Beecher Junior High School

As a tight-knit 6-8 campus in Beecher, Illinois, Beecher Junior High School teaches 249 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Beecher CUSD 200U. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 46% smaller than typical.

Beecher Junior High School is one of 3 schools operated by Beecher CUSD 200U, a district that hosts 1,051 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Beecher Junior High School logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 32% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Will County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Beecher Junior High School shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 31% of students at Beecher Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beecher Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.7%, the actual is 51.3%, a residual of -2.3 points.

Across the wider county, Will County reports that median household income runs about $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Beecher Junior High School is one of 209 public schools in Will County (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students).

Nearest neighbor: Beecher High School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Beecher Junior High School. On composite proficiency, Beecher Junior High School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.9%.

Beecher Junior High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 257 students in 2018 compared to 249 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 79% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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