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Enrollment
664
Middle
DISTRICT 666 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·O FALLON CCSD 90·NCES 172976006079
Amelia V Carriel Jr High
451 N 7 Hills Rd, O Fallon, IL 62269 · (618) 622-2932 · St. Clair County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
177 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 6 | 203 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 219 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
70.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.8pp since 2023
Math
45.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.8% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 37.7% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Amelia V Carriel Jr High
Amelia V Carriel Jr High's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia V Carriel Jr High this school | 664 | 26.7% | 57.8% |
| Haven Middle School Evanston | 660 | 27.4% | 57.6% |
| Lincoln Middle School Edwardsville | 736 | 25.7% | 47.8% |
| Fulton Jr High School O Fallon | 667 | 19.0% | 68.5% |
| Summit Hill Junior High School Frankfort | 566 | 20.8% | 65.9% |
| Richard F Bernotas Middle School Crystal Lake | 737 | 28.0% | 46.6% |
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 Amelia V Carriel Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #113 of 578 | #6 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #190 of 640 ▼ 18 | #7 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #172 of 640 ▲ 7 | #4 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #162 of 691 | #3 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #531 of 558 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #214 of 560 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.7% | #481 of 581 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #353 of 440 | #10 of 12 |
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
664
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 741
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 | 664 | 37 | 17.9:1 | 27% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 35 | 19.9:1 | 27% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 676 | 31.3 | 21.6:1 | 29% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 34 | 20.6:1 | 24% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 691 | 33 | 20.9:1 | 20% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 741 | 38 | 19.5:1 | 21% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amelia V Carriel Jr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (701 to 664); teachers up 9% (34 to 37).
About Amelia V Carriel Jr High
Amelia V Carriel Jr High is a mid-sized middle-grades school in O Fallon, Illinois, (ZIP code 62269). Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 664 students on the rolls. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 462.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in O Fallon CCSD 90 totals 3,862 students.
The student body at Amelia V Carriel Jr High is 64% White. The rest of enrollment is 17% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Among St. Clair County residents, the White share is about 60%. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Amelia V Carriel Jr High are from different groups.
Amelia V Carriel Jr High reported 37 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.9:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1. There are 177 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 27% of enrollment. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County is 27 points.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Amelia V Carriel Jr High outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Amelia V Carriel Jr High is 1.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (57.8% versus 56.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In St. Clair County, home to about 253,694 people, median household income comes to about $73,854, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. St. Clair County's 96 public schools enroll about 40,879 students and include Amelia V Carriel Jr High.
The closest school to Amelia V Carriel Jr High is Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Amelia V Carriel Jr High ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Amelia V Carriel Jr High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 664, close to the 655 recorded in 2020-21.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in O Fallon CCSD 90
- Fulton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Marie Schaefer Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Delores Moye Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Laverna Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
Other schools in O Fallon
- O Fallon High SchoolHigh · 2,540 students
- Fulton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Marie Schaefer Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Delores Moye Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School0.7 mi · 465
- Delores Moye Elementary School1.3 mi · 595
- O Fallon High School1.3 mi · 2,540
- J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School1.6 mi · 452
- Marie Schaefer Elementary School1.6 mi · 598
- Fulton Jr High School1.7 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Amelia V Carriel Jr HighHow large is Amelia V Carriel Jr High?
Amelia V Carriel Jr High enrolls approximately 664 students in grades 06-08.
Is Amelia V Carriel Jr High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Amelia V Carriel Jr High is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Amelia V Carriel Jr High have?
Amelia V Carriel Jr High employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Amelia V Carriel Jr High?
Student demographics at Amelia V Carriel Jr High are roughly 64% White, 7% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Amelia V Carriel Jr High?
Amelia V Carriel Jr High is overseen by O Fallon CCSD 90 in St. Clair County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.