📍 PO Box 37, Paw Paw, Lee County, 61353
Paw Paw Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Paw Paw, Lee County. The school has 34 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Dubois. It is part of the Paw Paw CUSD 271 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 6.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.5:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Paw Paw Junior High School enrolls 34 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 6.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White and 18% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 28 | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 18% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
17 of the school's 34 students (50%) 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.
Paw Paw Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 45, state house district 90.
Paw Paw Junior High School is one of 2 schools in Paw Paw CUSD 271, based in Paw Paw, Illinois. The district serves 129 students district-wide and employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 34 students, Paw Paw Junior High School is smaller than the district average of about 65 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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