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Hardin County Junior High School

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Hardin County Junior High School is a public middle school located in Elizabethtown, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 139 students. The school is part of the Hardin County CUSD 1 district, which is ranked 749 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hardin County Junior High School consistently performs below the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 11.9% compared to the state average of 41.2%, and its Mathematics proficiency rate was only 2.2-5.3% compared to the state average of 24.8-28.7%. The school's performance is also significantly lower than the Gallatin CUSD 7 district, and Gallatin Junior High School consistently outperforms Hardin County Junior High School in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency, with rates often more than 40 percentage points higher.

Hardin County Junior High School's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, with the school's ranking for White students and students with low socioeconomic status in the bottom 10-20% of Illinois middle schools. The school's performance for female and male students is also below average, with rankings in the bottom 20-30% of Illinois middle schools, and the school's performance for special education students is especially low, ranking in the bottom 5% of Illinois middle schools in 2018-2019. Additionally, the school has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 14.6% in 2019-2020 to 42.9% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the state average.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 4 School Rd
       Elizabethtown, IL  62931-4434

(618) 287-2411

District: Hardin County CUSD 1

SchoolDigger Rank:
1269th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $23,020 Help


Students who attend Hardin County Junior High School usually attend:

High:    Hardin County High School

Feeder schools for Hardin County Junior High School:

Elementary:    Hardin County Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  24.5 Help
Number of students:  139

Racial breakdown:

White:
90.6%
Two or more races:
6.5%
Hispanic:
2.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  63.3% Help


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Compare Details Hardin County Junior High School ranks worse than 93.1% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.77. (See more...)
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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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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hardin County Junior High School is $23,020.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hardin County Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Hardin County Junior High School 1269th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Hardin County Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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White students:


Hardin County CUSD 1:

SchoolDigger ranks Hardin County CUSD 1 749th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Hardin County Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Hardin County Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 62.61 492nd 1185 58.5%
2004 74.32 320th 1204 73.4%
2005 75.76 306th 1209 74.7%
2006 56.34 657th 1272 48.3%
2007 46.96 809th 1287 37.1%
2008 50.80 753rd 1293 41.8%
2009 34.46 971st 1318 26.3%
2010 26.40 1055th 1327 20.5%
2011 38.83 943rd 1344 29.8%
2012 31.19 1036th 1365 24.1%
2013 26.24 1066th 1367 22.0%
2014 23.60 1063rd 1322 19.6%
2015 31.82 864th 1302 33.6%
2016 29.32 911th 1294 29.6%
2017 40.96 733rd 1293 43.3%
2018 32.12 861st 1293 33.4%
2019 24.20 1039th 1356 23.4%
2021 22.67 978th 1241 21.2%
2022 27.84 948th 1369 30.8%
2023 19.40 1127th 1367 17.6%
2024 12.77 1269th 1363 6.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Hardin County Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.57 779th 792 1.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hardin County Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.04 721st 1161 37.9%
2019 29.97 904th 1217 25.7%
2021 29.94 738th 1019 27.6%
2022 33.12 814th 1221 33.3%
2023 23.05 1026th 1234 16.9%
2024 13.11 1179th 1219 3.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Hardin County Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.13 806th 1226 34.3%
2019 29.47 922nd 1276 27.7%
2021 21.59 824th 1017 19.0%
2022 25.46 943rd 1286 26.7%
2023 21.42 1008th 1275 20.9%
2024 13.92 1144th 1251 8.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Hardin County Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.85 836th 1223 31.6%
2019 17.51 1109th 1296 14.4%
2021 20.07 886th 1048 15.5%
2022 31.13 846th 1286 34.2%
2023 18.25 1105th 1292 14.5%
2024 11.93 1216th 1264 3.8%
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Rank History for White students at Hardin County Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.64 802nd 889 9.8%
2019 10.17 859th 905 5.1%
2021 12.35 764th 813 6.0%
2022 12.31 844th 898 6.0%
2023 8.12 872nd 895 2.6%
2024 4.70 867th 875 0.9%
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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.

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Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Hardin County 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 154 n/a 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 155
1990 165 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 165
1991 147 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 149
1992 139 1 2 0 1 n/a n/a 0 143
1993 151 0 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 153
1994 165 0 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 167
1995 133 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 135
1996 133 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 135
1997 133 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 136
1998 118 2 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 122
1999 107 0 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 111
2000 91 2 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 96
2001 100 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 102
2002 93 0 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 98
2003 93 0 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 98
2004 99 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 102
2005 118 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a 0 121
2006 104 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 107
2007 89 4 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 94
2008 80 4 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 85
2009 100 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 101
2010 97 2 0 2 0 n/a n/a 1 102
2011 88 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 93
2012 88 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 94
2013 99 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 106
2014 141 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 149
2015 118 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 126
2016 113 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 121
2017 108 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 116
2018 108 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 112
2019 116 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 124
2020 120 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 130
2021 130 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 145
2022 117 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 128
2023 126 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 139

