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Wolf Branch Middle School

Swansea, IL · Wolf Branch SD 113

Regular public school · Grades 5 - 8 · Suburb, large

149th of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 78% Declining

410 Huntwood Rd, Swansea, IL 62226

(618)277-2100NCES ID 174296005723Directory 202324

343
Students
2023–24 enrollment
13.7:1
Student / teacher ratio
29%
Free / reduced-price lunch
low-income indicator
13.5%
Chronically absent
IL average 25%

SchoolRow ranks Wolf Branch Middle School 149th of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 78% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 92th in 2019 to 78th in 2025 — declining.

Statewide percentile by year
25%50%75%78%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25

English Language Arts
Wolf Branch Middle School
69%
IL average
52%
Math
Wolf Branch Middle School
53%
IL average
38%
Science
Wolf Branch Middle School
56%
IL average
45%
English Language Arts over time Wolf Branch Middle School IL average
25%50%75%69%52%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math over time Wolf Branch Middle School IL average
25%50%75%53%38%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science over time Wolf Branch Middle School IL average
25%50%75%56%45%201920202025no testing 2020–21
ELA by race, over time
25%50%75%83%79%61%58%46%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math by race, over time
25%50%75%75%65%54%43%22%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Asian (last reported 2024) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.

Science by race, over time
25%50%75%90%83%77%76%51%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Hispanic (last reported 2023), Asian (last reported 2023), Black (last reported 2024) and Two or more races (last reported 2023) stop before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.

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 343 students (202324, NCES) — history since 2003, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010

7%White57%Black23%9%
Hover the pie for details
categories changedWhite 57%Black 23%Two or more races 9%82%11%20032023
GroupTrend20102023Change
White70.9%57.1% 13.8 pts
Black17.7%23.0% 5.3 pts
Two or more races5.4%8.7% 3.3 pts
Hispanic3.7%6.7% 3.0 pts
Asian2.3%4.4% 2.1 pts

NCES history for this school begins in 2003. 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.

Typical home value $185K in zip 62226 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2004

$47K$93K$140K$186K$177K20042010201520202025

Data Provided by Zillow Group

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What school district is Wolf Branch Middle School in?

Wolf Branch Middle School is part of the Wolf Branch SD 113 district in Swansea, Illinois.

Is Wolf Branch Middle School a good school?

SchoolRow ranks Wolf Branch Middle School 149th of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 78% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).

What is the racial makeup of Wolf Branch Middle School?

White 57%, Black 23%, Two or more races 9%, Hispanic 7% (343 students, 2023–24).

How much do homes near Wolf Branch Middle School cost?

The typical home value in zip code 62226 is $185K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).

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.