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.