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 Hardin County Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 155 7.0 22.1 n/a
1990 165 7.0 23.5 n/a
1991 149 7.6 19.6 n/a
1992 143 7.6 18.8 n/a
1993 153 9.0 17.0 n/a
1994 167 7.4 22.6 n/a
1995 135 8.0 16.9 n/a
1996 135 8.0 16.9 n/a
1997 136 8.0 17.0 n/a
1998 122 8.0 15.3 n/a
1999 111 7.0 15.9 n/a
2000 96 6.0 16.0 n/a
2001 102 6.0 17.0 n/a
2002 98 6.0 16.3 53.1
2003 98 6.0 16.3 53.1
2004 102 7.0 14.6 56.9
2005 121 7.0 17.3 52.1
2006 107 8.0 13.4 55.1
2007 94 6.0 15.7 57.4
2008 85 5.0 17.0 51.8
2009 101 6.0 16.8 63.4
2010 102 6.0 17.0 60.4
2011 93 6.0 15.5 60.2
2012 94 6.0 15.6 56.4
2013 106 6.3 16.7 60.4
2014 149 7.0 21.2 61.1
2015 126 5.0 25.2 58.7
2016 121 7.0 17.2 57
2017 116 5.8 19.6 55.2
2018 112 5.7 19.5 49.1
2019 124 6.7 18.4 70.2
2020 130 6.8 18.9 60.8
2021 145 n/a n/a n/a
2022 128 7.2 17.5 53.9
2023 139 5.6 24.5 63.3

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 Hardin County Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 155 7.0 22.1 n/a
1990 165 7.0 23.5 n/a
1991 149 7.6 19.6 n/a
1992 143 7.6 18.8 n/a
1993 153 9.0 17.0 n/a
1994 167 7.4 22.6 n/a
1995 135 8.0 16.9 n/a
1996 135 8.0 16.9 n/a
1997 136 8.0 17.0 n/a
1998 122 8.0 15.3 n/a
1999 111 7.0 15.9 n/a
2000 96 6.0 16.0 n/a
2001 102 6.0 17.0 n/a
2002 98 6.0 16.3 53.1
2003 98 6.0 16.3 53.1
2004 102 7.0 14.6 56.9
2005 121 7.0 17.3 52.1
2006 107 8.0 13.4 55.1
2007 94 6.0 15.7 57.4
2008 85 5.0 17.0 51.8
2009 101 6.0 16.8 63.4
2010 102 6.0 17.0 60.4
2011 93 6.0 15.5 60.2
2012 94 6.0 15.6 56.4
2013 106 6.3 16.7 60.4
2014 149 7.0 21.2 61.1
2015 126 5.0 25.2 58.7
2016 121 7.0 17.2 57
2017 116 5.8 19.6 55.2
2018 112 5.7 19.5 49.1
2019 124 6.7 18.4 70.2
2020 130 6.8 18.9 60.8
2021 145 n/a n/a n/a
2022 128 7.2 17.5 53.9
2023 139 5.6 24.5 63.3

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.

Immunization Rates

Hardin County Junior High School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
2015100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
2016100.0%99.2%99.2%99.2%100.0%100.0%31.2%
201799.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%100.0%99.1%100.0%63.8%
201899.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%100.0%100.0%100.0%99.1%
2019100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
2021100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
2022100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%93.2%
2023100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%97.8%
2024100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Hardin County Junior High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $906 (11.3%) $7,080 (88.7%) $7,986
2020 $1,020 (12.3%) $7,299 (87.7%) $8,318
2021 $1,898 (19.6%) $7,803 (80.4%) $9,701
2022 $1,898 (19.6%) $7,803 (80.4%) $9,701
2023 $3,778 (29.8%) $8,902 (70.2%) $12,680
2024 $4,994 (21.7%) $18,026 (78.3%) $23,020

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Hardin County Junior High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 1039th of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 1127th of 1367 Middle schools
 5.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Hardin County Junior High School)19.64.5
 15.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Hardin County CUSD 1)19.64.5
 15.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Hardin County Junior High School)20
 2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Hardin County CUSD 1)20
 2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Hardin County Junior High School)18.411.4
 7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Hardin County CUSD 1)18.411.4
 7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Hardin County Junior High School)2.62.3
 0.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Hardin County CUSD 1)2.62.3
 0.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Hardin County Junior High School)35.315
 20.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Hardin County CUSD 1)35.315
 20.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Hardin County Junior High School)8.80
 8.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Hardin County CUSD 1)8.80
 8.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Hardin County Junior High School)4052.4
 12.4%
   8th Grade Science (Hardin County CUSD 1)4052.4
 12.4%
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students124139
 12.1%
African American00
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic14
 300%
Pacific Islander00
White116126
 8.6%
Two or More Races79
 28.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients70.2%63.3%
 6.9%

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In the 2022-23 school year, 139 students attended Hardin County Junior High School.

Students at Hardin County Junior High School are 91% White, 6% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic.

Students who attend Hardin County Junior High School usually go on to attend Hardin County High School

Hardin County Junior High School ranks in the bottom 6.9% of Illinois middle schools.


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