Edison Junior High School

Edison Junior High School is a middle school of modestly sized scale in Pekin, Illinois, overseen by Pekin PSD 108, instructing 271 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 41% leaner than typical.

Within Pekin PSD 108, which oversees 11 schools and 3,126 students, Edison Junior High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Edison Junior High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tazewell County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Edison Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Tazewell County) shows that median household income runs about $77,982, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Edison Junior High School is one of 56 public schools in Tazewell County (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students).

Nearest neighbor: C B Smith Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edison Junior High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edison Junior High School has shrank 23%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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