Amboy Jr High School

Located at 240 N Metcalf Ave, in Amboy, Illinois, Amboy Jr High School is a tight-knit middle school that educates 210 students (grades 5 through 8), run under Amboy CUSD 272. That puts it 55% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Within Amboy CUSD 272, which oversees 3 schools and 722 students, Amboy Jr High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Amboy Jr High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest breaks down as 10% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Amboy Jr High School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Amboy Jr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Amboy Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lee County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,292 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Lee County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,778 students), of which Amboy Jr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Amboy High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Amboy Jr High School. On composite proficiency, Amboy Jr High School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Amboy Jr High School has remained close to its prior level, going from 207 students in 2018 to 210 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 5% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.