Chillicothe Jr High

Chillicothe Jr High, a compact middle school in Chillicothe, Illinois, one of the schools within Il Valley Central USD 321, instructs 229 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 50% below the state mean of about 462.

Il Valley Central USD 321 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,071 students; Chillicothe Jr High is among them.

On demographics, Chillicothe Jr High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Chillicothe Jr High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Chillicothe Jr High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chillicothe Jr High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.1%.

In the area at large, Peoria County reports that median household income runs about $65,108, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Peoria County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), of which Chillicothe Jr High is one.

The closest other public school is Chillicothe Elementary Center, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chillicothe Jr High comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.

Chillicothe Jr High operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Chillicothe Jr High's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 253 (now 229). The White share of enrollment declined from 92% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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