Illing Middle School

Public 7-8

 227 Middle Tpke E
       Manchester, CT  06040-4261


(860) 647-3400

District: Manchester School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
211th of 252 Connecticut Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,605 Help


Students who attend Illing Middle School usually attend:

High:    Manchester High School

Feeder schools for Illing Middle School:

Elementary:    Bowers School
    Buckley School
    Highland Park School
    Keeney School
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Student/teacher ratio:  9.6 Help
Number of students:  846

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
36.5%
White:
30.7%
African American:
24.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  57.6% Help


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Compare Details Illing Middle School ranks worse than 83.7% of middle schools in Connecticut. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.09. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Illing Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (36.5%), White (30.7%), African American (24.9%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Illing Middle School is 9.6. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Illing Middle School is $19,605.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Illing Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Illing Middle School 211th of 252 Connecticut public middle schools. (See Illing Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Manchester School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Manchester School District 134th of 151 Connecticut school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Illing Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 38.35 175th 248 29.4%
2007 31.38 183rd 250 26.8%
2008 40.41 168th 252 33.3%
2009 40.11 175th 255 31.4%
2010 46.17 174th 268 35.1%
2011 39.89 188th 269 30.1%
2012 41.03 195th 272 28.3%
2013 43.56 190th 278 31.7%
2015 33.23 185th 280 33.9%
2016 24.15 176th 246 28.5%
2017 20.19 183rd 250 26.8%
2018 18.63 199th 249 20.1%
2019 16.04 199th 259 23.2%
2021 27.42 188th 275 31.6%
2022 12.14 206th 250 17.6%
2023 12.09 210th 249 15.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 9.96 25th 26 3.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 27.90 181st 244 25.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 9.36 102nd 104 1.9%
2021 28.74 155th 218 28.9%
2022 13.93 100th 106 5.7%
2023 10.50 105th 109 3.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.25 145th 160 9.4%
2019 11.14 148th 169 12.4%
2021 24.39 171st 235 27.2%
2022 9.26 154th 166 7.2%
2023 5.95 153rd 160 4.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 17.21 97th 104 6.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.71 143rd 164 12.8%
2019 10.55 153rd 167 8.4%
2021 22.17 173rd 224 22.8%
2022 8.61 158th 169 6.5%
2023 7.95 147th 158 7.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 1.59 26th 27 3.7%
2023 0.17 13th 13 0.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.98 28th 31 9.7%
2019 22.26 36th 38 5.3%
2021 30.89 55th 80 31.3%
2022 19.25 36th 40 10.0%
2023 13.87 31st 32 3.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.42 60th 75 20.0%
2019 21.08 86th 97 11.3%
2021 31.01 100th 146 31.5%
2022 21.81 82nd 97 15.5%
2023 14.97 93rd 99 6.1%
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Rank History for White students at Illing Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CT State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.96 155th 168 7.7%
2019 7.83 155th 166 6.6%
2021 15.68 153rd 175 12.6%
2022 2.64 147th 151 2.6%
2023 5.29 150th 158 5.1%
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by a citizen
Friday, October 14, 2016

