Peotone Jr High School

Peotone Jr High School, a small middle school, is located in Peotone, Illinois. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 294 students. That puts enrollment 36% below the 462-student average for middle schools in Illinois.

The district, Peotone CUSD 207U, has 1,280 students enrolled across 5 schools.

Of every 100 students at Peotone Jr High School, about 77 are White. It is also 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Will County's residents are about 62% White, 15 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Peotone Jr High School scores 38%.

Peotone Jr High School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. That is in line with the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. At Peotone Jr High School, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 13 points below the 44% average for public schools in Will County.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.6% at Peotone Jr High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.4%.

The school is in Will County, where the median household earns about $109,984 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Peotone Jr High School shares Will County with 208 other public schools.

Among nearby public schools, Connor Shaw Center is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Nearby schools with test data average 47.1% proficiency; Peotone Jr High School posts 55.4%.

Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 9%.

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