Enrollment
246
Middle
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BISMARCK HENNING CUSD·NCES 170639000308
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School
17302 E 2750 North Rd, Bismarck, IL 61814 · (217) 759-7301 · Vermilion County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
109 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 52 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 30% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School→Coop HS 1
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bismarck Henning CUSD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
57.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.1pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 16.3% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Bismarck-Henning Jr High School
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bismarck-Henning Jr High School this school | 246 | 44.3% | 40.4% |
| River Bend Middle School Fulton | 228 | 46.5% | 47.5% |
| Pinckneyville Middle School Pinckneyville | 235 | 43.8% | 60.0% |
| Prairie Central Upper Elementary Forrest | 216 | 44.0% | 55.6% |
| Farmington Central Jr High School Farmington | 253 | 42.3% | 56.8% |
| East Prairie Middle School Tuscola | 271 | 42.8% | 54.3% |
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 Bismarck-Henning Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Vermilion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #317 of 578 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #451 of 640 no change | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #317 of 640 ▲ 106 | #1 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #507 of 691 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #353 of 558 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #460 of 560 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #352 of 581 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #403 of 440 | N/A |
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
246
-15 (-6%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 269
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 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 44% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 251 | 19.2 | 13.1:1 | 51% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 15.3 | 16.3:1 | 49% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 252 | 16 | 15.8:1 | 31% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 36% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 31% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 17 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 15 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bismarck-Henning Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (252 to 246); teachers up 13% (16 to 18).
About Bismarck-Henning Jr High School
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Bismarck, Illinois, (ZIP code 61814). The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 246 students. That puts enrollment 47% below the 462-student average for middle schools in Illinois.
Bismarck Henning CUSD has 3 schools; together they serve 802 students.
The share of students at Bismarck-Henning Jr High School who are White is 88%. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 78% of Vermilion County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 22%.
Based on 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bismarck-Henning Jr High School has a ratio of 13.7:1. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 13.0:1. Income data for the school show 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Vermilion County is 71%.
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of Illinois public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bismarck-Henning Jr High School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 40.4% actual against 45.9% predicted.
In the wider Vermilion County area, the median household earns about $56,877 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Bismarck-Henning Jr High School shares Vermilion County with 40 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Coop HS 1, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bismarck-Henning Jr High School is 1st on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment decreased 6% over 4 years, reaching 246 in 2024-25.
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Vermilion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,386
Census ACS
Median income
$56,877
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
11,267 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bismarck Henning CUSD
- Bismarck-Henning Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Coop HS 1High · 247 students
Other schools in Bismarck
- Bismarck-Henning Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Coop HS 1High · 247 students
- B H R A Cooperative High SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- Coop HS 10.0 mi · 247
- Bismarck-Henning Elementary School0.4 mi · 309
- Liberty Elementary School6.2 mi · 377
- Edison Elementary School7.1 mi · 233
- North Ridge Middle School7.4 mi · 740
- Northeast Elementary Magnet School8.4 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About Bismarck-Henning Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bismarck-Henning Jr High School?
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School enrolls approximately 246 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Bismarck-Henning Jr High School serve?
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Bismarck-Henning Jr High School have?
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Bismarck-Henning Jr High School?
Student demographics at Bismarck-Henning Jr High School are roughly 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Bismarck-Henning Jr High School?
Bismarck-Henning Jr High School is overseen by Bismarck Henning CUSD in Vermilion County.
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