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Orion Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
Po Box 129
Orion, IL 61273
Phone
(309) 526-3392
District
ORION CUSD 223
County
HENRY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
222
Classroom Teachers
17

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

8

(10 is best)

Better than 79.9% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Orion Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
26%
50%
29%
35%
22%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
15
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 72 32.4%
Grade 7 70 31.5%
Grade 8 80 36.0%
Total 222 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.3% 96.1% 48.7%
Black 0.9% 0.8% 17.3%
Hispanic 2.8% 2.5% 28.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.5% 5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 5,566 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 49.2 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.9% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.6% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.8% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.0% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,099 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 7.4% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.9% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.2% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.1% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 25.1% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 20.1% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.2% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.1% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.1% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 2.3% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,486 $7,306,336 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $529 $516,304 3.8%
Staff $202 $197,152 1.5%
General Administration $810 $790,560 5.9%
School Administration $919 $896,944 6.7%
Operation $1,006 $981,856 7.3%
Transportation $674 $657,824 4.9%
Other $357 $348,432 2.6%
Total Support $4,497 $4,389,072 32.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,810 $1,766,560 13.1%
Total Expenditures $13,793 $13,461,968 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,818 $20,214,612,291 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,311 $2,449,080,202 6.3%
Staff $673 $1,256,727,156 3.2%
General Administration $673 $1,256,749,375 3.2%
School Administration $942 $1,760,657,749 4.5%
Operation $1,431 $2,672,969,408 6.9%
Transportation $748 $1,398,114,051 3.6%
Other $736 $1,376,105,992 3.5%
Total Support $6,513 $12,170,558,501 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,424 $6,398,727,407 16.5%
Total Expenditures $20,756 $38,783,883,293 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%