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
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 32 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 38% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
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.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 24.2% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 22.4% |
% 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
37.8%
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 →
Schools most like Lincolnwood Jr High School
Lincolnwood Jr High School's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnwood Jr High School this school | 90 | 40.0% | 37.8% |
| Griggsville-Perry Middle School Perry | 92 | 40.2% | 46.5% |
| A-C Central Middle School Ashland | 89 | 41.6% | 29.0% |
| West Prairie Junior High School Colchester | 80 | 40.0% | 52.1% |
| Ridgeview Jr High School Colfax | 107 | 39.3% | 29.4% |
| V I T Jr High School Table Grove | 69 | 39.1% | 39.7% |
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 Lincolnwood Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 90 | #651 of 691 |
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
90
-18 (-17%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 97
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 | 90 | 8.5 | 10.6:1 | 40% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 81 | 8 | 10.1:1 | 47% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 97 | 9.5 | 10.3:1 | 53% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 108 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 101 | 8.9 | 11.4:1 | 50% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 101 | 8 | 12.6:1 | 47% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 112 | 6 | 18.7:1 | 31% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 82 | 4 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 97 | 4 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincolnwood Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (101 to 90); teachers down 4% (8.9 to 8.5).
About Lincolnwood Jr High School
Lincolnwood Jr High School is a middle school in Raymond, Illinois, reachable at (217) 229-4237. It serves 90 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students.
Panhandle CUSD 2 runs 4 schools with a combined 437 students. Lincolnwood Jr High School is one of them.
The student body at Lincolnwood Jr High School is 92% White. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic. That is close to the 93% White share among all Montgomery County residents. Lincolnwood Jr High School's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Lincolnwood Jr High School is 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.6:1. This ratio sits 2.4 below the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 40%. The rate at public schools in Montgomery County averages 50%, higher than here.
Lincolnwood Jr High School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lincolnwood Jr High School, the prediction is 48.4% and the result is 37.8%.
Federal survey data for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $63,620, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 19 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 3,835 students in all.
The closest public school, Lincolnwood High School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Lincolnwood Jr High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lincolnwood Jr High School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment dropped 17% from its 2020-21 level of 108.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Elementary 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 Elementary School8.8 mi · 95
- Morrisonville High School9.0 mi · 85
- Morrisonville Jr High School9.0 mi · 47
- Morrisonville Elementary 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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.