Southwestern Middle School
Piasa, IL · Southwestern CUSD 9
Regular public school · Grades 7 - 8 · Rural, distant
371st of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 46%▼ Declining
8226 Route 111, Piasa, IL 62079
(618)372-3813NCES ID 173150003321Directory 2023–24
SchoolRow ranks Southwestern Middle School 371st of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 46% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 63th in 2019 to 46th in 2025 — declining.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.
Racial and ethnic breakdown of 174 students (2023–24, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010
| Group | Trend | 2010 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 95.9% | 96.0% | ▲ 0.1 pts | |
| Black | 0.4% | 1.7% | ▲ 1.3 pts | |
| Two or more races | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.0 pts | |
| Hispanic | 1.1% | 0.6% | ▼ 0.5 pts | |
| American Indian | 0.8% | 0.6% | ▼ 0.2 pts | |
| Asian | 0.8% | 0.0% | ▼ 0.8 pts |
NCES history for this school begins in 1988. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.
Closest same-level schools, with 2024–25 state rank · ▲▼ = points better or worse than Southwestern Middle School
- #251Medora Intermediate SchoolSouthwestern CUSD 9 · 3.8 mi away251st of 685
ELA 69% ▲11 · Math 34% ▲7Compare - #260Jersey Community Middle SchoolJersey CUSD 100 · 10.1 mi away260th of 685
ELA 68% ▲10 · Math 34% ▲7Compare - #567Alton Middle SchoolAlton CUSD 11 · 14.9 mi away567th of 685
ELA 37% ▼21 · Math 18% ▼9Compare - #453Wilbur Trimpe Middle SchoolBethalto CUSD 8 · 15.2 mi away453rd of 685
ELA 48% ▼10 · Math 26% ▼1Compare - #500East Alton Middle SchoolEast Alton SD 13 · 16.8 mi away500th of 685
ELA 42% ▼16 · Math 24% ▼3Compare - #424Gillespie Middle SchoolGillespie CUSD 7 · 16.8 mi away424th of 685
ELA 40% ▼18 · Math 36% ▲9Compare - #297Carlinville Middle SchoolCarlinville CUSD 1 · 17.2 mi away297th of 685
ELA 65% ▲7 · Math 31% ▲4Compare - #542Lewis-Clark Jr High SchoolWood River-Hartford ESD 15 · 17.9 mi away542nd of 685
ELA 40% ▼18 · Math 19% ▼8Compare
What school district is Southwestern Middle School in?
Southwestern Middle School is part of the Southwestern CUSD 9 district in Piasa, Illinois.
Is Southwestern Middle School a good school?
SchoolRow ranks Southwestern Middle School 371st of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 46% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).
What is the racial makeup of Southwestern Middle School?
White 96%, Black 2%, Two or more races 1% (174 students, 2023–24).
Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.