Central Junior High School

Central Junior High School is one of the cozy middle-grades schools in Camp Point, Illinois, overseen by Central CUSD 3, with 221 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Central Junior High School sits 52% smaller than that benchmark.

Central CUSD 3 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 743 students. Central Junior High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Central Junior High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest is composed of 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Central Junior High School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Adams County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.0%, the actual is 40.4%, a residual of -6.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate median household income runs about $66,220, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Central Junior High School is one of 23 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 8,717 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central Junior High School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Central Junior High School's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 278 (now 221). Class-load math has fell: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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