Enrollment
171
Middle
DISTRICT 193 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOOD RIVER-HARTFORD ESD 15·NCES 174305004321
Lewis-Clark Jr High School
501 E Lorena Ave, Wood River, IL 62095 · (618) 254-4355 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
124 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 60 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 36% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Based on grade levels within Wood River-Hartford ESD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.7pp since 2023
Math
19.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 17.6% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Lewis-Clark Jr High School
Lewis-Clark Jr High School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis-Clark Jr High School this school | 171 | 72.5% | 29.6% |
| Mary Miller Junior High School Georgetown | 192 | 69.8% | 33.5% |
| PLT Middle School Prophetstown | 148 | 70.9% | 53.9% |
| Dupo Jr High School Dupo | 124 | 72.6% | 45.0% |
| Parkview Jr High School Creve Coeur | 193 | 78.2% | 15.7% |
| Eldorado Middle School Eldorado | 246 | 68.3% | 50.2% |
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 Lewis-Clark Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #444 of 578 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #490 of 640 ▼ 62 | #10 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #497 of 640 ▲ 51 | #10 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #596 of 691 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #91 of 581 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #33 of 440 | #1 of 11 |
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
171
-39 (-19%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 241
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 | 171 | 14.7 | 11.7:1 | 73% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 176 | 13.7 | 12.9:1 | 76% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 195 | 13.8 | 14.2:1 | 76% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 210 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 236 | 13.3 | 17.8:1 | 66% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 232 | 14 | 16.6:1 | 57% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 11 | 20.0:1 | 56% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 237 | 15 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 241 | 14 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis-Clark Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (236 to 171); teachers up 10% (13.3 to 14.7).
About Lewis-Clark Jr High School
Families in Wood River, Illinois, are served by Lewis-Clark Jr High School, a small middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 171 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students.
Wood River-Hartford ESD 15 runs Lewis-Clark Jr High School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 579 students in total.
White students are the large majority at Lewis-Clark Jr High School, with 81% of enrollment. Other groups make up 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 83% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Lewis-Clark Jr High School comes in at 33%.
Lewis-Clark Jr High School's 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.7:1. That ratio is under the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 73%. The gap from the 46% average for public schools in Madison County is 28 points.
allk12 grades Lewis-Clark Jr High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lewis-Clark Jr High School would score about 29.6%. It scores 29.6%, within a point of that figure.
Among Madison County residents, median household income is about $75,793, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lewis-Clark Jr High School is one of 84 public schools in Madison County, which together enroll about 35,253 students.
The next-closest public school is Lewis-Clark Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Lewis-Clark Jr High School's average proficiency of 29.6% compares with 33.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 171 was 19% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 210.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Lewis-Clark Jr High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,238
Census ACS
Median income
$75,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
35,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wood River-Hartford ESD 15
- Lewis-Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 236 students
- Hartford Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
Other schools in Wood River
- East Alton-Wood River High SchoolHigh · 539 students
- Lewis-Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 236 students
- L&C Middle School/Region IIIElementary
- Region III 9-12+ CLIP ProgramElementary
Nearby schools
- Lewis-Clark Elementary School0.0 mi · 236
- Central Intermediate School0.8 mi · 365
- East Alton-Wood River High School0.8 mi · 539
- Roxana Sr High School1.0 mi · 500
- Roxana Junior High School1.0 mi · 393
- Eastwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis-Clark Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lewis-Clark Jr High School?
Lewis-Clark Jr High School enrolls approximately 171 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lewis-Clark Jr High School serve?
Lewis-Clark Jr High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lewis-Clark Jr High School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Lewis-Clark Jr High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lewis-Clark Jr High School?
At Lewis-Clark Jr High School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lewis-Clark Jr High School?
Lewis-Clark Jr High School is overseen by Wood River-Hartford ESD 15 in Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.