Hillsboro Jr High School

Hillsboro Jr High School, a compact middle school in Hillsboro, Illinois, one of the schools within Hillsboro CUSD 3, teaches 319 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 462.

Within Hillsboro CUSD 3, which oversees 4 schools and 1,518 students, Hillsboro Jr High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Hillsboro Jr High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. Compared to Montgomery County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Hillsboro Jr High School lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Hillsboro Jr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 53.8%.

Around the school, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $63,620, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hillsboro Jr High School is one of 19 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 3,835 students).

Hillsboro High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hillsboro Jr High School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hillsboro Jr High School's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 341 (now 319). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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