Tremont Middle School, Tremont IL

Original Research by School Decision on Tremont Middle School

Tremont Middle School serves grades five through eight in a small village in Tazewell County, about a short drive southeast of Peoria. The school is part of Tremont Community Unit School District 702, a district that recently passed a voter-backed tax increase to restore academic offerings including art programs at the middle and elementary levels.

The enrollment is modest, with roughly equal cohorts across the middle grades. The student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. The school draws from a community that is upper-middle income with a mixed occupational base centered on office and administrative work, teaching, sales, and computer occupations. No data on free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility or special education and English learner populations were available.

State testing results from the most recent cycle show a mixed academic picture across the school's grade span. In English language arts, proficiency varies notably by grade level. Fifth-grade students show proficiency rates near the lower end of the range, while sixth graders perform substantially stronger. Seventh and eighth grade results sit in the upper-middle range. Math proficiency is generally lower, with fifth, sixth, and seventh grades all showing results in the low-to-mid range. Eighth grade math performance is meaningfully higher. In science, fifth-grade results are moderate, while eighth-grade proficiency is stronger. Across the school, participation in state testing was essentially universal, indicating consistent assessment engagement.

When placed against the comparison set of school entities in Tazewell County, Tremont Middle School's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile, a position of strength. The school sits above the median performance level for the county and near the upper range of schools in this universe.

The school's setting is characteristic of village-scale education: it sits on Pearl Street, the same corridor undergoing a long-planned streetscape improvement project, and is located within walking distance of Tremont's compact downtown rather than on an outlying campus. The community is event-driven; civic life centers on the Turkey Festival and other seasonal gatherings, though everyday street life is modest. Precision Planting, an agricultural-technology company headquartered in Tremont, is the region's signature large employer. Population in the village has remained relatively flat in recent years. The local housing market shows moderate values and stable affordability relative to national benchmarks.

The recent referendum success in the district signals parent investment in academic breadth. With art and elective programs now being restored after previous cuts, families can expect a broader course menu than was available in the immediate past. This is a school in a stable, residential setting with solid academic positioning relative to its county peers and a community infrastructure focused on local connection rather than rapid growth.

See more original research from School Decision →

Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 685%

School 85% · District 85%

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 774%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 869%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

This schoolTremont CUSD 702, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.