📍 138 S Belmont Ave, Watseka, Iroquois County, 60970
Watseka Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Watseka, Iroquois County. The school has 201 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stephen Rigsby. It is part of the Iroquois County CUSD 9 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Watseka Junior High School enrolls 201 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 158 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 5.5% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
126 of the school's 201 students (63%) 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.
Watseka Junior High School 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.
Watseka Junior High School is one of 4 schools in Iroquois County CUSD 9, based in Watseka, Illinois. The district serves 939 students district-wide and employs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 201 students, Watseka Junior High School is close to the district average of about 235 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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