📍 600 S Henrietta St, Effingham, Effingham County, 62401
Effingham Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Effingham, Effingham County. The school has 522 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Charlie Schwerman. It is part of the Effingham CUSD 40 school district. It serves grades 6–9 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Effingham Junior High School enrolls 522 students across grades 6–9. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 460 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.9% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
249 of the school's 522 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Effingham Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 54, state house district 107.
Effingham Junior High School is one of 6 schools in Effingham CUSD 40, based in Effingham, Illinois. The district serves 2,261 students district-wide and employs 168 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 522 students, Effingham Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 377 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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