Is Clinton Junior High School a good school?

Clinton Junior High School ranks 684 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Clinton Junior High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 370 students attended Clinton Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Clinton Junior High School?

Students at Clinton Junior High School are 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

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

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

Clinton Junior High School

Summary:

Clinton Junior High School is a public middle school serving 370 students in grades 6-8 in Clinton, Illinois. The school is part of the Clinton CUSD 15 district, which is ranked 498 out of 813 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Clinton Junior High School has struggled academically, with test scores that are generally below the state averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 46.8% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 41.2%, and just 12.8% were proficient in mathematics, well below the state's 28.4% average. The school has also grappled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 10.6% in 2019-2020 to 45.2% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with white students and those in special education performing particularly poorly.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Tri-Valley Middle School, Clinton Junior High School consistently underperforms across various metrics, including test scores, chronic absenteeism, and overall statewide rankings. Over the past 10 years, the school's statewide ranking has steadily declined, from a high of 725 in 2017-2018 to a low of 1040 in 2016-2017, suggesting that it is struggling to keep up with the performance of other middle schools in Illinois. Addressing these challenges will likely require a comprehensive, data-driven approach that addresses the root causes of the school's performance gaps.

Detail:

Public 6-8

701 Illini Dr
Clinton, IL 61727-2285

(217) 935-2103

District: Clinton CUSD 15

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,272

Students who attend Clinton Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Clinton High School

Feeder schools for Clinton Junior High School:

Elementary:	Clinton Elementary School
	Douglas Elementary School
	Lincoln Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.8

Number of students: 370

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.7%

Hispanic:

5.9%

Two or more races:

5.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Clinton Junior High School ranks worse than 50.2% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.21. (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.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Clinton Junior High School is $16,272.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Clinton Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Clinton Junior High School 684^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Clinton Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Clinton CUSD 15:

SchoolDigger ranks Clinton CUSD 15 498^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Clinton Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Clinton Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	65.59	445^th	1185	62.4%
2004	52.62	671^st	1204	44.3%
2005	65.26	496^th	1209	59.0%
2006	68.28	425^th	1272	66.6%
2007	70.88	372^nd	1287	71.1%
2008	66.25	491^st	1293	62.0%
2009	60.43	604^th	1318	54.2%
2010	62.79	570^th	1327	57.0%
2011	62.05	581^st	1344	56.8%
2012	51.14	780^th	1365	42.9%
2013	31.82	997^th	1367	27.1%
2014	27.31	1009^th	1322	23.7%
2015	28.63	916^th	1302	29.6%
2016	26.54	966^th	1294	25.3%
2017	20.87	1040^th	1293	19.6%
2018	41.10	725^th	1293	43.9%
2019	35.88	832^nd	1356	38.6%
2021	34.18	745^th	1241	40.0%
2022	32.96	857^th	1369	37.4%
2023	40.33	766^th	1367	44.0%
2024	44.21	684^th	1363	49.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Clinton Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	30.88	123^rd	194	36.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Clinton Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.83	395^th	602	34.4%
2019	32.01	529^th	792	33.2%
2021	27.72	456^th	548	16.8%
2022	26.86	654^th	781	16.3%
2023	33.01	506^th	805	37.1%
2024	22.67	688^th	802	14.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Clinton Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.25	647^th	1161	44.3%
2019	36.96	769^th	1217	36.8%
2021	40.67	569^th	1019	44.2%
2022	26.01	961^st	1221	21.3%
2023	40.70	701^st	1234	43.2%
2024	39.05	712^th	1219	41.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Clinton Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.82	778^th	1226	36.5%
2019	41.22	723^rd	1276	43.3%
2021	32.07	655^th	1017	35.6%
2022	37.58	742^nd	1286	42.3%
2023	39.40	730^th	1275	42.7%
2024	45.62	625^th	1251	50.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Clinton Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	48.73	252^nd	674	62.6%
2024	32.20	435^th	639	31.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Clinton Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	45.83	619^th	1223	49.4%
2019	32.58	839^th	1296	35.3%
2021	31.67	689^th	1048	34.3%
2022	29.62	872^nd	1286	32.2%
2023	40.82	706^th	1292	45.4%
2024	42.39	646^th	1264	48.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Clinton Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	7.44	662^nd	662	0.0%

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Rank History for White students at Clinton Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.69	722^nd	889	18.8%
2019	17.40	793^rd	905	12.4%
2021	20.22	675^th	813	17.0%
2022	18.54	780^th	898	13.1%
2023	22.36	758^th	895	15.3%
2024	29.90	628^th	875	28.2%