Open Quote First of all, where did that 10 students per 1 teacher ratio come from? It's completely false! Each teacher geberally has 20-25 students, sometimes alone, and sometimes with a SpEd co-teacher. Chirus and phys ed classes are HUGE. Illing school does have some very dedicated teachers. Several of them go above and beyond and are willing and available to meet or talk after school hours. They also go into work early before school hours to get work done or meet with parents. That type of teacher at Illing, however, is a dying breed. Teachers are burnt out. Administration at Illing has a high turnover rate which negatively affects the students and teachers due to lack of continuity. Rules are changed and expectations are different with each new administrator. There have been three different principals in the past five years. Also, the trend in Manchester Public Schools now is to hire ONLY BEGINNING TEACHERS to fill vacancies created by resignations or retirements. This practice is done because new teachers "cost less" on the salary scale. They will earn anywhere from 10-20 thousand dollars less than a veteran teacher. The Manchester teachers' contract with salary scales are available for the public to view online. It's published as part of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI). Manchester would not be breaking the bank if they were to ocassionally hire a teacher with 10 years of experience. Yet, the Superintendent flat-out refuses to even think about hiring anyone above mabey step 1 or 2 on the salary scale. Does the Board of Ed pat him on the back when he saves the district an annual $10,000 in salary? Where does the rest of the wasted distric money go? Doesnt the superintendent make bonuses? Doesnt he receive allowence for gas and mileage? Look of Manchester Public Schools online and see how they are misappropriating funds for ridiculous non-academic purposes. Your tax dollars are going toards nonsense instead of quality teachers who can provide a well-rounded, positive and sound education to your kids. Instead, the superintendent chooses to "save money" by hiring inexperienced 20-somethings to fill teaching vacancies. These fresh-from-college kids are left to sink or swim in sometimes-difficult teaching situations. Often, they sink. Thus, several young teachers have quit their Manchestsr teaching jobs mid-school-year or earlier. Is that good for kids? When the vacancies have arisen, though, the superintendent refuses to entertain the idea of hiring dedicated veteran teachers with excellent classroom management skills, natural teaching abilities, years of teaching experience, impressive resumes, and glowing recommendations. Superintendent Geary would rather continue to hire just-out-of-college 22-23-year old teachers because their salaries are at the "bottom step" in the teacher contract. The act of hiring only newbies is a detriment to the students who then receive a poor education from a green 20-something with no skills or experience. The superintendent's practice of hiring only 20-somethings also frustrate the veteran teachers who struggle to work along side these new and poorly-prepared, confused, stubborn and entitled "youths". The hiring of what amounts to "cheap labor" as opposed to experienced well-rounded veteran educators is done to save about $15,000 in salary per year. $15,000 means nothing to a district that reguarly wastes millions of dollars on meaningless things while students go without proper educational materials or teachers who understand the educational process and flow of a classroom. Meanwhile, Manchester Public Schools was recently somehow able to afford a multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art sports field with FIFA-grade fake turf. THIS a priority to the Board of Ed and superintendent of Manchester Schools? What's wrong with a grass fied? Does anyone realize how much that renovation cost the taxayers of Manchester? Why aren't the childrens' educational needs the priority? They spend millions and millions on a new football field, but balk at hiring people who may fall a little higher on the salary scale than a recent college grad. Just watch as your childrens' teachers get younger and younger each year. Look up the salary info and the info regarding the new sports field. It's all available through the Freedom of Info Act. Then ask your kid what he/she learned today from his/her 24-year old teacher who spent the entire period executing futile empty-threat discipline tactics and was unable to get through a lesson. Manchester, your veteran teachers are fed up with the youngsters. They are retiring early. The young teachers have no guidance or admin support, so they're quitting too. Then you replace everyone with more 23-year-olds. No wonder the test scores and morale are so low. Wake up! Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, April 25, 2013

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Enrollment information for Illing Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 765 51 19 7 6 n/a n/a 0 848
1989 688 45 17 20 12 n/a n/a 0 782
1990 657 60 24 29 5 n/a n/a 0 775
1991 723 54 15 35 4 n/a n/a 0 831
1992 710 64 22 42 0 n/a n/a 0 838
1993 723 76 21 51 4 n/a n/a 0 875
1994 757 89 16 51 2 n/a n/a 0 915
1995 750 99 26 67 0 n/a n/a 0 942
1996 750 99 26 67 0 n/a n/a 0 942
1997 742 116 32 86 0 n/a n/a 0 976
1998 712 134 26 80 0 n/a n/a 0 952
1999 730 150 29 80 1 n/a n/a 0 990
2000 733 141 24 82 3 n/a n/a 0 983
2001 740 141 27 97 3 n/a n/a 0 1008
2002 694 146 43 102 4 n/a n/a 0 989
2003 694 146 43 102 4 n/a n/a 0 989
2004 583 139 39 108 3 n/a n/a 0 872
2005 564 111 39 119 2 n/a n/a 0 835
2006 528 119 39 119 1 n/a n/a 0 806
2007 552 188 50 198 4 n/a n/a 0 992
2008 465 196 44 204 6 n/a n/a 0 915
2009 430 203 50 182 6 n/a n/a 0 871
2010 456 232 51 207 3 n/a n/a 0 949
2011 416 195 44 208 3 0 35 0 901
2012 349 181 46 215 5 0 40 0 836
2013 338 181 52 189 4 0 32 0 796
2014 318 182 54 207 4 0 36 0 801
2015 290 187 54 233 4 0 39 0 807
2016 295 187 46 213 3 0 36 0 780
2017 325 183 46 220 1 1 35 0 811
2018 312 192 56 228 5 0 33 0 826
2019 285 181 52 243 6 0 36 0 803
2020 272 203 68 257 1 1 35 0 837
2021 253 219 77 277 2 1 23 0 852
2022 242 219 63 309 7 2 15 0 857
2023 260 211 44 309 4 2 16 0 846

