Valmeyer Jr High

Located at 300 S Cedar Bluff Dr, in Valmeyer, Illinois, Valmeyer Jr High is an one-room-style middle-grades school that serves 77 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Valmeyer CUSD 3. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 83% smaller than typical.

Valmeyer CUSD 3 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 335 students. Valmeyer Jr High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Valmeyer Jr High records that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Valmeyer Jr High has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Valmeyer Jr High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 26% of students at Valmeyer Jr High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Valmeyer Jr High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 56.5%; this one comes in at 30.6%, -25.9 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Monroe County reports that median household income runs about $102,880, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Monroe County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,006 students), of which Valmeyer Jr High is one.

The closest other public school is Valmeyer Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valmeyer Jr High at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 102 students in 2018 compared to 77 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 92% to 100%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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