Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School

Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School is a middle-grades school of rural-scale scale in Mulkeytown, Illinois, one of the schools within Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188, enrolling 100 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 78% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 489 students. Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest looks like 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 63% of students at Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 25.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Franklin County put the typical household earns roughly $56,740 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Franklin County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,523 students), Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Zeigler-Royalton Elem School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Zeigler-Royalton Jr High School has shrank 24%, going from 131 students in 2018 to 100 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.