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Illing Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 848 65.0 13.0 n/a
1989 782 62.0 12.6 n/a
1990 775 63.0 12.3 n/a
1991 831 61.2 13.5 n/a
1992 838 62.3 13.4 7.6
1993 875 62.2 14.1 1.6
1994 915 64.7 14.1 19.8
1995 942 63.7 14.8 21.3
1996 942 63.7 14.8 21.3
1997 976 65.2 15.0 14.8
1998 952 65.9 14.4 16
1999 990 70.2 14.1 23.8
2000 983 70.5 13.9 23.3
2001 1008 66.7 15.1 n/a
2002 989 74.7 13.2 27
2003 989 74.7 13.2 27
2004 872 74.3 11.7 30
2005 835 63.2 13.2 n/a
2006 806 63.5 12.7 43.5
2007 992 75.3 13.2 39.9
2008 915 81.0 11.3 42.7
2009 871 92.0 10.3 45.9
2010 949 79.2 11.9 47.2
2011 901 72.2 12.4 59.2
2012 836 73.6 11.3 62.6
2013 796 79.0 10.0 58.4
2014 801 76.8 10.4 57.8
2015 807 76.0 10.6 60.1
2016 780 77.0 10.1 62.2
2017 811 78.0 10.3 53.1
2018 826 78.0 10.5 56.1
2019 803 71.6 11.2 63.9
2020 837 71.6 11.6 66.4
2021 852 72.0 11.8 60.2
2022 857 70.0 12.2 60.2
2023 846 88.0 9.6 57.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Illing Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 848 65.0 13.0 n/a
1989 782 62.0 12.6 n/a
1990 775 63.0 12.3 n/a
1991 831 61.2 13.5 n/a
1992 838 62.3 13.4 7.6
1993 875 62.2 14.1 1.6
1994 915 64.7 14.1 19.8
1995 942 63.7 14.8 21.3
1996 942 63.7 14.8 21.3
1997 976 65.2 15.0 14.8
1998 952 65.9 14.4 16
1999 990 70.2 14.1 23.8
2000 983 70.5 13.9 23.3
2001 1008 66.7 15.1 n/a
2002 989 74.7 13.2 27
2003 989 74.7 13.2 27
2004 872 74.3 11.7 30
2005 835 63.2 13.2 n/a
2006 806 63.5 12.7 43.5
2007 992 75.3 13.2 39.9
2008 915 81.0 11.3 42.7
2009 871 92.0 10.3 45.9
2010 949 79.2 11.9 47.2
2011 901 72.2 12.4 59.2
2012 836 73.6 11.3 62.6
2013 796 79.0 10.0 58.4
2014 801 76.8 10.4 57.8
2015 807 76.0 10.6 60.1
2016 780 77.0 10.1 62.2
2017 811 78.0 10.3 53.1
2018 826 78.0 10.5 56.1
2019 803 71.6 11.2 63.9
2020 837 71.6 11.6 66.4
2021 852 72.0 11.8 60.2
2022 857 70.0 12.2 60.2
2023 846 88.0 9.6 57.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Illing Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $18,388
2019 $18,221
2020 $18,938
2021 $19,605

Data source: Connecticut Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Illing Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 199th of 259 Middle schoolsRanks 210th of 249 Middle schools
 7.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Illing Middle School)33.527.8
 5.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Manchester School District)32.526.7
 5.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)56.148.8
 7.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Illing Middle School)22.618.8
 3.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Manchester School District)21.817.8
 4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut)46.139.9
 6.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Illing Middle School)35.219.9
 15.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Manchester School District)34.319.3
 15%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut)55.848.5
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Illing Middle School)17.48.4
 9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Manchester School District)16.98.1
 8.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut)43.536.2
 7.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students803846
 5.4%
African American181211
 16.6%
American Indian64
 33.3%
Asian5244
 15.4%
Hispanic243309
 27.2%
Pacific Islander02
White285260
 8.8%
Two or More Races3616
 55.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients63.9%57.6%
 6.3%


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Students who attend Illing Middle School usually go on to attend Manchester High School

Illing Middle School ranks in the bottom 16.3% of Connecticut middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 846 students attended Illing Middle School.

Students at Illing Middle School are 37% Hispanic, 31% White, 25% African American, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more races.


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