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Tri-City Jr High School

Buffalo, IL · Tri City CUSD 1

Regular public school · Grades 6 - 8 · Rural, distant

264th of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 61% Improving

324 W Charles St, Buffalo, IL 62515

(217)364-4530NCES ID 173945004860Directory 202324

127
Students
2023–24 enrollment
14.1:1
Student / teacher ratio
49%
Free / reduced-price lunch
low-income indicator
14.6%
Chronically absent
IL average 25%

SchoolRow ranks Tri-City Jr High School 264th of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 61% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 29th in 2019 to 62th in 2025 — improving.

Statewide percentile by year
25%50%75%62%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25

English Language Arts
Tri-City Jr High School
60%
IL average
52%
Math
Tri-City Jr High School
42%
IL average
38%
Science
Tri-City Jr High School
53%
IL average
45%
English Language Arts over time Tri-City Jr High School IL average
25%50%75%60%52%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math over time Tri-City Jr High School IL average
25%50%75%42%38%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science over time Tri-City Jr High School IL average
25%50%75%53%45%201920202025no testing 2020–21
ELA by race, over time
25%50%75%60%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math by race, over time
25%50%75%43%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science by race, over time
25%50%75%51%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.

Racial and ethnic breakdown of 127 students (202324, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010

White92%
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categories changedWhite 92%99%19882023
GroupTrend20102023Change
White98.4%92.1% 6.3 pts
Two or more races0.8%4.7% 3.9 pts
Hispanic0.8%1.6% 0.8 pts
Asian0.0%0.8% 0.8 pts
Black0.0%0.8% 0.8 pts

NCES history for this school begins in 1988. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.

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What school district is Tri-City Jr High School in?

Tri-City Jr High School is part of the Tri City CUSD 1 district in Buffalo, Illinois.

Is Tri-City Jr High School a good school?

SchoolRow ranks Tri-City Jr High School 264th of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 61% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).

What is the racial makeup of Tri-City Jr High School?

White 92%, Two or more races 5%, Hispanic 2% (127 students, 2023–24).

Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.