Crestwood Jr High School

Crestwood Jr High School, a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in Paris, Illinois, part of Paris CUSD 4, teaches 134 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 71% below the state mean of about 462.

Across the 3 schools in Paris CUSD 4 (622 students total), Crestwood Jr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Crestwood Jr High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). Compared to Edgar County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Crestwood Jr High School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Edgar County (around 55%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crestwood Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Edgar County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $59,941 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Crestwood Jr High School is one of 19 public schools in Edgar County (combined enrollment of about 2,650 students).

The closest other public school is Crestwood Elem School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Crestwood Jr High School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Crestwood Jr High School has decreased 8%, going from 146 students in 2018 to 134 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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