Enrollment
393
Middle
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROXANA CUSD 1·NCES 173501003671
Roxana Junior High School
401 Chaffer Ave, Roxana, IL 62084 · (618) 254-7561 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
13.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
211 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 125 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 32% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Roxana Junior High School→Roxana Sr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Roxana CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
44.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
26.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 19.1% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Roxana Junior High School
Roxana Junior High School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxana Junior High School this school | 393 | 53.7% | 37.6% |
| Riverton Middle School Riverton | 347 | 52.4% | 37.7% |
| Clinton Jr High School Clinton | 385 | 53.8% | 35.8% |
| Du Quoin Middle School Du Quoin | 376 | 57.2% | 44.9% |
| Logan Jr High School Princeton | 443 | 52.8% | 38.9% |
| Richland County Middle School Olney | 439 | 55.4% | 50.1% |
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 Roxana Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #361 of 578 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #395 of 640 ▲ 11 | #6 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #461 of 640 ▼ 11 | #7 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #367 of 691 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #330 of 558 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #408 of 560 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.7% | #256 of 581 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #371 of 440 | #7 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
393
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 324
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 | 393 | 29.2 | 13.5:1 | 54% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 31.9 | 11.6:1 | 54% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 28.7 | 12.8:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 28.7 | 14.4:1 | 48% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 27 | 15.5:1 | 45% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 52% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 16 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roxana Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (412 to 393); teachers up 2% (28.7 to 29.2).
About Roxana Junior High School
Roxana Junior High School is a public medium-sized middle-grades school in Roxana, Illinois. It educates 393 students in grades 6 through 8.
The 4 schools of Roxana CUSD 1, including Roxana Junior High School, enroll 1,708 students.
The large majority of students at Roxana Junior High School, 84%, are White. Next come 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, about 83% of residents are White. Roxana Junior High School has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1 at Roxana Junior High School, with 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Illinois average about 13.0:1, a similar figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 54%. It compares with 46% for public schools in Madison County.
allk12 grades Roxana Junior High School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Roxana Junior High School are 2.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (37.6% actual, 40.5% predicted).
Madison County has these Census figures: median household income is about $75,793, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Roxana Junior High School is among the 84 public schools in Madison County.
Roxana Sr High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Roxana Junior High School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 398 in 2020-21 and 393 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,238
Census ACS
Median income
$75,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
35,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roxana CUSD 1
- Roxana Sr High SchoolHigh · 500 students
- South Primary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolElementary · 365 students
Other schools in Roxana
- Roxana Sr High SchoolHigh · 500 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolElementary · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Roxana Sr High School0.0 mi · 500
- Central Intermediate School0.2 mi · 365
- Lewis-Clark Jr High School1.0 mi · 171
- Lewis-Clark Elementary School1.0 mi · 236
- Hartford Elementary School1.8 mi · 172
- East Alton-Wood River High School1.8 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Roxana Junior High SchoolHow large is Roxana Junior High School?
Roxana Junior High School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Roxana Junior High School serve?
Roxana Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roxana Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roxana Junior High School is approximately 13.5:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roxana Junior High School?
At Roxana Junior High School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Roxana Junior High School public or private?
Roxana Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Roxana CUSD 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.