Is Centralia Junior High School a good school?

Centralia Junior High School ranks 936 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Centralia Junior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 584 students attended Centralia Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Centralia Junior High School?

Students at Centralia Junior High School are 60% White, 18% African American, 15% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 1% American Indian.

What high school do graduates of Centralia Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Centralia Junior High School usually go on to attend Centralia High School

Centralia Junior High School

Summary:

Centralia Junior High School is a public middle school serving grades 4-8 in Centralia, Illinois, with 604 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois middle schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Centralia Junior High School faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, low academic performance, and significant equity concerns. The school's proficiency rates on state assessments are well below the state averages, with only 32% of students proficient in ELA and 5.7% proficient in Math, compared to state averages of 41.2% and 28.4%, respectively. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Centralia School District 135 struggling to support White students and students with disabilities. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with over 99% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Carlyle Junior High School, which is about 15 miles away, Centralia Junior High School generally performs worse on academic measures, with lower proficiency rates in ELA and Math. The school's ranking among Illinois middle schools has also steadily declined over the past few years, suggesting that it is struggling to keep pace with other schools in the state. While the school has seen a significant increase in spending per student, from $11,583 in 2019-2020 to $15,475 in 2022-2023, this increased funding has not yet translated into improved academic outcomes.

Detail:

Public 4-8

900 S Pine St
Centralia, IL 62801-4850

(618) 532-1907

District: Centralia School District 135

SchoolDigger Rank:
936^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,539

Students who attend Centralia Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Centralia High School

Feeder schools for Centralia Junior High School:

Elementary:	Jordan Elementary School
	Schiller Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.2

Number of students: 584

Racial breakdown:

White:

59.6%

African American:

17.8%

Two or more races:

15.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 99.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Centralia Junior High School ranks worse than 76.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.93. (See more...)

Compare Details Centralia Junior High School ranks worse than 68.7% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.26. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Centralia Junior High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (59.6%), African American (17.8%), two or more races (15.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 99.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Centralia Junior High School is 12.2. (See more...)

Compare Centralia Junior High School employs 47.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Centralia Junior High School is $16,539.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Centralia Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Centralia Junior High School 1572^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Centralia Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Centralia Junior High School 936^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Centralia Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2012	51.64	1255^th	2166	42.1%
2013	33.19	1529^th	2167	29.4%
2014	21.91	1716^th	2093	18.0%
2019	29.61	1459^th	2086	30.1%
2021	26.26	1378^th	1948	29.3%
2022	20.47	1645^th	2082	21.0%
2023	19.57	1696^th	2077	18.3%
2024	23.93	1572^nd	2067	23.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	26.87	67^th	89	24.7%
2021	21.88	30^th	40	25.0%
2022	15.56	89^th	95	6.3%
2023	16.76	81^st	93	12.9%
2024	24.93	65^th	93	30.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	25.67	969^th	1194	18.8%
2021	22.53	552^nd	640	13.8%
2022	27.02	856^th	1113	23.1%
2023	25.13	918^th	1156	20.6%
2024	30.34	833^rd	1195	30.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	49.25	849^th	1816	53.2%
2021	42.15	806^th	1514	46.8%
2022	33.47	1185^th	1763	32.8%
2023	31.42	1283^rd	1808	29.0%
2024	36.87	1150^th	1793	35.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	62.40	10^th	30	66.7%
2024	64.28	15^th	52	71.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	29.87	1420^th	2019	29.7%
2021	26.75	1205^th	1680	28.3%
2022	17.79	1677^th	1970	14.9%
2023	17.37	1695^th	1957	13.4%
2024	24.41	1467^th	1942	24.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	33.05	565^th	907	37.7%
2024	41.94	445^th	886	49.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	30.71	1384^th	2019	31.5%
2021	21.54	1361^st	1707	20.3%
2022	24.22	1458^th	1977	26.3%
2023	23.19	1503^rd	1984	24.2%
2024	24.46	1472^nd	1959	24.9%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	39.77	400^th	711	43.7%
2021	42.17	191^st	428	55.4%
2022	29.53	520^th	684	24.0%
2023	22.30	640^th	692	7.5%
2024	27.75	524^th	655	20.0%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	16.20	1309^th	1462	10.5%
2021	17.74	1176^th	1308	10.1%
2022	9.80	1363^rd	1425	4.4%
2023	9.10	1371^st	1419	3.4%
2024	10.91	1322^nd	1392	5.0%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Centralia Junior High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	26.89	984^th	1356	27.4%
2021	40.36	653^rd	1241	47.4%
2022	38.39	776^th	1369	43.3%
2023	37.12	815^th	1367	40.4%
2024	28.26	936^th	1363	31.3%

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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	23.10	134^th	179	25.1%
2021	30.10	63^rd	97	35.1%
2022	28.68	138^th	195	29.2%
2023	28.84	129^th	194	33.5%
2024	27.37	121^st	184	34.2%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	24.69	700^th	792	11.6%
2021	25.59	501^st	548	8.6%
2022	29.08	622^nd	781	20.4%
2023	28.86	569^th	805	29.3%
2024	22.45	690^th	802	14.0%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	39.72	732^nd	1217	39.9%
2021	58.40	297^th	1019	70.9%
2022	57.32	402^nd	1221	67.1%
2023	50.16	536^th	1234	56.6%
2024	40.67	688^th	1219	43.6%

