Roxana Junior High School

Roxana Junior High School is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in Roxana, Illinois, part of Roxana CUSD 1, with 393 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Roxana CUSD 1, which oversees 4 schools and 1,708 students, Roxana Junior High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Roxana Junior High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest breaks down as 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Madison County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Madison County's rate of about 46%.

With demographic context factored in, Roxana Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 37.6%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,793, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Madison County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), of which Roxana Junior High School is one.

Roxana Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roxana Junior High School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Roxana Junior High School's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 412 (now 393). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 88% to 84%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.