📍 120 E Bidwell St, Taylorville, Christian County, 62568
Taylorville Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Taylorville, Christian County. The school has 683 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stile Smith. It is part of the Taylorville CUSD 3 school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Taylorville Jr High School enrolls 683 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% White, 4.5% Two or more races and 1.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 626 | 92% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 1.9% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
321 of the school's 683 students (47%) 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.
Taylorville 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 48, state house district 95.
Taylorville Jr High School is one of 4 schools in Taylorville CUSD 3, based in Taylorville, Illinois. The district serves 2,172 students district-wide and employs 138 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 683 students, Taylorville Jr High School is larger than the district average of about 543 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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