State/Public Middle Open

Unity Jr High School

๐Ÿ“ 1121 County Road 800 N, Tolono, Champaign County, 61880

346
Pupils
16.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Unity Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tolono, Champaign County. The school has 346 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amber Behrends. It is part of the Tolono CUSD 7 school district. It serves grades 6โ€“8 in a rural setting. The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Amber Behrends
School district
Tolono CUSD 7

Enrollment & staffing

Unity Jr High School enrolls 346 students across grades 6โ€“8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.

Male students
182 (53%)
Female students
164 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
21
Student-teacher ratio
16.5:1
Grade span
6โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 5.2% Two or more races and 3.2% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White30989%
Two or more races185.2%
Hispanic or Latino113.2%
Black or African American61.7%
Asian2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

97 of the school's 346 students (28%) 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.

School setting & status

Rural, FringeGrades 6โ€“8

Unity Jr High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 51, state house district 102.

School district: Tolono CUSD 7

Unity Jr High School is one of 4 schools in Tolono CUSD 7, based in Tolono, Illinois. The district serves 1,487 students district-wide and employs 108 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 346 students, Unity Jr High School is close to the district average of about 372 students per school.

1,487
District students
4
Schools
108
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

38%
Reading proficient
32%
Math proficient
11%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Rural - Fringe

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