Enrollment
84
Middle
DISTRICT 208 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST DUBUQUE USD 119·NCES 171305006158
East Dubuque Jr High
200 Parklane Dr, East Dubuque, IL 61025 · (815) 747-3188 · Jo Daviess County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL84 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- ABeats 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
12.0:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
36 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 46 | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 45% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
East Dubuque Jr High→East Dubuque High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within East Dubuque USD 119. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
74.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
IL avg 37.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.1% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 55.4% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% 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 15 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 East Dubuque Jr High
East Dubuque Jr High's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Dubuque Jr High this school | 84 | 42.9% | 61.3% |
| A-C Central Middle School Ashland | 89 | 41.6% | 29.0% |
| Spring Garden Middle School Ina | 93 | 47.3% | 31.3% |
| Lincolnwood Jr High School Raymond | 90 | 40.0% | 37.8% |
| West Prairie Junior High School Colchester | 80 | 40.0% | 52.1% |
| Griggsville-Perry Middle School Perry | 92 | 40.2% | 46.5% |
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 East Dubuque Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 84 | #654 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
84
-10 (-11%) vs 2020
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 | 84 | 7 | 12.0:1 | 43% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 87 | 7.6 | 11.5:1 | 31% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 89 | 8.5 | 10.5:1 | 29% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 94 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 113 | 6 | 19.0:1 | 23% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 108 | 6 | 18.0:1 | 32% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Dubuque Jr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (113 to 84); teachers up 18% (6 to 7).
About East Dubuque Jr High
This page covers East Dubuque Jr High, a very small middle school in East Dubuque, Illinois. The school serves grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 84 students. That is 82% below the average of about 462 students for middle schools in Illinois.
East Dubuque USD 119 runs East Dubuque Jr High along with 2 other schools, enrolling 623 students in total.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at East Dubuque Jr High. The next largest groups are 12% multiracial and 5% Black. In Jo Daviess County overall, about 94% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
East Dubuque Jr High has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.0:1. Middle schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 43%.
Among Illinois public middle schools, East Dubuque Jr High outscored 83%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at East Dubuque Jr High are 14.6 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.3%, compared with a predicted 46.8%, which ranks in the top 10% in Illinois.
American Community Survey estimates for Jo Daviess County show that the median household earns about $73,993 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Jo Daviess County, 21 public schools serve about 3,012 students.
East Dubuque High School is less than a tenth of a mile from East Dubuque Jr High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, East Dubuque Jr High is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 94 to 84, an 11% decline.
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Jo Daviess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,851
Census ACS
Median income
$73,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
3,012 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Dubuque USD 119
- East Dubuque Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- East Dubuque High SchoolHigh · 180 students
Other schools in East Dubuque
- East Dubuque Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- East Dubuque High SchoolHigh · 180 students
Nearby schools
- East Dubuque High School0.0 mi · 180
- East Dubuque Elementary School0.6 mi · 359
- Prescott Elementary School2.1 mi · 352
- Marshall Elementary School2.4 mi · 323
- Audubon Elementary School2.4 mi · 247
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School2.6 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About East Dubuque Jr HighHow large is East Dubuque Jr High?
East Dubuque Jr High enrolls approximately 84 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does East Dubuque Jr High serve?
East Dubuque Jr High serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at East Dubuque Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at East Dubuque Jr High is approximately 12.0:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at East Dubuque Jr High?
Student demographics at East Dubuque Jr High are roughly 82% White, 1% Hispanic, 5% Black, 12% Two or more.
Is East Dubuque Jr High public or private?
East Dubuque Jr High is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Dubuque USD 119.
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