Watseka Junior High School

Watseka Junior High School is a middle-grades school of modestly sized scale in Watseka, Illinois, operated by Iroquois County CUSD 9, educateing 202 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 56% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Across the 4 schools in Iroquois County CUSD 9 (939 students total), Watseka Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Watseka Junior High School lists that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Watseka Junior High School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Watseka Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at Watseka Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Iroquois County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, Watseka Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 47.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Iroquois County shows median household income runs about $66,255, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Iroquois County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,909 students), Watseka Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Watseka Comm High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Watseka Junior High School. On composite proficiency, Watseka Junior High School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Watseka Junior High School has fell 30%, going from 288 students in 2018 to 202 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 83% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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