📍 600 N Morrow St, Pontiac, Livingston County, 61764
Pontiac Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pontiac, Livingston County. The school has 340 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jayce Sorrentino. It is part of the Pontiac CCSD 429 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pontiac Jr High School enrolls 340 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 245 | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 61 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 5% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
180 of the school's 340 students (53%) 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.
Pontiac Jr 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.
Pontiac Jr High School is one of 4 schools in Pontiac CCSD 429, based in Pontiac, Illinois. The district serves 1,135 students district-wide and employs 97 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 340 students, Pontiac Jr High School is larger than the district average of about 284 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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