Jersey Community Middle School

Jersey Community Middle School is one of the mid-tier 6-8 campuss in Jerseyville, Illinois, part of Jersey CUSD 100, with 489 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 7.

Jersey Community Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Jersey CUSD 100, a district that works with 2,365 students overall.

On demographics, Jersey Community Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Jersey County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jersey Community Middle School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at Jersey Community Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Jersey Community Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jersey County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,361, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jersey Community Middle School is one of 10 public schools in Jersey County (combined enrollment of about 2,377 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jerseyville West Elem School, around 0.7 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jersey Community Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Jersey Community Middle School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 489). Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Jersey Community Middle School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.