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Enrollment
364
Middle
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE SD 118·NCES 170561000241
West Jr High School
840 Royal Heights Rd, Belleville, IL 62226 · (618) 234-8200 · St. Clair County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
268 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 | 181 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 183 | 50% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
56.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
20.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 18.5% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 West Jr High School
West Jr High School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Jr High School this school | 364 | 73.6% | 37.0% |
| Mark W Bills Middle School Peoria | 258 | 74.8% | 24.0% |
| U S Grant Middle School Springfield | 498 | 72.1% | 15.1% |
| Carbondale Middle School Carbondale | 457 | 73.3% | 21.4% |
| Jefferson Middle School Springfield | 517 | 80.7% | 12.1% |
| Washington Middle School Springfield | 516 | 79.8% | 8.3% |
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 West Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #367 of 578 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #477 of 640 ▼ 60 | #13 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #327 of 640 ▲ 19 | #12 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #393 of 691 | #9 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #223 of 558 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #222 of 560 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #86 of 581 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #233 of 440 | #6 of 12 |
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
364
-78 (-18%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 319
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 | 364 | 29.3 | 12.4:1 | 74% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 32.4 | 12.2:1 | 76% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 30.3 | 13.9:1 | 76% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 25.8 | 15.9:1 | 71% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 74% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 20 | 18.0:1 | 65% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 27 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 319 | 22 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (409 to 364); teachers up 14% (25.8 to 29.3).
About West Jr High School
West Jr High School is a low-enrollment middle school in Belleville, Illinois. The school enrolls 364 students in grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Illinois average about 462 students, which makes this school 21% below average.
Belleville SD 118 runs 11 schools with a combined 3,275 students. West Jr High School is one of them.
The largest group at West Jr High School is Black students, at 62%. Other students are 24% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Clair County residents are about 28% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, West Jr High School scores 54%.
A staff of 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.4:1. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 13.0:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 74%. Across public schools in St. Clair County, the average is 54%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, West Jr High School's results are 8.0 points above predicted: 37.0% against 29.0%.
In the wider St. Clair County area, the median household earns about $73,854 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across St. Clair County, 96 public schools serve about 40,879 students.
West Jr High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. West Jr High School ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 37.0% against a local average of 40.4%.
NCES assigns West Jr High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 18%, from 442 to 364.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville SD 118
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Westhaven ElementaryElementary · 313 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Whiteside Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
Other West Junior High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named West Junior High. West Jr High School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- WEST JUNIOR HIGHBOISE, ID · 717 students
- West Junior High SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 605 students
- WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWEST MEMPHIS, AR · 461 students
- West Junior High SchoolOakland, TN · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School0.1 mi · 542
- Wolf Branch Middle School1.0 mi · 341
- Wolf Branch Elementary School1.3 mi · 482
- Union Elementary School1.5 mi · 432
- High Mount Elementary School1.5 mi · 325
- Franklin Elementary School2.4 mi · 172
Frequently asked questions
About West Jr High SchoolHow large is West Jr High School?
West Jr High School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does West Jr High School serve?
West Jr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at West Jr High School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at West Jr High School.
How diverse is West Jr High School?
West Jr High School reports a student body of 24% White, 5% Hispanic, 62% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees West Jr High School?
West Jr High School is overseen by Belleville SD 118 in St. Clair County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.