Enrollment
96
Middle
DISTRICT 151 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBDEN SUD 17·NCES 171057001273
Cobden Jr High School
413 N Appleknocker St, Cobden, IL 62920 · (618) 893-4031 · Union County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- A+Beats 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
11.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
90 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 6 | 36 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 29% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Cobden Jr High School→Cobden High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cobden SUD 17. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
57.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
28.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 19.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 17% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Cobden Jr High School
Cobden Jr High School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden Jr High School this school | 96 | 93.8% | 37.5% |
| Tri-Point Jr High/Elementary Piper City | 129 | 96.1% | 49.8% |
| Egyptian Jr High School Tamms | 69 | 100.0% | 8.6% |
| Dongola Jr High School Dongola | 51 | 100.0% | 26.9% |
| Shawnee Jr High School Wolf Lake | 62 | 80.6% | 24.6% |
| Sandoval Jr High School Sandoval | 84 | 78.6% | 11.4% |
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 Cobden Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 96 | #644 of 691 |
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
96
-5 (-5%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 76
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 | 96 | 8.3 | 11.6:1 | 94% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 89 | 7 | 12.7:1 | 29% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 93 | 8.3 | 11.2:1 | 8% (7) |
| 2020-21 | 101 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 129 | 6.9 | 18.6:1 | 60% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 139 | 6 | 23.2:1 | 57% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 102 | 4 | 25.5:1 | 51% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 106 | 4 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 76 | 4 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cobden Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (129 to 96); teachers up 19% (6.9 to 8.3).
About Cobden Jr High School
Cobden Jr High School is a small middle-grades school based in Cobden, Illinois. The school's enrollment of 96 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students each.
Cobden Jr High School is one school in a 3-school district, Cobden SUD 17, which enrolls 454 students.
White students are the majority at Cobden Jr High School, with 75% of enrollment. It is also 18% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Union County's residents are about 90% White, 14 points above the school's share. Cobden Jr High School's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.6:1, with 8.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Cobden Jr High School is 94%. Public schools in Union County average 63%.
Cobden Jr High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 60% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Cobden Jr High School beats its 17.4% prediction with 37.5%, a top-10% result in Illinois.
Across Union County, the median household income is $55,728, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union County is home to 18 public schools and about 2,478 public school students.
The closest public school to Cobden Jr High School is Cobden High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Cobden Jr High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 46.5%, higher than Cobden Jr High School's 37.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 96, a 5% decrease from 101 in 2020-21.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,997
Census ACS
Median income
$55,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
2,478 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobden SUD 17
- Cobden Elementary SchoolElementary · 223 students
- Cobden High SchoolHigh · 135 students
Other schools in Cobden
- Cobden Elementary SchoolElementary · 223 students
- Cobden High SchoolHigh · 135 students
Nearby schools
- Cobden High School0.0 mi · 135
- Cobden Elementary School0.1 mi · 223
- Lincoln Elementary School5.2 mi · 235
- Davie Elementary School5.3 mi · 122
- Anna Junior High School5.3 mi · 236
- Anna-Jonesboro High School5.7 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Cobden Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cobden Jr High School?
Cobden Jr High School enrolls approximately 96 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cobden Jr High School serve?
Cobden Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Cobden Jr High School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Cobden Jr High School.
How diverse is Cobden Jr High School?
Cobden Jr High School reports a student body of 75% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Is Cobden Jr High School public or private?
Cobden Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobden SUD 17.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.