Enrollment
140
Middle
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STARK COUNTY CUSD 100·NCES 173749000012
Stark County Junior High School
402 S Franklin St, Toulon, IL 61483 · (309) 286-3451 · Stark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL140 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.2:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
78 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 47 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 34% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
24.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.2pp 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 24 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 20.1% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Stark County Junior High School
Stark County Junior High School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stark County Junior High School this school | 140 | 55.7% | 37.7% |
| Western Jr High School Kinderhook | 146 | 55.5% | 44.3% |
| South Central Middle School Kinmundy | 140 | 56.4% | 24.9% |
| Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High School Bushnell | 131 | 58.0% | 30.1% |
| Hardin County Jr High School Elizabethtown | 107 | 55.1% | 25.4% |
| West Central Middle School Stronghurst | 169 | 59.2% | 25.3% |
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 Stark County Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #358 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #437 of 640 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #456 of 640 ▼ 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 140 | #618 of 691 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #231 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
140
-12 (-8%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 188
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 | 140 | 12.5 | 11.2:1 | 56% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 141 | 12.2 | 11.6:1 | 49% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 148 | 12.5 | 11.8:1 | 45% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 148 | 13 | 11.4:1 | 39% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 132 | 10 | 13.2:1 | 36% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 181 | 15 | 12.1:1 | 40% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 188 | 20 | 9.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stark County Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (148 to 140); teachers down 4% (13 to 12.5).
About Stark County Junior High School
Stark County Junior High School is a very small middle school in Toulon, Illinois. It has an enrollment of 140 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 462.
Stark County Junior High School is part of a district of 3 schools: Stark County CUSD 100, with 669 students.
Roughly 91% of students at Stark County Junior High School are White. Other groups make up 4% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Stark County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Stark County Junior High School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Stark County Junior High School has 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. The gap from the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is 1.8 students per teacher. At Stark County Junior High School, 56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Stark County Junior High School outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.3%.
Looking at the county, Stark County, the median household earns about $62,878 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Stark County has 5 public schools with about 837 students, including Stark County Junior High School.
Stark County High School is the nearest public school to Stark County Junior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Stark County Junior High School is behind the 39.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Stark County Junior High School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 140, compared with 152 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Stark County Junior High School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,308
Census ACS
Median income
$62,878
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
837 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stark County CUSD 100
- Stark County Elementary SchoolElementary · 299 students
- Stark County High SchoolHigh · 230 students
Nearby schools
- Stark County High School0.0 mi · 230
- Stark County Elementary School4.8 mi · 299
- Wethersfield Elementary School10.1 mi · 296
- Wethersfield Jr/Sr High School10.1 mi · 217
- Central Elementary School11.0 mi · 353
- Central Junior High11.0 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About Stark County Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Stark County Junior High School?
Stark County Junior High School enrolls approximately 140 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Stark County Junior High School serve?
Stark County Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stark County Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stark County Junior High School is approximately 11.2:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stark County Junior High School?
At Stark County Junior High School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Stark County Junior High School public or private?
Stark County Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stark County CUSD 100.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.