Enrollment
55
Middle
DISTRICT 125 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELAVAN CUSD 703·NCES 171206004602
Delavan Jr High School
907 Locust St, Delavan, IL 61734 · (309) 244-8285 · Tazewell County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL55 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.5:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
20 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 7 | 28 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 49% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Delavan Jr High School→Delavan High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Delavan CUSD 703. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
32.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.9pp since 2023
Math
24.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.7% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 19.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Delavan Jr High School
Delavan Jr High School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delavan Jr High School this school | 55 | 36.4% | 32.5% |
| Orangeville Jr High School Orangeville | 64 | 34.4% | 38.2% |
| Bement Middle School Bement | 63 | 33.3% | 47.6% |
| V I T Jr High School Table Grove | 69 | 39.1% | 39.7% |
| Chrisman-Scottland Jr High School Chrisman | 54 | 40.7% | 25.2% |
| Pearl City Jr High School Pearl City | 58 | 39.7% | 39.1% |
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 Delavan Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 55 | #675 of 691 | #15 of 15 |
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
55
-15 (-21%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 80
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 | 55 | 4.4 | 12.5:1 | 36% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 59 | 5.6 | 10.5:1 | 53% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 4.6 | 14.8:1 | 38% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 70 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 78 | 5.3 | 14.8:1 | 37% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 61 | 5 | 12.2:1 | 52% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 85 | 5 | 17.0:1 | 38% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 85 | 5 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 80 | 1 | 80.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delavan Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (78 to 55); teachers down 17% (5.3 to 4.4).
About Delavan Jr High School
Delavan, Illinois, is home to Delavan Jr High School, a small middle school. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 55 students. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students.
The 3 schools of Delavan CUSD 703, including Delavan Jr High School, enroll 375 students.
The large majority of students at Delavan Jr High School, 98%, are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Delavan Jr High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 4%.
The teaching staff at Delavan Jr High School is 4.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.5:1. Middle schools in Illinois average about 13.0:1, a similar figure. About 36% of students, or 20, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Delavan Jr High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Delavan Jr High School are 18.1 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.5%, compared with a predicted 50.5%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Tazewell County census figures show that median household income is about $77,982, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 56 public schools operate in Tazewell County, serving about 18,581 students.
Of nearby public schools, Delavan Elementary School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Delavan Jr High School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Delavan Jr High School went from 70 students to 55.
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delavan CUSD 703
- Delavan Elementary SchoolElementary · 191 students
- Delavan High SchoolHigh · 129 students
Other schools in Delavan
- Delavan Elementary SchoolElementary · 191 students
- Delavan High SchoolHigh · 129 students
Nearby schools
- Delavan Elementary School0.0 mi · 191
- Delavan High School0.0 mi · 129
- Emden Elementary School5.8 mi · 90
- Midwest Central Middle School5.8 mi · 183
- Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr High School9.8 mi · 85
- South Pekin Elementary School10.4 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About Delavan Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Delavan Jr High School?
Delavan Jr High School enrolls approximately 55 students in grades 07-08.
Is Delavan Jr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Delavan Jr High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Delavan Jr High School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Delavan Jr High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Delavan Jr High School?
At Delavan Jr High School, the student body is approximately 98% White, 2% Two or more.
Is Delavan Jr High School public or private?
Delavan Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Delavan CUSD 703.
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