Enrollment
142
Middle
DISTRICT 150 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROANOKE BENSON CUSD 60·NCES 173414003502
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School
131 W Reiter St, Benson, IL 61516 · (309) 394-2233 · Woodford County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL142 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
35 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 5 | 34 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 30% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School→Roanoke-Benson High School
Feeds from
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
71.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.4% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 42.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Roanoke-Benson Jr High School
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke-Benson Jr High School this school | 142 | 24.6% | 60.7% |
| New Berlin Jr High School New Berlin | 155 | 29.0% | 56.2% |
| LeRoy Junior High School Le Roy | 102 | 22.5% | 44.0% |
| Elmwood Junior High School Elmwood | 100 | 24.0% | 51.9% |
| Illini Bluffs Middle School Glasford | 181 | 29.8% | 52.7% |
| Dee-Mack Intermediate School Deer Creek | 217 | 29.0% | 58.4% |
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 Roanoke-Benson Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #88 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #183 of 640 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #166 of 640 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 142 | #616 of 691 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.6% | #496 of 581 |
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
142
+6 (+4%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 213
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 | 142 | 10.6 | 13.4:1 | 25% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 138 | 11.1 | 12.4:1 | 29% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 148 | 11.1 | 13.4:1 | 24% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 134 | 11 | 12.2:1 | 19% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 155 | 10 | 15.5:1 | 37% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 194 | 9 | 21.6:1 | 21% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 13 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 213 | 10 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roanoke-Benson Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (134 to 142); teachers down 4% (11 to 10.6).
About Roanoke-Benson Jr High School
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School is a small middle-grades school with its address in Benson, Illinois. A federal count lists 142 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
The district for Roanoke-Benson Jr High School is Roanoke Benson CUSD 60, with 3 schools and 449 students.
White students make up 94% of enrollment at Roanoke-Benson Jr High School. The remaining students are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. For comparison, Woodford County is about 94% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 10.6 full-time equivalents, or about 13.4 students per teacher. That matches the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois fairly closely. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 25%.
The allk12 Grade for Roanoke-Benson Jr High School is B+. Compared with Illinois public middle schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School is 3.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (60.7% versus 57.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
In the county around the school, Woodford County, the median household income is $91,483, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. There are 32 public schools in Woodford County, enrolling about 6,338 students in all.
Sowers Elementary School is located about 5.1 miles from Roanoke-Benson Jr High School. The ten-mile area around Roanoke-Benson Jr High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Roanoke-Benson Jr High School comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Roanoke-Benson Jr High School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Federal data show a 4% enrollment gain, from 136 in 2020-21 to 142 in 2024-25.
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Woodford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,312
Census ACS
Median income
$91,483
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
6,338 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roanoke Benson CUSD 60
- Sowers Elementary SchoolElementary · 161 students
- Roanoke-Benson High SchoolHigh · 146 students
Nearby schools
- Sowers Elementary School5.1 mi · 161
- Roanoke-Benson High School5.1 mi · 146
- Fieldcrest Primary School5.8 mi · 223
- Fieldcrest High School6.2 mi · 254
- El Paso-Gridley High School9.1 mi · 364
- Centennial School9.1 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About Roanoke-Benson Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Roanoke-Benson Jr High School?
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School enrolls approximately 142 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Roanoke-Benson Jr High School serve?
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Roanoke-Benson Jr High School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Roanoke-Benson Jr High School.
How diverse is Roanoke-Benson Jr High School?
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Roanoke-Benson Jr High School in?
Roanoke-Benson Jr High School is part of Roanoke Benson CUSD 60.
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