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Carlyle Junior High School

Carlyle, IL · Carlyle CUSD 1

Regular public school · Grades 5 - 8 · Rural, distant

250th of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 64% Improving

1631 12th St, Carlyle, IL 62231

(618)594-8292NCES ID 170846001172Directory 202324

278
Students
2023–24 enrollment
12.6:1
Student / teacher ratio
57%
Free / reduced-price lunch
low-income indicator
9.3%
Chronically absent
IL average 25%

SchoolRow ranks Carlyle Junior High School 250th of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 64% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 56th in 2019 to 64th in 2025 — improving.

Statewide percentile by year
25%50%75%64%201920202025no testing 2020–21

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

English Language Arts
Carlyle Junior High School
70%
IL average
52%
Math
Carlyle Junior High School
34%
IL average
38%
Science
Carlyle Junior High School
51%
IL average
45%
English Language Arts over time Carlyle Junior High School IL average
25%50%75%70%52%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math over time Carlyle Junior High School IL average
25%50%75%34%38%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science over time Carlyle Junior High School IL average
25%50%75%51%45%201920202025no testing 2020–21
ELA by race, over time
25%50%75%69%42%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Two or more races (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.

Math by race, over time
25%50%75%35%5%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Two or more races (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.

Science by race, over time
25%50%75%56%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 278 students (202324, NCES) — history since 1995, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010

White90%
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categories changedWhite 90%96%19952023
GroupTrend20102023Change
White91.9%89.6% 2.3 pts
Two or more races0.8%4.3% 3.5 pts
Black5.6%2.5% 3.1 pts
Hispanic1.3%1.8% 0.5 pts
American Indian0.0%1.1% 1.1 pts
Asian0.3%0.7% 0.4 pts

NCES history for this school begins in 1995. 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.

Typical home value $183K in zip 62231 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2009

$44K$88K$132K$176K$168K2009201520202025

Data Provided by Zillow Group

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What school district is Carlyle Junior High School in?

Carlyle Junior High School is part of the Carlyle CUSD 1 district in Carlyle, Illinois.

Is Carlyle Junior High School a good school?

SchoolRow ranks Carlyle Junior High School 250th of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 64% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).

What is the racial makeup of Carlyle Junior High School?

White 90%, Two or more races 4%, Black 3%, Hispanic 2% (278 students, 2023–24).

How much do homes near Carlyle Junior High School cost?

The typical home value in zip code 62231 is $183K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).

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.