📍 403 McLean St, Gridley, McLean County, 61744
EPG Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Gridley, McLean County. The school has 381 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Josh Krone. It is part of the El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11 school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
EPG Middle School enrolls 381 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 5.2% Two or more races and 4.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 335 | 88% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 4.2% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 2.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
149 of the school's 381 students (39%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
EPG Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 53, state house district 105.
EPG Middle School is one of 4 schools in El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11, based in El Paso, Illinois. The district serves 1,135 students district-wide and employs 90 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 381 students, EPG Middle School is larger than the district average of about 284 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant