Enrollment
199
Middle
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WABASH CUSD 348·NCES 174047004372
Mt Carmel Junior High School
201 N Pear St, Mount Carmel, IL 62863 · (618) 262-8886 · Wabash County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL199 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
113 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Mt Carmel Junior High School→Mount Carmel High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wabash CUSD 348. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
48.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.0pp since 2023
Math
9.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
199
-19 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
was 15.7:1
% White
92%
was 97%
% Hispanic
3%
was 0%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Mt Carmel Junior High School
Located at 201 N Pear St, in Mount Carmel, Illinois, Mt Carmel Junior High School is a low-enrollment 6-8 campus that serves 199 students (grades 7 through 8), run under Wabash CUSD 348. Enrollment runs roughly 57% smaller than the state mean of about 462.
Within Wabash CUSD 348, which oversees 4 schools and 1,382 students, Mt Carmel Junior High School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Mt Carmel Junior High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.0:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Mt Carmel Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.7%, the actual is 31.7%, a residual of -7.0 points.
In the broader community, census data for Wabash County shows median household earnings sit near $57,086, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wabash County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,513 students), of which Mt Carmel Junior High School is one.
Mount Carmel High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mt Carmel Junior High School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Mt Carmel Junior High School's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 218 (now 199). White enrollment moved from 97% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 in 2025.
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Wabash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,119
Census ACS
Median income
$57,086
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wabash CUSD 348
- Mount Carmel High SchoolHigh · 452 students
- Mt Carmel Grade SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Mt Carmel Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Other schools in Mount Carmel
- Mount Carmel High SchoolHigh · 452 students
- Mt Carmel Grade SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Mt Carmel Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Carmel High School0.0 mi · 452
- Mt Carmel Elementary School1.2 mi · 361
- Mt Carmel Grade School1.5 mi · 370
- Allendale Elementary School8.5 mi · 131
- Princeton Comm Primary School9.8 mi · 417
- Princeton Community Middle9.8 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Carmel Junior High SchoolHow large is Mt Carmel Junior High School?
Mt Carmel Junior High School enrolls approximately 199 students in grades 07-08.
Is Mt Carmel Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mt Carmel Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Mt Carmel Junior High School have?
Mt Carmel Junior High School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Mt Carmel Junior High School?
Student demographics at Mt Carmel Junior High School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Mt Carmel Junior High School in?
Mt Carmel Junior High School is part of Wabash CUSD 348.
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