Auburn Jr High at Divernon

Auburn Jr High at Divernon operates as a low-enrollment middle school in Divernon, Illinois, one of the schools within Auburn CUSD 10. Current enrollment sits at 236 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% leaner than the state mean of about 462.

Auburn CUSD 10 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,055 students; Auburn Jr High at Divernon is among them.

Looking at the student body, Auburn Jr High at Divernon reports that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Sangamon County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Auburn Jr High at Divernon reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Auburn Jr High at Divernon sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.8%; this one delivers 52.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sangamon County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,357 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Auburn Jr High at Divernon is one of 77 public schools in Sangamon County (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students).

The closest other public school is Pawnee Jr/Sr High Sch, roughly 4.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Auburn Jr High at Divernon comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Auburn Jr High at Divernon has ticked down 21%, going from 300 students in 2018 to 236 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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