Patoka Jr High School

Located at 1220 Kinoka Rd, in Patoka, Illinois, Patoka Jr High School is a tiny 6-8 campus that hosts 44 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Patoka CUSD 100. Enrollment runs roughly 90% leaner than the state mean of about 462.

Within Patoka CUSD 100, which oversees 3 schools and 201 students, Patoka Jr High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Patoka Jr High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marion County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Patoka Jr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.1%; this one comes in at 33.8%, -19.4 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Marion County reports that median household income runs about $61,240, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Marion County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,636 students), Patoka Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Patoka Elem School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Patoka Jr High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 26.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Patoka Jr High School's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 38 (now 44). The White share of enrollment shrank from 100% to 95% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.