Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High

As a rural-scale middle school in Meredosia, Illinois, Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High enrolls 49 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Meredosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High sits 89% below that benchmark.

Meredosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 212 students; Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Morgan County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Morgan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,306 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Morgan County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,446 students), of which Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Meredosia-Chambersburg Elem Sch, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Meredosia-Chambersburg Jr High's enrollment has grew 36% since 2018, when it stood at 36 (now 49). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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