.

Compared to nearby schools like Shawnee Junior High, Trico Junior High, and Herrin Middle School, Murphysboro Middle School significantly underperforms on key metrics. This may be due in part to the school's extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, over 99% in 2022-2023, suggesting a predominantly low-income student population. Despite relatively high per-student spending, the school has not been able to translate this into improved academic outcomes, indicating a need to re-evaluate resource allocation to better support student learning.

Detail:

Public 6-8

2125 Spruce St
Murphysboro, IL 62966-2342

(618) 684-3041

District: Murphysboro CUSD 186

SchoolDigger Rank:
1148^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,791

Students who attend Murphysboro Middle School usually attend:

High:

Murphysboro High School

Feeder schools for Murphysboro Middle School:

Elementary:	Carruthers Elementary School
	Gen John A Logan Attendance Center

Student/teacher ratio: 12.5

Number of students: 444

Racial breakdown:

White:

71.2%

African American:

14.0%

Two or more races:

7.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 99.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Murphysboro Middle School ranks worse than 84.2% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.16. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Murphysboro Middle School is $15,791.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Murphysboro Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Murphysboro Middle School 1148^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Murphysboro Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Murphysboro CUSD 186:

SchoolDigger ranks Murphysboro CUSD 186 725^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Murphysboro Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	47.55	707^th	1185	40.3%
2004	46.03	732^nd	1204	39.2%
2005	56.03	639^th	1209	47.1%
2006	45.97	802^nd	1272	36.9%
2007	54.53	691^st	1287	46.3%
2008	39.43	880^th	1293	31.9%
2009	39.77	917^th	1318	30.4%
2010	46.67	835^th	1327	37.1%
2011	39.36	933^rd	1344	30.6%
2012	41.61	914^th	1365	33.0%
2013	41.58	833^rd	1367	39.1%
2014	49.15	703^rd	1322	46.8%
2015	34.45	819^th	1302	37.1%
2016	25.66	989^th	1294	23.6%
2017	29.49	913^th	1293	29.4%
2018	25.79	959^th	1293	25.8%
2019	22.36	1072^nd	1356	20.9%
2021	15.80	1109^th	1241	10.6%
2022	27.25	959^th	1369	29.9%
2023	27.38	957^th	1367	30.0%
2024	18.16	1148^th	1363	15.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.33	160^th	164	2.4%
2019	5.45	179^th	179	0.0%
2022	15.28	176^th	195	9.7%
2023	17.69	164^th	194	15.5%
2024	11.60	178^th	184	3.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.79	270^th	602	55.1%
2019	27.95	641^st	792	19.1%
2021	27.44	463^rd	548	15.5%
2022	26.86	654^th	781	16.3%
2023	24.51	652^nd	805	19.0%
2024	18.82	760^th	802	5.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.21	691^st	1161	40.5%
2019	35.16	803^rd	1217	34.0%
2021	23.36	862^nd	1019	15.4%
2022	41.63	649^th	1221	46.8%
2023	42.55	664^th	1234	46.2%
2024	27.17	916^th	1219	24.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	41.98	41^st	70	41.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.73	913^th	1226	25.5%
2019	20.92	1027^th	1276	19.5%
2021	16.04	909^th	1017	10.6%
2022	26.50	929^th	1286	27.8%
2023	26.74	919^th	1275	27.9%
2024	17.59	1067^th	1251	14.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	33.06	437^th	674	35.2%
2024	26.19	530^th	639	17.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.41	933^rd	1223	23.7%
2019	24.92	974^th	1296	24.8%
2021	14.22	976^th	1048	6.9%
2022	28.94	891^st	1286	30.7%
2023	28.67	890^th	1292	31.1%
2024	19.80	1037^th	1264	18.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.66	442^nd	511	13.5%
2019	20.13	533^rd	565	5.7%
2021	22.04	372^nd	385	3.4%
2022	22.20	545^th	573	4.9%
2023	22.00	521^st	569	8.4%
2024	19.84	509^th	548	7.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	30.85	471^st	662	28.9%
2023	40.27	368^th	661	44.3%

