Ione Junior High

As a tight-knit junior high in Ione, California, Ione Junior High hosts 387 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Amador County Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 41% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Amador County Unified comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,027 students; Ione Junior High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Ione Junior High shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 28% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the resource side, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Ione Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Amador County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ione Junior High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.0%; actual is 20.0%, a gap of -41.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Amador County shows median household earnings sit near $88,044, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Amador County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,050 students), Ione Junior High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ione Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ione Junior High at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Ione Junior High's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 336 (now 387). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 20% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 25.4:1 today.

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