Middle · Illinois

Amboy Jr High School

Free meals for all

Amboy Jr High School, a public middle school in Amboy, Illinois: grades 5–8, 210 students, 12.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Amboy CUSD 272.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 210
Teachers (FTE): 17.5
Students per teacher: 12.0
Grades: 5–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 12.7 · 689 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 79% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 428 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 85% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

Not published: too few students tested.

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Illinois: 39%

31%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 50% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 31% · 631 middle schools compared

100 students tested, grades 5, 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 5–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Amboy CUSD 272

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Amboy CUSD 272.

Location

Address: 240 N Metcalf Ave, Amboy, IL 61310
Phone: (815)857-3528
City or town: Amboy
County: Lee County

Quality of life in Amboy Schools in Amboy

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Reagan Middle School	6–8	585	15.9	52%	27%	10.6 mi
Northbrook SchoolFree meals for all	5–8	526	13.8	51%	28%	15.6 mi
Paw Paw Junior High School	6–8	42	7.3	—	—	18.5 mi
Challand Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	726	16.5	38%	26%	19.2 mi
Rock Falls Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	246	11.3	72%	33%	19.4 mi
Rochelle Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	488	12.5	54%	23%	20.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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