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Rank History for White students at Murphysboro Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.68	763^rd	889	14.2%
2019	13.95	826^th	905	8.7%
2021	8.99	796^th	813	2.1%
2022	17.79	787^th	898	12.4%
2023	15.05	814^th	895	9.1%
2024	9.81	830^th	875	5.1%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Murphysboro Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	462	59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	521
1990	469	76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	545
1991	517	82	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	599
1992	529	83	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	614
1993	507	88	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	598
1994	547	91	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	641
1995	571	81	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	658
1996	571	81	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	658
1997	534	79	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	616
1998	459	74	1	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	540
1999	482	86	1	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	574
2000	487	96	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	588
2001	472	79	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
2002	456	66	2	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	538
2003	456	66	2	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	538
2004	440	73	1	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	525
2005	417	76	1	16	1	n/a	n/a	0	511
2006	381	81	1	18	1	n/a	n/a	7	489
2007	356	79	1	19	1	n/a	n/a	14	470
2008	347	78	0	15	1	n/a	n/a	11	452
2009	312	78	1	13	1	n/a	n/a	18	423
2010	334	71	2	13	0	n/a	n/a	24	444
2011	331	79	1	18	2	0	18	0	449
2012	341	84	1	19	1	0	20	0	466
2013	342	84	3	22	1	0	19	0	471
2014	336	85	3	27	1	0	28	0	480
2015	341	75	2	25	2	1	32	0	478
2016	320	72	0	26	2	1	33	0	454
2017	298	75	1	30	2	1	33	0	440
2018	288	78	1	29	1	0	41	0	438
2019	289	91	2	23	1	0	40	0	446
2020	280	86	1	26	0	0	41	0	434
2021	299	79	1	29	0	0	41	0	449
2022	295	74	1	31	0	0	32	0	433
2023	316	62	4	29	0	0	33	0	444

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Murphysboro Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	521	27.4	19.0	n/a
1990	545	25.9	21.0	n/a
1991	599	25.5	23.4	n/a
1992	614	33.7	18.2	n/a
1993	598	33.0	18.1	n/a
1994	641	36.0	17.8	n/a
1995	658	35.0	18.8	n/a
1996	658	35.0	18.8	n/a
1997	616	34.6	17.8	n/a
1998	540	35.0	15.4	n/a
1999	574	38.0	15.1	n/a
2000	588	37.6	15.6	n/a
2001	556	36.4	15.3	n/a
2002	538	34.5	15.6	46.3
2003	538	34.5	15.6	46.3
2004	525	33.0	15.9	46.7
2005	511	34.0	15.0	52.6
2006	489	33.0	14.8	52.5
2007	470	22.0	21.4	56.6
2008	452	23.0	19.7	60.3
2009	423	31.0	13.6	66.2
2010	444	32.0	13.8	71.4
2011	449	31.0	14.4	66.4
2012	466	32.8	14.1	58.2
2013	471	33.0	14.2	46.7
2014	480	29.8	16.0	n/a
2015	478	33.0	14.4	99.4
2016	454	33.0	13.7	98.7
2017	440	29.0	15.1	99.1
2018	438	30.0	14.6	99.3
2019	446	34.2	13.0	98
2020	434	32.5	13.3	100
2021	449	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	433	35.0	12.3	93.8
2023	444	35.5	12.5	99.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Murphysboro Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	521	27.4	19.0	n/a
1990	545	25.9	21.0	n/a
1991	599	25.5	23.4	n/a
1992	614	33.7	18.2	n/a
1993	598	33.0	18.1	n/a
1994	641	36.0	17.8	n/a
1995	658	35.0	18.8	n/a
1996	658	35.0	18.8	n/a
1997	616	34.6	17.8	n/a
1998	540	35.0	15.4	n/a
1999	574	38.0	15.1	n/a
2000	588	37.6	15.6	n/a
2001	556	36.4	15.3	n/a
2002	538	34.5	15.6	46.3
2003	538	34.5	15.6	46.3
2004	525	33.0	15.9	46.7
2005	511	34.0	15.0	52.6
2006	489	33.0	14.8	52.5
2007	470	22.0	21.4	56.6
2008	452	23.0	19.7	60.3
2009	423	31.0	13.6	66.2
2010	444	32.0	13.8	71.4
2011	449	31.0	14.4	66.4
2012	466	32.8	14.1	58.2
2013	471	33.0	14.2	46.7
2014	480	29.8	16.0	n/a
2015	478	33.0	14.4	99.4
2016	454	33.0	13.7	98.7
2017	440	29.0	15.1	99.1
2018	438	30.0	14.6	99.3
2019	446	34.2	13.0	98
2020	434	32.5	13.3	100
2021	449	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	433	35.0	12.3	93.8
2023	444	35.5	12.5	99.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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