Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS

Located at 107 South McKinley Street, in Mansfield, Illinois, Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS is a small middle school that teaches 232 students (grades 4 through 8), one of the schools within Blue Ridge CUSD 18. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Blue Ridge CUSD 18, which oversees 3 schools and 652 students, Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Piatt County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Piatt County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 38.4%, a residual of -5.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Piatt County indicate median household earnings sit near $94,811, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Piatt County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,086 students), Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS is one campus in the mix.

Mahomet-Seymour High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 232).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr HS typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.