Enrollment
59
Middle
DISTRICT 101 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MULBERRY GROVE CUSD 1·NCES 172745004756
Mulberry Grove Jr High School
801 W Wall St, Mulberry Grove, IL 62262 · (618) 326-8812 · Bond County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL59 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
8.0:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
33 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 21 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 32% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Mulberry Grove Jr High School→Mulberry Grove Sr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mulberry Grove CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
23.7%
IL avg 51.0% . -12.9pp since 2023
Math
15.3%
IL avg 37.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.7% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 18.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mulberry Grove Jr High School
Mulberry Grove Jr High School's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry Grove Jr High School this school | 59 | 55.9% | 25.2% |
| Brownstown Jr High School Brownstown | 61 | 54.1% | 40.9% |
| Donovan Jr High School Donovan | 54 | 57.4% | 67.0% |
| Edinburg Jr High School Edinburg | 62 | 54.8% | 32.3% |
| St Elmo Jr High School Saint Elmo | 55 | 54.5% | 36.8% |
| Cuba Middle School Cuba | 80 | 51.3% | 29.7% |
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 Mulberry Grove Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 59 | #672 of 691 |
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
59
-29 (-33%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 65
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 | 59 | 7.4 | 8.0:1 | 56% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 69 | 6.1 | 11.4:1 | 55% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 78 | 7.8 | 10.1:1 | 49% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 88 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 96 | 7 | 13.7:1 | 53% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 90 | 6 | 15.0:1 | 48% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 65 | 5 | 13.0:1 | 49% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 78 | 5 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 65 | 3 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mulberry Grove Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (96 to 59); teachers up 5% (7 to 7.4).
About Mulberry Grove Jr High School
Mulberry Grove Jr High School serves students in Mulberry Grove, Illinois, as a very small middle school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 59 students in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 462.
Mulberry Grove Jr High School falls under Mulberry Grove CUSD 1, which has 3 schools enrolling 302 students.
Mulberry Grove Jr High School is 85% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That is in line with Bond County, where about 87% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mulberry Grove Jr High School scores 27%.
Based on 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Mulberry Grove Jr High School has a ratio of 8.0:1. Compared with the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 56%.
Mulberry Grove Jr High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Illinois public middle schools.
Mulberry Grove Jr High School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.0 points (25.2% versus 39.2%), a bottom-10% result in Illinois on BeatsExpectations.
In Bond County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $65,959 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Mulberry Grove Jr High School, Bond County has 8 public schools.
Mulberry Grove Jr High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Mulberry Grove Elementary School, its nearest public school. Mulberry Grove Jr High School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Mulberry Grove Jr High School ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.2% against a local average of 40.2%.
The NCES locale for Mulberry Grove Jr High School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased by 33% across 4 years, from 88 in 2020-21 to 59 in 2024-25.
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Bond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,716
Census ACS
Median income
$65,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,852 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mulberry Grove CUSD 1
- Mulberry Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 135 students
- Mulberry Grove Sr High SchoolHigh · 108 students
Other schools in Mulberry Grove
- Mulberry Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 135 students
- Mulberry Grove Sr High SchoolHigh · 108 students
Nearby schools
- Mulberry Grove Elementary School0.0 mi · 135
- Mulberry Grove Sr High School0.0 mi · 108
- Bond County CUSD 2 ECC6.4 mi · 75
- Greenville Jr High School6.5 mi · 284
- Greenville Elementary School6.6 mi · 514
- Bond Cty Comm Unit 2 High School6.7 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Mulberry Grove Jr High SchoolHow large is Mulberry Grove Jr High School?
Mulberry Grove Jr High School enrolls approximately 59 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mulberry Grove Jr High School serve?
Mulberry Grove Jr High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mulberry Grove Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mulberry Grove Jr High School is approximately 8.0:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mulberry Grove Jr High School?
At Mulberry Grove Jr High School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is Mulberry Grove Jr High School public or private?
Mulberry Grove Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mulberry Grove CUSD 1.
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