📍 400 Ashland Ave, Fairview Heights, St. Clair County, 62208
Pontiac Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Fairview Heights, St. Clair County. The school has 206 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joanna Luehmann. It is part of the Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Pontiac Jr High School enrolls 206 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Black or African American, 32% White and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 89 | 43% |
| White | 66 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 8.7% |
| Asian | 7 | 3.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
102 of the school's 206 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.
Pontiac Jr High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 57, state house district 113.
Pontiac Jr High School is one of 2 schools in Pontiac-W Holliday SD 105, based in Fairview Heights, Illinois. The district serves 630 students district-wide and employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 206 students, Pontiac Jr High School is smaller than the district average of about 315 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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