Mossville Jr High

Mossville Jr High operates as a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in Mossville, Illinois, part of Il Valley Central USD 321. Current enrollment sits at 181 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 462.

Il Valley Central USD 321 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,071 students. Mossville Jr High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Mossville Jr High logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Peoria County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Peoria County (around 57%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mossville Jr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.4%; this one delivers 52.8%.

Across the wider county, Peoria County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,108 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Peoria County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), of which Mossville Jr High is one.

The closest other public school is Mossville Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mossville Jr High comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.6%.

Mossville Jr High operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mossville Jr High's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 196 (now 181). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 93% to 87%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.