Enrollment
326
Middle
DISTRICT 284 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PONTIAC CCSD 429·NCES 173216003365
Pontiac Jr High School
600 N Morrow St, Pontiac, IL 61764 · (815) 842-4343 · Livingston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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.
- FBeats 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
11.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
163 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 93 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 115 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 36% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pontiac CCSD 429. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
12.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 7.9% |
% 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
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% 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 Pontiac Jr High School
Pontiac Jr High School's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontiac Jr High School this school | 326 | 50.0% | 26.0% |
| Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High School Paxton | 288 | 48.3% | 48.6% |
| Charleston Middle School Charleston | 401 | 48.1% | 39.9% |
| Shabbona Middle School Morris | 360 | 48.3% | 42.4% |
| Shepherd Middle School Ottawa | 353 | 54.7% | 35.6% |
| Parkside Middle School Peru | 372 | 54.6% | 45.4% |
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 Pontiac Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #475 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #563 of 640 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #496 of 640 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #430 of 691 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #121 of 558 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #292 of 560 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #292 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #232 of 440 |
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
326
-59 (-15%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 278
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 | 326 | 28.6 | 11.4:1 | 50% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 27.8 | 11.7:1 | 55% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 29.9 | 11.4:1 | 53% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 28.8 | 12.8:1 | 49% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 46% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 43% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 278 | 19 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pontiac Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (367 to 326); teachers unchanged (28.8 to 28.6).
About Pontiac Jr High School
Families in Pontiac, Illinois, are served by Pontiac Jr High School, a small middle-grades school. The school's enrollment of 326 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students each.
Pontiac CCSD 429 includes 4 schools. Together they enroll 1,135 students.
White students are the majority at Pontiac Jr High School, with 71% of enrollment. It is also 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. Livingston County's residents are about 89% White, 18 points above the school's share. Pontiac Jr High School's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 11.4:1 comes from the school's 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 50% in 2024-25. That tracks the 48% average for public schools in Livingston County.
Pontiac Jr High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Pontiac Jr High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 26.0%; the prediction is 42.6%.
In the county around the school, Livingston County, the median household income is $73,790, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 24 public schools in Livingston County, enrolling about 5,273 students in all.
Nearby, Washington Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Pontiac Jr High School at 8th of 8.
Pontiac Jr High School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment dropped 15% from its 2020-21 level of 385.
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Livingston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,565
Census ACS
Median income
$73,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
5,273 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pontiac CCSD 429
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Other schools in Pontiac
- Pontiac High SchoolHigh · 658 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
- Livingston Area Career CntrHigh
Other Pontiac Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Pontiac Junior High. Pontiac Jr High School is the largest of the 2.
- Pontiac Jr High SchoolFairview Heights, IL · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School0.1 mi · 221
- Pontiac High School0.3 mi · 658
- Central Elementary School0.6 mi · 361
- Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 227
- Graymont Elementary School8.2 mi · 52
- Cornell Elementary School9.5 mi · 114
Frequently asked questions
About Pontiac Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pontiac Jr High School?
Pontiac Jr High School enrolls approximately 326 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Pontiac Jr High School serve?
Pontiac Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pontiac Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pontiac Jr High School is approximately 11.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pontiac Jr High School?
At Pontiac Jr High School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pontiac Jr High School in?
Pontiac Jr High School is part of Pontiac CCSD 429.
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