V I T Jr High School

V I T Jr High School operates as a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in Table Grove, Illinois, overseen by V I T CUSD 2. Current enrollment sits at 69 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 85% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

V I T Jr High School is one of 3 schools operated by V I T CUSD 2, a district that enrolls 327 students overall.

On the student-mix side, V I T Jr High School shows that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, V I T Jr High School shows 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting V I T Jr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, V I T Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 39.7%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Fulton County shows median household income runs about $60,599, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Fulton County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,160 students), V I T Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

V I T Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around V I T Jr High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts V I T Jr High School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 30.5%.

V I T Jr High School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 75 students in 2018 compared to 69 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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