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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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Enrollment information for Clinton 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	448	n/a	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	452
1990	402	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	405
1991	431	1	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	435
1992	438	7	1	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
1993	500	3	4	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	514
1994	485	4	2	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	499
1995	519	3	2	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	537
1996	519	3	2	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	537
1997	527	6	4	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	549
1998	523	5	4	11	2	n/a	n/a	0	545
1999	519	6	7	6	3	n/a	n/a	0	541
2000	485	4	7	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	507
2001	449	3	5	8	2	n/a	n/a	0	467
2002	435	2	6	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	451
2003	435	2	6	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	451
2004	464	2	5	9	2	n/a	n/a	0	482
2005	483	8	6	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	508
2006	468	9	3	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	495
2007	449	12	4	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	484
2008	404	8	2	18	0	n/a	n/a	1	433
2009	395	4	0	17	0	n/a	n/a	8	424
2010	404	1	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	5	414
2011	427	3	1	13	0	0	3	0	447
2012	445	9	3	16	2	0	1	0	476
2013	444	12	4	18	3	0	2	0	483
2014	452	7	4	16	4	0	8	0	491
2015	433	4	4	25	1	0	5	0	472
2016	423	3	3	23	2	0	9	0	463
2017	383	2	3	24	1	0	15	0	428
2018	348	1	0	22	0	1	20	0	392
2019	312	0	1	28	0	2	21	0	364
2020	323	5	1	26	0	4	18	0	377
2021	348	4	1	28	0	4	21	0	406
2022	323	4	1	24	0	2	23	0	377
2023	317	3	3	22	1	2	22	0	370

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 Clinton Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	452	31.0	14.5	n/a
1990	405	31.0	13.0	n/a
1991	435	31.5	13.8	n/a
1992	452	31.5	14.3	n/a
1993	514	32.5	15.8	n/a
1994	499	33.0	15.1	n/a
1995	537	38.0	14.1	n/a
1996	537	38.0	14.1	n/a
1997	549	40.0	13.7	n/a
1998	545	41.0	13.3	n/a
1999	541	40.8	13.3	n/a
2000	507	40.8	12.4	n/a
2001	467	41.0	11.4	n/a
2002	451	40.0	11.3	27.9
2003	451	40.0	11.3	27.9
2004	482	35.0	13.8	32.6
2005	508	34.0	14.9	33.5
2006	495	31.0	16.0	37.2
2007	484	26.0	18.6	38.4
2008	433	25.0	17.3	39.8
2009	424	33.1	12.8	45.9
2010	414	33.0	12.5	45.5
2011	447	30.9	14.4	39.1
2012	476	31.2	15.2	39.1
2013	483	26.1	18.4	40.8
2014	491	31.0	15.8	43.4
2015	472	32.0	14.7	49.6
2016	463	31.0	14.9	47.5
2017	428	31.5	13.5	50.5
2018	392	32.6	12.0	48.7
2019	364	32.2	11.2	53.3
2020	377	33.2	11.3	50.9
2021	406	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	377	34.2	11.0	48
2023	370	34.2	10.8	50.5

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 Clinton Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	452	31.0	14.5	n/a
1990	405	31.0	13.0	n/a
1991	435	31.5	13.8	n/a
1992	452	31.5	14.3	n/a
1993	514	32.5	15.8	n/a
1994	499	33.0	15.1	n/a
1995	537	38.0	14.1	n/a
1996	537	38.0	14.1	n/a
1997	549	40.0	13.7	n/a
1998	545	41.0	13.3	n/a
1999	541	40.8	13.3	n/a
2000	507	40.8	12.4	n/a
2001	467	41.0	11.4	n/a
2002	451	40.0	11.3	27.9
2003	451	40.0	11.3	27.9
2004	482	35.0	13.8	32.6
2005	508	34.0	14.9	33.5
2006	495	31.0	16.0	37.2
2007	484	26.0	18.6	38.4
2008	433	25.0	17.3	39.8
2009	424	33.1	12.8	45.9
2010	414	33.0	12.5	45.5
2011	447	30.9	14.4	39.1
2012	476	31.2	15.2	39.1
2013	483	26.1	18.4	40.8
2014	491	31.0	15.8	43.4
2015	472	32.0	14.7	49.6
2016	463	31.0	14.9	47.5
2017	428	31.5	13.5	50.5
2018	392	32.6	12.0	48.7
2019	364	32.2	11.2	53.3
2020	377	33.2	11.3	50.9
2021	406	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	377	34.2	11.0	48
2023	370	34.2	10.8	50.5

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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