Pontiac Jr High School

Set in Fairview Heights, Illinois, Pontiac Jr High School is a modestly sized middle school, run under Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105. It caters to 212 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Within Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105, which oversees 2 schools and 630 students, Pontiac Jr High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Pontiac Jr High School lists that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 32% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, Pontiac Jr High School reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pontiac Jr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for St. Clair County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,854, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, St. Clair County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), of which Pontiac Jr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: William Holliday Elem School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pontiac Jr High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Pontiac Jr High School's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 212). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 54% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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