St Elmo Jr High School

St Elmo Jr High School is a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in Saint Elmo, Illinois, overseen by St Elmo CUSD 202. The school caters to 55 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so St Elmo Jr High School sits 88% leaner than that benchmark.

St Elmo Jr High School is one of 3 schools operated by St Elmo CUSD 202, a district that instructs 390 students overall.

On demographics, St Elmo Jr High School reports that nearly all students (100%) are White. By comparison, Fayette County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, St Elmo Jr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 36.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,944, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fayette County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,858 students), of which St Elmo Jr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: St Elmo Sr High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around St Elmo Jr High School. On composite proficiency, St Elmo Jr High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St Elmo Jr High School has decreased 25%, going from 73 students in 2018 to 55 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for St Elmo Jr High School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.