Middle · Illinois

Western Jr High School

Western Jr High School, a public middle school in Kinderhook, Illinois: grades 6–8, 146 students, 13.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Western CUSD 12.

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
146
Teachers (FTE)
10.6
Students per teacher
13.8
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 68% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 12.7 · 689 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 58% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 88% of middle schools in Illinois

Median 428 · 691 schools compared

Smaller than 90% 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%

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

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 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Western CUSD 12.

Location

Address
300 Chaney St, Kinderhook, IL 62345
Phone
(217)432-8324
City or town
Kinderhook

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
6–867411.4
6–815112.0
3–849116.5
6–81,29517.1
5–834312.4
5–8928.4

Sources

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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