📍 PO Box 70, Piasa, Macoupin County, 62079
Southwestern Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Piasa, Macoupin County. The school has 189 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shannon Bowman. It is part of the Southwestern CUSD 9 school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Southwestern Middle School enrolls 189 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 3.2% Black or African American and 2.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 176 | 93% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 3.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
71 of the school's 189 students (38%) 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.
Southwestern 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 48, state house district 95.
Southwestern Middle School is one of 5 schools in Southwestern CUSD 9, based in Brighton, Illinois. The district serves 1,149 students district-wide and employs 89 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 189 students, Southwestern Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 230 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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