Middle · Illinois
Rochester Jr High School
Rochester Jr High School, a public middle school in Rochester, Illinois: grades 7–8, 288 students, 14.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Rochester CUSD 3A.
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
- 288
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- Grades
- 7–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 12.7 · 689 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 51% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 67% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 428 · 691 schools compared
Smaller than 77% 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%67%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 62% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 57% · 605 middle schools compared
291 students tested, grades 7, 8 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Illinois: 39%36%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 61% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 31% · 631 middle schools compared
290 students tested, grades 7, 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 7–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Midsize suburb
- Run by
- Rochester CUSD 3A
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Rochester CUSD 3A.
Location
- Address
- 3 Rocket Dr, Rochester, IL 62563
- Phone
- (217)498-9761
- City or town
- Rochester
- County
- Sangamon County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–6 | 394 | 14.6 | 52% | 44% | |
Jefferson Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 517 | 12.0 | 16% | 4.6% |
Washington Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 516 | 10.3 | 9.9% | 3.3% |
Riverton Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 347 | 11.6 | 53% | 22% |
Lincoln Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 300 | 12.0 | 78% | 45% |
Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 709 | 13.1 | 41% | 24% |
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.
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.
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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