State/Public Elementary Open

J L Buford Intermediate Ed Ctr

๐Ÿ“ 623 S 34th St, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, 62864

275
Pupils
13.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

J L Buford Intermediate Ed Ctr is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County. The school has 275 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Valerie Zgonina. It is part of the Mount Vernon SD 80 school district. It serves grades 4โ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 9% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Valerie Zgonina
School district
Mount Vernon SD 80

Enrollment & staffing

J L Buford Intermediate Ed Ctr enrolls 275 students across grades 4โ€“5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.

Male students
139 (51%)
Female students
136 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
20.3
Student-teacher ratio
13.6:1
Grade span
4โ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 30% Black or African American and 14% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White13348%
Black or African American8230%
Two or more races3914%
Hispanic or Latino114%
Asian103.6%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

225 of the school's 275 students (82%) 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.

School setting & status

Town, RemoteGrades 4โ€“5Title I

J L Buford Intermediate Ed Ctr 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 58, state house district 115.

School district: Mount Vernon SD 80

J L Buford Intermediate Ed Ctr is one of 4 schools in Mount Vernon SD 80, based in Mount Vernon, Illinois. The district serves 1,445 students district-wide and employs 108 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 275 students, J L Buford Intermediate Ed Ctr is smaller than the district average of about 361 students per school.

1,445
District students
4
Schools
108
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

9%
Reading proficient
21%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Town - Remote

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