Lewis-Clark Jr High School

Lewis-Clark Jr High School is a middle-grades school of one-room-style scale in Wood River, Illinois, one of the schools within Wood River-Hartford ESD 15, enrolling 171 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 462.

Across the 3 schools in Wood River-Hartford ESD 15 (579 students total), Lewis-Clark Jr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lewis-Clark Jr High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school shows 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Madison County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lewis-Clark Jr High School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Lewis-Clark Jr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Madison County (around 46%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lewis-Clark Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.6%, the actual is 29.6%, a residual of -0.0 points.

In the area at large, Madison County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,793 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Madison County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), of which Lewis-Clark Jr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lewis-Clark Elem School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lewis-Clark Jr High School. On composite proficiency, Lewis-Clark Jr High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lewis-Clark Jr High School has contracted 28%, going from 236 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.