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Enrollment
378
Middle
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT ZION CUSD 3·NCES 172739002905
Mt Zion Jr High School
315 S Henderson St, Mount Zion, IL 62549 · (217) 864-2369 · Macon County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Illinois public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
101 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 7 | 171 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 54% |
| Grade 12 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Mt Zion Jr High School→Mt Zion High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mt Zion CUSD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
33.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 28.7% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Mt Zion Jr High School
Mt Zion Jr High School's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Zion Jr High School this school | 378 | 26.7% | 49.6% |
| Unity Jr High School Tolono | 367 | 27.8% | 45.0% |
| Eureka Middle School Eureka | 436 | 25.5% | 66.1% |
| Washington Middle School Washington | 378 | 24.9% | 67.3% |
| Monticello Middle School Monticello | 405 | 23.0% | 54.5% |
| Nippersink Middle School Richmond | 377 | 24.9% | 53.0% |
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 Mt Zion Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Macon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #204 of 578 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #311 of 640 ▼ 49 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #280 of 640 ▲ 33 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #376 of 691 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #497 of 558 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.3% | #449 of 560 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.7% | #480 of 581 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #78 of 127 | 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
378
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 414
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 | 378 | 23.2 | 16.3:1 | 27% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 20.4 | 19.7:1 | 25% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 20.6 | 19.6:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 21.1 | 16.9:1 | 22% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 20 | 21.7:1 | 18% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 20 | 19.8:1 | 15% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 18 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 17 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Zion Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (357 to 378); teachers up 10% (21.1 to 23.2).
About Mt Zion Jr High School
Among the schools in Mount Zion, Illinois, is Mt Zion Jr High School, a small middle-grades school. The school serves 378 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
Mt Zion CUSD 3 has a total of 5 schools and 2,427 students, Mt Zion Jr High School among them.
Mt Zion Jr High School's enrollment is 87% White. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Macon County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is higher. Mt Zion Jr High School's diversity index is 23%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 16.3:1 comes from the school's 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The lunch program counts 27% of students at Mt Zion Jr High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Macon County is 61%.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Mt Zion Jr High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Mt Zion Jr High School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 56.1%. Mt Zion Jr High School scores 49.6%, 6.4 points below that line.
Among Macon County residents, the median household income is $62,666, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Mt Zion Jr High School, Macon County has 42 other public schools.
Mt Zion High School is the public school closest to Mt Zion Jr High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mt Zion Jr High School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Mt Zion Jr High School is Suburb: Small.
Enrollment has fallen by 16 students since 2020-21, to 378.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Mt Zion Jr High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Macon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,849
Census ACS
Median income
$62,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
14,702 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mt Zion CUSD 3
- Mt Zion High SchoolHigh · 762 students
- Mt Zion Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 557 students
- McGaughey Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Mt Zion Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Other schools in Mount Zion
- Mt Zion High SchoolHigh · 762 students
- Mt Zion Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 557 students
- McGaughey Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Mt Zion Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Mt Zion High School0.1 mi · 762
- Mt Zion Intermediate School0.1 mi · 557
- Mt Zion Elementary School0.5 mi · 359
- McGaughey Elementary School1.0 mi · 371
- Muffley Elementary School4.2 mi · 386
- Montessori Academy for Peace4.6 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Zion Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Mt Zion Jr High School?
Mt Zion Jr High School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades 07-08.
Is Mt Zion Jr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mt Zion Jr High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mt Zion Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mt Zion Jr High School is approximately 16.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mt Zion Jr High School?
At Mt Zion Jr High School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt Zion Jr High School?
Mt Zion Jr High School is overseen by Mt Zion CUSD 3 in Macon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.