Enrollment
54
Middle
DISTRICT 99 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DONOVAN CUSD 3·NCES 171251000818
Donovan Jr High School
600 North St, Donovan, IL 60931 · (815) 486-7395 · Iroquois County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL54 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-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
6.8:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
31 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 13 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 46% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Donovan Jr High School→Donovan Sr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Donovan CUSD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
81.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.8pp since 2023
Math
60.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.1% | 60.4% |
| 2023-24 | 59.3% | 42.6% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 29 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 Donovan Jr High School
Donovan Jr High School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Jr High School this school | 54 | 57.4% | 67.0% |
| Mulberry Grove Jr High School Mulberry Grove | 59 | 55.9% | 25.2% |
| Brownstown Jr High School Brownstown | 61 | 54.1% | 40.9% |
| Edinburg Jr High School Edinburg | 62 | 54.8% | 32.3% |
| St Elmo Jr High School Saint Elmo | 55 | 54.5% | 36.8% |
| Villa Grove Jr High School Villa Grove | 95 | 54.7% | 46.3% |
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 Donovan Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 54 | #677 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
54
+2 (+4%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, 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 | 54 | 8 | 6.8:1 | 57% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 56 | 6 | 9.3:1 | 57% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 59 | 7.3 | 8.1:1 | 44% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 52 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 78 | 5.6 | 14.1:1 | 50% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 49 | 4 | 12.3:1 | 35% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 59 | 5 | 11.8:1 | 47% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 80 | 4 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Donovan Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (78 to 54); teachers up 44% (5.6 to 8).
About Donovan Jr High School
Donovan Jr High School serves students in Donovan, Illinois, as a small middle school. It serves 54 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Illinois is roughly 462 students; this school is 88% smaller than that.
Donovan CUSD 3 is the local district for Donovan Jr High School. It runs 3 schools with 298 students.
The large majority of students at Donovan Jr High School, 83%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By the diversity index, Donovan Jr High School comes in at 29%.
Donovan Jr High School's 8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 6.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 57%.
allk12 grades Donovan Jr High School an A. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Donovan Jr High School is among the top 10% of schools in Illinois. Predicted: 38.4%. Actual: 67.0%.
In the county around the school, Iroquois County, median household income is about $66,255, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Donovan Jr High School is among the 24 public schools in Iroquois County.
Donovan Sr High School is the public school closest to Donovan Jr High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Donovan Jr High School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Donovan Jr High School ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 67.0% versus a 41.5% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Donovan Jr High School had 52 students in 2020-21 and 54 in 2024-25, a 4% rise.
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Iroquois County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,449
Census ACS
Median income
$66,255
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
3,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Donovan CUSD 3
- Donovan Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
- Donovan Sr High SchoolHigh · 72 students
Other schools in Donovan
- Donovan Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
- Donovan Sr High SchoolHigh · 72 students
Nearby schools
- Donovan Sr High School0.0 mi · 72
- Donovan Elementary School1.6 mi · 172
- Milford Grade School East Campus8.3 mi · 1
- Morocco Elementary School9.3 mi · 116
- Wanda Kendall Elementary School9.9 mi · 122
- Watseka Junior High School10.1 mi · 202
Frequently asked questions
About Donovan Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Donovan Jr High School?
Donovan Jr High School enrolls approximately 54 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Donovan Jr High School serve?
Donovan Jr High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Donovan Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Donovan Jr High School is approximately 6.8:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Donovan Jr High School?
At Donovan Jr High School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Donovan Jr High School?
Donovan Jr High School is overseen by Donovan CUSD 3 in Iroquois County.
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