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Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VANDALIA CUSD 203·NCES 174014006378
Vandalia Junior High School
1011 W Fletcher St, Vandalia, IL 62471 · (618) 283-5151 · Fayette County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Illinois public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
250 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 4 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 95 | 19% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Vandalia Junior High School→Vandalia Community High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Vandalia CUSD 203. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
49.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
23.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 16.2% |
% 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Vandalia Junior High School
Vandalia Junior High School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandalia Junior High School this school | 502 | 49.8% | 36.3% |
| Wilbur Trimpe Middle School Bethalto | 556 | 46.9% | 37.6% |
| Taylorville Jr High School Taylorville | 614 | 47.2% | 50.0% |
| Jersey Community Middle School Jerseyville | 489 | 45.2% | 48.7% |
| Logan Jr High School Princeton | 443 | 52.8% | 38.9% |
| Franklin Park Middle School Salem | 528 | 55.1% | 47.8% |
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 Vandalia Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #372 of 578 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #450 of 640 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #415 of 640 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #286 of 691 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #357 of 558 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #512 of 560 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #296 of 581 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #372 of 440 |
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
502
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
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 | 502 | 36.7 | 13.7:1 | 50% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 40.6 | 12.9:1 | 58% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 38.6 | 13.3:1 | 54% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 33.6 | 15.7:1 | 60% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 51% (279) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vandalia Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (526 to 502); teachers up 9% (33.6 to 36.7).
About Vandalia Junior High School
Families in Vandalia, Illinois, are served by Vandalia Junior High School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. Grades offered run from 4 through 8, with 502 students enrolled.
Vandalia Junior High School is among 3 schools run by Vandalia CUSD 203, which serves 1,465 students.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at Vandalia Junior High School. Next come 6% multiracial. The White share in Fayette County as a whole is similar, at about 89%. Vandalia Junior High School's diversity index is 15%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Vandalia Junior High School total 36.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.7:1. That is 0.7 students per teacher above the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 50%.
Vandalia Junior High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 25% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Vandalia Junior High School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 36.3% actual against 42.8% predicted.
In the county around the school, Fayette County, the median household income is $60,944, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 15 public schools in Fayette County, enrolling about 2,858 students in all.
The closest public school, Vandalia Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Vandalia Junior High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Vandalia Junior High School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Vandalia Junior High School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
2024-25 enrollment was 502, a 3% decrease from 519 in 2020-21.
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Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,315
Census ACS
Median income
$60,944
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,858 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vandalia CUSD 203
- Vandalia Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Vandalia Community High SchoolHigh · 411 students
Other schools in Vandalia
- Vandalia Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Vandalia Community High SchoolHigh · 411 students
- FOCUS Safe School ProgramMiddle
- New Approach Alternative High SchoolHigh
- Okaw Area Vocational CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Vandalia Elementary School0.1 mi · 552
- Vandalia Community High School0.2 mi · 411
- Brownstown Elementary School7.7 mi · 264
- Brownstown High School7.9 mi · 102
- Brownstown Jr High School7.9 mi · 61
- Mulberry Grove Sr High School10.1 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About Vandalia Junior High SchoolHow large is Vandalia Junior High School?
Vandalia Junior High School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 04-08.
What age range does Vandalia Junior High School serve?
Vandalia Junior High School serves students from grade 04 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Vandalia Junior High School have?
Vandalia Junior High School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vandalia Junior High School?
At Vandalia Junior High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Vandalia Junior High School in?
Vandalia Junior High School is part of Vandalia CUSD 203.
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