Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch

Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch is a micro-enrollment 6-8 campus in Bushnell, Illinois, overseen by Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170. The school teaches 131 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170, which oversees 3 schools and 602 students, Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to McDonough County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 30.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for McDonough County put the typical household earns roughly $52,795 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McDonough County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,250 students), of which Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 30.1%.

Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 159 (now 131). White enrollment moved from 94% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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