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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	46.89	37^th	70	47.1%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	22.03	1011^th	1276	20.8%
2021	40.02	557^th	1017	45.2%
2022	34.42	788^th	1286	38.7%
2023	36.71	767^th	1275	39.8%
2024	27.65	888^th	1251	29.0%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	36.35	397^th	674	41.1%
2024	28.61	487^th	639	23.8%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	33.19	833^rd	1296	35.7%
2021	35.10	635^th	1048	39.4%
2022	42.79	649^th	1286	49.5%
2023	37.05	764^th	1292	40.9%
2024	29.51	836^th	1264	33.9%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	30.02	429^th	565	24.1%
2021	48.32	147^th	385	61.8%
2022	44.38	254^th	573	55.7%
2023	39.01	323^rd	569	43.2%
2024	35.90	347^th	548	36.7%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Centralia Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	12.13	840^th	905	7.2%
2021	34.97	520^th	813	36.0%
2022	28.09	667^th	898	25.7%
2023	29.36	649^th	895	27.5%
2024	15.37	780^th	875	10.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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by a citizen
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

My sister will have to repeat a grade because it sounds like they're failing her the same way the southern Illinois school system failed me despite it's at least 20 years later. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Centralia Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	150	31	5	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	0	187
1990	170	27	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	200
1991	150	34	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	188
1992	133	26	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	161
1993	150	38	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	191
1994	125	32	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	158
1995	149	33	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	189
1996	149	33	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	189
1997	135	26	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	163
1998	107	25	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	136
1999	115	31	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	147
2000	110	30	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	143
2001	119	37	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	159
2002	99	39	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	142
2003	99	39	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	142
2004	114	32	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	152
2005	103	30	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	9	142
2006	84	36	1	2	2	n/a	n/a	12	137
2007	87	25	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	12	127
2008	83	25	2	3	0	n/a	n/a	11	124
2009	89	24	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	12	125
2010	87	16	0	3	3	n/a	n/a	16	125
2011	93	40	1	3	1	0	0	0	138
2012	87	21	2	5	0	0	22	0	137
2013	102	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	121
2014	109	16	0	4	0	0	4	0	133
2015	114	25	0	3	1	0	6	0	149
2016	113	19	0	4	0	0	8	0	144
2017	110	30	0	5	0	0	10	0	155
2018	86	35	0	7	1	0	21	0	150
2019	445	108	0	33	1	0	77	0	664
2020	423	117	0	31	3	0	89	0	663
2021	410	120	2	30	3	0	97	0	662
2022	401	125	1	27	5	0	84	0	643
2023	371	108	0	27	5	0	93	0	604
2024	348	104	0	36	6	0	90	0	584

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Centralia Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	187	9.5	19.6	n/a
1990	200	10.0	20.0	n/a
1991	188	10.0	18.8	n/a
1992	161	10.0	16.1	n/a
1993	191	10.0	19.1	n/a
1994	158	10.0	15.8	n/a
1995	189	10.0	18.9	n/a
1996	189	10.0	18.9	n/a
1997	163	10.0	16.3	n/a
1998	136	9.0	15.1	n/a
1999	147	9.0	16.3	n/a
2000	143	10.0	14.3	n/a
2001	159	10.0	15.9	n/a
2002	142	9.0	15.8	66.9
2003	142	9.0	15.8	66.9
2004	152	8.0	19.0	63.8
2005	142	9.0	15.8	73.7
2006	137	9.0	15.2	81.6
2007	127	9.0	14.1	76.5
2008	124	8.0	15.5	83.2
2009	125	8.0	15.6	65.5
2010	125	9.0	13.8	89.9
2011	138	9.0	15.3	74.6
2012	137	10.0	13.7	81
2013	121	9.8	12.3	97.5
2014	133	7.2	18.4	97.7
2015	149	8.0	18.6	98
2016	144	10.0	14.4	100
2017	155	9.5	16.2	98.1
2018	150	9.6	15.4	100
2019	664	51.0	13.0	99.5
2020	663	50.1	13.2	98.9
2021	662	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	643	48.5	13.2	99.5
2023	604	45.0	13.4	99.7
2024	584	47.5	12.2	99.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Centralia Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	187	9.5	19.6	n/a
1990	200	10.0	20.0	n/a
1991	188	10.0	18.8	n/a
1992	161	10.0	16.1	n/a
1993	191	10.0	19.1	n/a
1994	158	10.0	15.8	n/a
1995	189	10.0	18.9	n/a
1996	189	10.0	18.9	n/a
1997	163	10.0	16.3	n/a
1998	136	9.0	15.1	n/a
1999	147	9.0	16.3	n/a
2000	143	10.0	14.3	n/a
2001	159	10.0	15.9	n/a
2002	142	9.0	15.8	66.9
2003	142	9.0	15.8	66.9
2004	152	8.0	19.0	63.8
2005	142	9.0	15.8	73.7
2006	137	9.0	15.2	81.6
2007	127	9.0	14.1	76.5
2008	124	8.0	15.5	83.2
2009	125	8.0	15.6	65.5
2010	125	9.0	13.8	89.9
2011	138	9.0	15.3	74.6
2012	137	10.0	13.7	81
2013	121	9.8	12.3	97.5
2014	133	7.2	18.4	97.7
2015	149	8.0	18.6	98
2016	144	10.0	14.4	100
2017	155	9.5	16.2	98.1
2018	150	9.6	15.4	100
2019	664	51.0	13.0	99.5
2020	663	50.1	13.2	98.9
2021	662	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	643	48.5	13.2	99.5
2023	604	45.0	13.4	99.7
2024	584	47.5	12.2	99.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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