Enrollment
90
Middle
DISTRICT 109 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANHANDLE CUSD 2·NCES 173066003192
Lincolnwood Jr High School
507 N Prairie St, Raymond, IL 62560 · (217) 229-4237 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL90 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
36 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Lincolnwood Jr High School→Lincolnwood High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Panhandle CUSD 2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
42.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
24.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 2 points.
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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
90
-11 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.4:1
% White
92%
was 96%
% Hispanic
7%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lincolnwood Jr High School
Lincolnwood Jr High School, a rural-scale middle-grades school in Raymond, Illinois, run under Panhandle CUSD 2, teaches 90 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.
Panhandle CUSD 2 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 437 students. Lincolnwood Jr High School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Lincolnwood Jr High School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Lincolnwood Jr High School lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Montgomery County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincolnwood Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 37.8%, a residual of -10.6 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,620 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Lincolnwood Jr High School is one of 19 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 3,835 students).
The closest other public school is Lincolnwood High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincolnwood Jr High School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.5%.
Lincolnwood Jr High School operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. Lincolnwood Jr High School's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 101 (now 90). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 2% to 7% over that span.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,942
Census ACS
Median income
$63,620
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Panhandle CUSD 2
- Lincolnwood High SchoolHigh · 137 students
- Raymond Grade SchoolElementary · 115 students
- Farmersville Elem SchoolElementary · 95 students
Other schools in Raymond
- Lincolnwood High SchoolHigh · 137 students
- Raymond Grade SchoolElementary · 115 students
Nearby schools
- Lincolnwood High School0.0 mi · 137
- Raymond Grade School0.1 mi · 115
- Farmersville Elem School8.8 mi · 95
- Morrisonville Jr High School9.0 mi · 47
- Morrisonville High School9.0 mi · 85
- Morrisonville Elem School9.1 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About Lincolnwood Jr High SchoolHow large is Lincolnwood Jr High School?
Lincolnwood Jr High School enrolls approximately 90 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lincolnwood Jr High School serve?
Lincolnwood Jr High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lincolnwood Jr High School have?
Lincolnwood Jr High School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lincolnwood Jr High School?
At Lincolnwood Jr High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Lincolnwood Jr High School public or private?
Lincolnwood Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Panhandle CUSD 2.
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