Enrollment
181
Middle
DISTRICT 205 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IL VALLEY CENTRAL USD 321·NCES 171997006016
Mossville Jr High
12207 Old Galena Rd, Mossville, IL 61552 · (309) 579-2328 · Peoria County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Illinois public middle schools
- B+Test 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
15.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
85 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 58 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 34% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
58.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.3% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 31.7% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Mossville Jr High
Mossville Jr High's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossville Jr High this school | 181 | 47.0% | 52.8% |
| Midwest Central Middle School Green Valley | 183 | 47.5% | 40.6% |
| Amboy Jr High School Amboy | 210 | 47.1% | 40.0% |
| Carthage Middle School Carthage | 167 | 49.7% | 44.2% |
| Central A & M Middle School Assumption | 177 | 44.6% | 29.9% |
| United Intermediate School Monmouth | 198 | 44.4% | N/A |
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 Mossville Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #164 of 578 | #6 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #166 of 640 ▲ 59 | #4 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #311 of 640 ▼ 81 | #7 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #586 of 691 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #320 of 581 | #9 of 15 |
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
181
-12 (-6%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 232
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 | 181 | 11.9 | 15.3:1 | 47% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 10.9 | 17.3:1 | 45% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 186 | 12.4 | 15.0:1 | 45% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 196 | 13.1 | 15.0:1 | 30% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 218 | 12 | 18.2:1 | 31% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 232 | 11 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mossville Jr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (196 to 181); teachers down 9% (13.1 to 11.9).
About Mossville Jr High
Mossville Jr High is a public middle-grades school run by Il Valley Central USD 321 in Mossville, Illinois. The school counted 181 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 61% below the average for middle schools in Illinois.
District-wide, Il Valley Central USD 321 has 6 schools and 2,071 students.
White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. It is also 7% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Peoria County's residents are about 67% White, 19 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
Mossville Jr High has 11.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.3:1. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 2.3 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 47% at Mossville Jr High. The rate at public schools in Peoria County averages 57%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Mossville Jr High lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Illinois public middle schools.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 44.4%. Mossville Jr High scores 52.8%.
The school's county is Peoria County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $65,108 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Mossville Jr High shares Peoria County with 80 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Mossville Elementary School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Mossville Jr High is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 52.6%, lower than Mossville Jr High's 52.8%.
NCES describes the area around Mossville Jr High as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Mossville Jr High had a net loss of 12 students, or 6%.
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Peoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
179,645
Census ACS
Median income
$65,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
27,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Il Valley Central USD 321
- Il Valley Central High SchoolHigh · 650 students
- Mossville Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- South Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Chillicothe Jr HighMiddle · 229 students
- Chillicothe Elementary CenterElementary · 156 students
- IVC Learning CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Mossville Elementary School0.0 mi · 431
- Banner Elementary School3.4 mi · 375
- Riverview Elementary School3.6 mi · 220
- Hickory Grove Elementary School3.6 mi · 865
- Wilder-Waite Grade School4.2 mi · 404
- Kellar Primary School5.2 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Mossville Jr HighHow many students attend Mossville Jr High?
Mossville Jr High enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mossville Jr High serve?
Mossville Jr High serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mossville Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mossville Jr High is approximately 15.3:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mossville Jr High?
Mossville Jr High reports a student body of 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Mossville Jr High?
Mossville Jr High is overseen by Il Valley Central USD 321 in Peoria County.
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