Enrollment
210
Middle
DISTRICT 241 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMBOY CUSD 272·NCES 170369000061
Amboy Jr High School
240 N Metcalf Ave, Amboy, IL 61310 · (815) 857-3528 · Lee County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
99 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 62 | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 22% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Amboy Jr High School→Amboy High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Amboy CUSD 272. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
35.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.5% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 22.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amboy Jr High School
Amboy Jr High School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amboy Jr High School this school | 210 | 47.1% | 40.0% |
| Anna Junior High School Anna | 236 | 49.2% | 44.7% |
| River Bend Middle School Fulton | 228 | 46.5% | 47.5% |
| Prairie Central Upper Elementary Forrest | 216 | 44.0% | 55.6% |
| Mossville Jr High Mossville | 181 | 47.0% | 52.8% |
| United Intermediate School Monmouth | 198 | 44.4% | N/A |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amboy Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #326 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #287 of 640 ▲ 70 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #404 of 640 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #550 of 691 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #180 of 558 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #466 of 560 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #318 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #115 of 127 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
210
-27 (-11%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 210 | 17.5 | 12.0:1 | 47% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 207 | 17.6 | 11.8:1 | 49% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 210 | 16.5 | 12.7:1 | 47% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 19 | 10.9:1 | 40% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 18 | 10.8:1 | 34% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 251 | 19 | 13.2:1 | 35% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 23 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 19 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amboy Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (207 to 210); teachers down 8% (19 to 17.5).
About Amboy Jr High School
Amboy Jr High School is a small middle school for students in Amboy, Illinois. The school counts 210 students across grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 55% smaller than the 462 average for middle schools in Illinois.
Amboy CUSD 272 has 722 students spread across 3 schools.
White students are the large majority at Amboy Jr High School, with 88% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic. The county population is about 86% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Amboy Jr High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
The school has about 12.0 students per teacher and 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, higher than at this school. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Amboy Jr High School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Amboy Jr High School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 44.3%. Amboy Jr High School scores 40.0%, 4.3 points below that line.
Amboy Jr High School is located in Lee County, where median household income is about $70,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Amboy Jr High School is one of 19 public schools in Lee County, which together enroll about 3,778 students.
Amboy High School is the public school closest to Amboy Jr High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.7%; Amboy Jr High School's is 40.0%, ranking 3rd of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 237 in 2020-21 and 210 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,869
Census ACS
Median income
$70,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,778 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Amboy CUSD 272
- Amboy Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Amboy High SchoolHigh · 229 students
Other schools in Amboy
- Amboy Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Amboy High SchoolHigh · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Amboy High School0.0 mi · 229
- Amboy Central Elementary School0.2 mi · 283
- Ashton-Franklin Center Elementary School8.4 mi · 218
- Madison School10.6 mi · 323
- Reagan Middle School10.6 mi · 585
- Ashton-Franklin Center High School11.4 mi · 216
Frequently asked questions
About Amboy Jr High SchoolHow large is Amboy Jr High School?
Amboy Jr High School enrolls approximately 210 students in grades 05-08.
Is Amboy Jr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Amboy Jr High School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Amboy Jr High School have?
Amboy Jr High School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Amboy Jr High School?
At Amboy Jr High School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Amboy Jr High School public or private?
Amboy Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Amboy CUSD 272.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.