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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
55
-23 (-29%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.8:1
% White
98%
was 95%
% Hispanic
0%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Delavan Jr High School
Set in Delavan, Illinois, Delavan Jr High School is a tiny middle school, overseen by Delavan CUSD 703. It instructs 55 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.
Delavan CUSD 703 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 375 students; Delavan Jr High School is among them.
On the student-mix side, Delavan Jr High School records that nearly all students (98%) are White.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Delavan Jr High School has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Delavan Jr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.5%; this one comes in at 32.5%, -18.1 points off the demographic line.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Tazewell County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,982, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Tazewell County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), of which Delavan Jr High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Delavan Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Delavan Jr High School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 29%: 78 students in 2018 compared to 55 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Elem 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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