Marshall Jr High School

Marshall Jr High School is a small 6-8 campus in Marshall, Illinois, part of Marshall CUSD 2C. The school enrolls 186 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Marshall Jr High School sits 60% smaller than that benchmark.

Marshall Jr High School is one of 4 schools operated by Marshall CUSD 2C, a district that works with 1,181 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Marshall Jr High School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Marshall Jr High School shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 41% of students at Marshall Jr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Marshall Jr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.8%.

Around the school, census data for Clark County shows median household income runs about $72,927, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Clark County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,456 students), Marshall Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Marshall High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Marshall Jr High School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 196 students in 2018 compared to 186 in 2025.

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