📍 PO Box 50, Paxton, Ford County, 60957
Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High Sch is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Paxton, Ford County. The school has 269 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Josh Didier. It is part of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High Sch enrolls 269 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 224 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 4.5% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
130 of the school's 269 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High Sch is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-20, state senate district 53, state house district 106.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High Sch is one of 4 schools in Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10, based in Paxton, Illinois. The district serves 1,230 students district-wide and employs 105 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 269 students, Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High Sch is close to the district average of about 308 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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