Enrollment
107
Middle
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDGEVIEW CUSD 19·NCES 170010905367
Ridgeview Jr High School
202 E Wood St, Colfax, IL 61728 · (309) 723-2951 · McLean County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL107 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
42 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 38 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 38% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Ridgeview Jr High School→Ridgeview High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ridgeview CUSD 19. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
28.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
18.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.3% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 12.6% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 Ridgeview Jr High School
Ridgeview Jr High School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Jr High School this school | 107 | 39.3% | 29.4% |
| Stockton Middle School Stockton | 100 | 37.0% | 59.3% |
| Lincolnwood Jr High School Raymond | 90 | 40.0% | 37.8% |
| Athens Junior High School Athens | 144 | 40.3% | 44.6% |
| Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Middle School Mazon | 144 | 42.4% | 37.7% |
| Griggsville-Perry Middle School Perry | 92 | 40.2% | 46.5% |
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 Ridgeview Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McLean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #446 of 578 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #495 of 640 ▲ 1 | #10 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #577 of 640 ▼ 42 | #11 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 107 | #636 of 691 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #390 of 581 | #5 of 11 |
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
107
-31 (-22%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 115
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 | 107 | 8 | 13.4:1 | 39% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 115 | 11 | 10.4:1 | 38% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 133 | 11.8 | 11.3:1 | 44% (58) |
| 2020-21 | 138 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 131 | 9.7 | 13.5:1 | 45% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 135 | 9 | 15.0:1 | 33% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 123 | 5 | 24.6:1 | 41% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 134 | 3 | 44.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 115 | 3 | 38.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgeview Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (131 to 107); teachers down 18% (9.7 to 8).
About Ridgeview Jr High School
Ridgeview Jr High School is a public middle-grades school run by Ridgeview CUSD 19 in Colfax, Illinois. Its 107 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 77% smaller than the 462 average for middle schools in Illinois.
Ridgeview CUSD 19 operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 520 students.
At Ridgeview Jr High School, White students make up 84% of the student body. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. By the diversity index, Ridgeview Jr High School comes in at 28%.
Teachers at Ridgeview Jr High School total 8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.4:1. Middle schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.0:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 39%. Across public schools in McLean County, the average is about the same, 40%.
In Illinois, Ridgeview Jr High School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.4% compared with a predicted 48.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for McLean County show that median household income is about $79,905, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 60 public schools in McLean County, with a combined enrollment of about 23,759.
The nearest public school is Ridgeview High School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Ridgeview Jr High School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Ridgeview Jr High School comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 107, 22% below the 138 of 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
McLean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
171,556
Census ACS
Median income
$79,905
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
23,759 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ridgeview CUSD 19
- Ridgeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 students
- Ridgeview High SchoolHigh · 166 students
Other schools in Colfax
- Ridgeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 students
- Ridgeview High SchoolHigh · 166 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgeview High School0.0 mi · 166
- Ridgeview Elementary School0.0 mi · 247
- Lexington Jr High School10.4 mi · 110
- Lexington Elementary School10.4 mi · 238
- Lexington High School10.4 mi · 163
- Prairie Central Elementary School13.2 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgeview Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Ridgeview Jr High School?
Ridgeview Jr High School enrolls approximately 107 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ridgeview Jr High School serve?
Ridgeview Jr High School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ridgeview Jr High School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Ridgeview Jr High School.
How diverse is Ridgeview Jr High School?
Ridgeview Jr High School reports a student body of 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridgeview Jr High School?
Ridgeview Jr High School is overseen by Ridgeview CUSD 19 in McLean County.
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