Enrollment
95
Middle
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VILLA GROVE CUSD 302·NCES 174032004870
Villa Grove Jr High School
400 N Sycamore St, Villa Grove, IL 61956 · (217) 832-2261 · Douglas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL95 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Illinois public middle schools
- B-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
14.7:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
52 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 7 | 42 | 44% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 56% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Villa Grove Jr High School→Villa Grove High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Villa Grove CUSD 302. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
65.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +27.4pp since 2023
Math
27.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 18.6% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Villa Grove Jr High School
Villa Grove Jr High School's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Grove Jr High School this school | 95 | 54.7% | 46.3% |
| River Ridge Middle School Hanover | 91 | 51.6% | 66.0% |
| Hardin County Jr High School Elizabethtown | 107 | 55.1% | 25.4% |
| Galatia Jr High Galatia | 96 | 51.0% | 42.2% |
| Williamsfield Middle School Williamsfield | 83 | 50.6% | 50.8% |
| Cuba Middle School Cuba | 80 | 51.3% | 29.7% |
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 Villa Grove Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 95 | #647 of 691 |
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
95
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 125
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 | 95 | 6.5 | 14.7:1 | 55% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 101 | 6.7 | 15.1:1 | 46% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 111 | 5.6 | 19.9:1 | 47% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 96 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 87 | 5.8 | 15.1:1 | 46% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 111 | 5 | 22.2:1 | 32% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 90 | 4 | 22.5:1 | 31% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 134 | 6 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 125 | 5 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Villa Grove Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (87 to 95); teachers up 13% (5.8 to 6.5).
About Villa Grove Jr High School
Villa Grove Jr High School is a very small middle school for students in Villa Grove, Illinois. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 95 students. On average, middle schools in Illinois enroll around 462, and this school is 79% below that mark.
Villa Grove Jr High School belongs to Villa Grove CUSD 302, a district of 3 schools and 599 students.
The share of White students at Villa Grove Jr High School is 87%. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Douglas County overall, the White share is about 89%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
Teacher count: 6.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.7:1. The gap from the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is 1.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Villa Grove Jr High School lands at B, ahead of 59% of Illinois public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.9% for Villa Grove Jr High School. The school posts 46.3%, 6.4 points above the prediction.
For the population of Douglas County, median household income comes to about $77,320, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Douglas County's 10 public schools enroll about 2,780 students and include Villa Grove Jr High School.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Villa Grove Jr High School from the closest public school, Villa Grove Elementary School. The five-mile area around Villa Grove Jr High School holds 2 other public schools. Villa Grove Jr High School ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 46.3% against a local average of 45.7%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Villa Grove Jr High School enrolled 96; in 2024-25, 95.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,751
Census ACS
Median income
$77,320
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,780 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Villa Grove CUSD 302
- Villa Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Villa Grove High SchoolHigh · 194 students
Other schools in Villa Grove
- Villa Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Villa Grove High SchoolHigh · 194 students
Nearby schools
- Villa Grove Elementary School0.0 mi · 310
- Villa Grove High School0.0 mi · 194
- North Ward Elementary School7.2 mi · 334
- East Prairie Middle School7.7 mi · 271
- Tuscola High School7.8 mi · 299
- Unity West8.8 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Villa Grove Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Villa Grove Jr High School?
Villa Grove Jr High School enrolls approximately 95 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Villa Grove Jr High School serve?
Villa Grove Jr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Villa Grove Jr High School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Villa Grove Jr High School.
How diverse is Villa Grove Jr High School?
Villa Grove Jr High School reports a student body of 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Villa Grove Jr High School?
Villa Grove Jr High School is overseen by Villa Grove CUSD 302 in Douglas County.
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