Sandoval Jr High School

As an one-room-style middle-grades school in Sandoval, Illinois, Sandoval Jr High School serves 84 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Sandoval CUSD 501. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 82% below typical.

Sandoval CUSD 501 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 429 students. Sandoval Jr High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Sandoval Jr High School lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at Sandoval Jr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Sandoval Jr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 26.1%; this one comes in at 11.4%, -14.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household income runs about $61,240, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,636 students), Sandoval Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

Sandoval Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sandoval Jr High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.8%.

Sandoval Jr High School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 22%: 69 students in 2018 compared to 84 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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