Enrollment
192
Middle
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GEORGETOWN-RIDGE FARM CUD 4·NCES 170009205256
Mary Miller Junior High School
414 W West St, Georgetown, IL 61846 · (217) 662-6606 · Vermilion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
134 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 61 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 33% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Mary Miller Junior High School→Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
20.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 11.8% |
% 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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Mary Miller Junior High School
Mary Miller Junior High School's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Miller Junior High School this school | 192 | 69.8% | 33.5% |
| PLT Middle School Prophetstown | 148 | 70.9% | 53.9% |
| Eldorado Middle School Eldorado | 246 | 68.3% | 50.2% |
| Lewis-Clark Jr High School Wood River | 171 | 72.5% | 29.6% |
| Parkview Jr High School Lawrenceville | 235 | 65.5% | 32.5% |
| Center Street Elementary School Fairfield | 296 | 67.2% | 41.7% |
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 Mary Miller Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Vermilion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #402 of 578 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #476 of 640 ▲ 31 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #454 of 640 ▼ 33 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 192 | #568 of 691 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #106 of 581 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #252 of 440 | 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
192
-5 (-3%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 355
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 | 192 | 15.8 | 12.1:1 | 70% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 17.9 | 11.4:1 | 68% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 17.1 | 11.5:1 | 66% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 16 | 13.3:1 | 65% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 100% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | 11 | 24.9:1 | 68% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 306 | 19 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 16 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Miller Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (213 to 192); teachers down 1% (16 to 15.8).
About Mary Miller Junior High School
Mary Miller Junior High School sits in Georgetown, Illinois, and is classified as a middle school. Federal data show 192 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Illinois enroll around 462, and this school is 58% below that mark.
Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4 (3 schools, 864 students) runs Mary Miller Junior High School.
The share of White students at Mary Miller Junior High School is 87%. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The county population is about 78% White. The diversity index for Mary Miller Junior High School is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 12.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Mary Miller Junior High School, which has 15.8. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Mary Miller Junior High School is about 70%. The figure for public schools in Vermilion County is close, at 71%.
Mary Miller Junior High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of Illinois public middle schools.
Mary Miller Junior High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.5%) and its predicted rate (31.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
The county, Vermilion County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $56,877, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 41, with about 11,267 students.
Of the public schools around it, Mary Miller Junior High School is closest to Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School, about 0.2 miles away. Mary Miller Junior High School has 4 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Mary Miller Junior High School ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 33.5% versus a 27.3% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The school shrank from 197 students in 2020-21 to 192 in 2024-25.
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Vermilion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,386
Census ACS
Median income
$56,877
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
11,267 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4
- Pine Crest Elementary SchoolElementary · 429 students
- Georgetown-Ridge Farm High SchoolHigh · 243 students
Other schools in Georgetown
- Pine Crest Elementary SchoolElementary · 429 students
- Georgetown-Ridge Farm High SchoolHigh · 243 students
Nearby schools
- Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School0.2 mi · 243
- Pine Crest Elementary School0.8 mi · 429
- Judith Giacoma Elementary School4.5 mi · 610
- Westville Jr High School5.0 mi · 205
- Westville High School5.3 mi · 334
- Salt Fork High School7.3 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Miller Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mary Miller Junior High School?
Mary Miller Junior High School enrolls approximately 192 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mary Miller Junior High School serve?
Mary Miller Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mary Miller Junior High School have?
Mary Miller Junior High School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary Miller Junior High School?
At Mary Miller Junior High School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Mary Miller Junior High School public or private?
Mary Miller Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4.
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