Lovejoy Middle School

Located at 800 Madison St, in Lovejoy, Illinois, Lovejoy Middle School is a micro-enrollment intermediate school that teaches 24 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Brooklyn UD 188. Enrollment runs roughly 95% below the state mean of about 462.

Brooklyn UD 188 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 118 students. Lovejoy Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Lovejoy Middle School lists that 100% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, St. Clair County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lovejoy Middle School logs 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 70.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above St. Clair County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lovejoy Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 2.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put median household income runs about $73,854, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across St. Clair County's 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), Lovejoy Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lovejoy Technology Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lovejoy Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 27.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 23 students in 2018 compared to 24 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 31.5:1 in 2018 to 70.6:1 in 2025.

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