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Enrollment
680
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSONVILLE SD 117·NCES 172028002285
Jacksonville Middle School
664 Lincoln Ave, Jacksonville, IL 62650 · (217) 243-4384 · Morgan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
373 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 231 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 223 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 33% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Jacksonville Middle School→Jacksonville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Jacksonville SD 117. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
41.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
23.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 17.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Jacksonville Middle School
Jacksonville Middle School's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Middle School this school | 680 | 54.9% | 37.3% |
| Marion Jr High School Marion | 742 | 56.7% | 36.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Charleston | 698 | 51.6% | 32.4% |
| Reagan Middle School Dixon | 585 | 55.0% | 39.6% |
| Liberty Intermediate School Bourbonnais | 714 | 53.5% | 51.9% |
| Macomb Middle School Macomb | 479 | 50.7% | 35.2% |
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 Jacksonville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #364 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #448 of 640 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #486 of 640 ▼ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #152 of 691 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #218 of 558 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #311 of 560 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #244 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.0% | #12 of 127 |
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
680
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 608
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 | 680 | 55 | 12.4:1 | 55% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 57 | 11.5:1 | 52% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 56.5 | 12.7:1 | 56% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 37.1 | 13.9:1 | 58% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 50% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 52% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 36 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 608 | 35 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacksonville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (515 to 680); teachers up 48% (37.1 to 55).
About Jacksonville Middle School
Jacksonville Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Jacksonville, Illinois, under Jacksonville SD 117. The school's enrollment of 680 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students each.
Jacksonville SD 117 serves 3,231 students across 9 schools.
Roughly 74% of students at Jacksonville Middle School are White. After that, the student body is 10% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among all residents of Morgan County, the White share is about 88%. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Jacksonville Middle School operates with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. Jacksonville Middle School reports 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Morgan County average 57%.
The allk12 Grade for Jacksonville Middle School is C+. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Jacksonville Middle School is 2.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.3% actual, 39.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Across Morgan County, the median household income is $66,306, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Morgan County has 28 public schools and roughly 4,446 students.
Nearby, Washington Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Jacksonville Middle School ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 37.3% versus a 41.1% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
Over 4 years, Jacksonville Middle School's enrollment declined 7%, to 680.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Jacksonville Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,021
Census ACS
Median income
$66,306
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
4,446 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jacksonville SD 117
- Jacksonville High SchoolHigh · 890 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- South Jacksonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- The Early YearsElementary · 247 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
Other schools in Jacksonville
- Jacksonville High SchoolHigh · 890 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- The Early YearsElementary · 247 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- North Jacksonville SchoolElementary · 135 students
Other Jacksonville Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Jacksonville Middle. Jacksonville Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, AR · 926 students
- Jacksonville Middle SchoolJACKSONVILLE, TX · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.7 mi · 264
- The Early Years1.0 mi · 247
- Eisenhower Elementary School1.3 mi · 349
- South Jacksonville Elementary School1.4 mi · 311
- Lincoln Elementary School1.4 mi · 246
- Jacksonville High School1.8 mi · 890
Frequently asked questions
About Jacksonville Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jacksonville Middle School?
Jacksonville Middle School enrolls approximately 680 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Jacksonville Middle School serve?
Jacksonville Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jacksonville Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jacksonville Middle School is approximately 12.4:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jacksonville Middle School?
Jacksonville Middle School reports a student body of 74% White, 5% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Jacksonville Middle School in?
Jacksonville Middle School is part of Jacksonville SD 117.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.