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Enrollment
812
Middle
DISTRICT 867 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAHOMET-SEYMOUR CUSD 3·NCES 172406002628
Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School
201 W State St, Mahomet, IL 61853 · (217) 586-4415 · Champaign County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL812 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Illinois public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
189 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 266 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 267 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 274 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School→Mahomet-Seymour High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
74.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
59.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.2% | 59.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 50.6% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School
Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School this school | 812 | 23.3% | 67.0% |
| Sycamore Middle School Sycamore | 847 | 25.9% | 46.6% |
| Lincoln Middle School Edwardsville | 736 | 25.7% | 47.8% |
| Liberty Middle School Edwardsville | 888 | 19.3% | 55.8% |
| Kaneland Harter Middle School Sugar Grove | 822 | 18.5% | 49.5% |
| Geneseo Middle School Geneseo | 573 | 26.2% | 51.0% |
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 Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #53 of 578 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #79 of 640 ▼ 6 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #136 of 640 ▲ 9 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 812 | #81 of 691 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #461 of 558 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.1% | #424 of 560 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #501 of 581 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.8% | #46 of 127 | N/A |
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
812
+59 (+8%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 512
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 | 812 | 53.5 | 15.2:1 | 23% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 790 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 23% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 810 | 45.8 | 17.7:1 | 22% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 753 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 42.6 | 17.2:1 | 18% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 18% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 21% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 41 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 31 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (733 to 812); teachers up 26% (42.6 to 53.5).
About Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School
Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School is a large middle school in Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3, located in Mahomet, Illinois. The school counts 812 students across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students.
Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 has 4 schools and 3,468 students, and Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School is one of those schools.
White students make up 85% of enrollment at Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Champaign County's population at about 64%. Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School's diversity index is 27%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School was 15.2:1. On average, middle schools in Illinois have 13.0:1, compared with 15.2:1 here. Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 23%. Public schools in Champaign County average 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School is A. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School scores 67.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.1%.
Census estimates describe Champaign County this way: the median household income is $63,683, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Champaign County has 66 public schools and roughly 25,919 students.
The nearest public school is Lincoln Trail Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 4. Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School is Town: Fringe.
Enrollment at Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School grew 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 753 to 812 students.
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Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3
- Mahomet-Seymour High SchoolHigh · 1,050 students
- Middletown Prairie ElementaryElementary · 805 students
- Lincoln Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 801 students
Other schools in Mahomet
- Mahomet-Seymour High SchoolHigh · 1,050 students
- Middletown Prairie ElementaryElementary · 805 students
- Lincoln Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 801 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Trail Elementary School0.2 mi · 801
- Mahomet-Seymour High School0.2 mi · 1,050
- Middletown Prairie Elementary2.1 mi · 805
- Blue Ridge Intermediate-Jr High School4.9 mi · 232
- Fisher Grade School8.1 mi · 326
- Fisher Jr/Sr High School8.2 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Mahomet-Seymour Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School?
Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School enrolls approximately 812 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School serve?
Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School is approximately 15.2:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School?
At Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School public or private?
Mahomet-Seymour Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.