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St Joseph Middle School

Saint Joseph, IL · St Joseph CCSD 169

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

43rd of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 94% Improving

606 E Peters Dr, Saint Joseph, IL 61873

(217)469-2334NCES ID 173738005765Directory 202324

336
Students
2023–24 enrollment
15.3:1
Student / teacher ratio
19%
Free / reduced-price lunch
low-income indicator
21.6%
Chronically absent
IL average 25%

SchoolRow ranks St Joseph Middle School 43rd of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 94% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 80th in 2019 to 94th in 2025 — improving.

Statewide percentile by year
25%50%75%94%201920202025no testing 2020–21

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

English Language Arts
St Joseph Middle School
83%
IL average
52%
Math
St Joseph Middle School
66%
IL average
38%
Science
St Joseph Middle School
58%
IL average
45%
English Language Arts over time St Joseph Middle School IL average
25%50%75%83%52%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math over time St Joseph Middle School IL average
25%50%75%66%38%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science over time St Joseph Middle School IL average
25%50%75%58%45%201920202025no testing 2020–21
ELA by race, over time
25%50%75%83%58%46%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Hispanic (last reported 2023) and Two or more races (last reported 2019) stop 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%66%46%25%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Hispanic (last reported 2023) and Two or more races (last reported 2019) stop 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%58%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 336 students (202324, NCES) — history since 2006, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010

White94%
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categories changedWhite 94%97%20062023
GroupTrend20102023Change
White96.6%93.8% 2.8 pts
Hispanic0.0%2.7% 2.7 pts
Asian0.3%1.5% 1.2 pts
Two or more races1.6%1.2% 0.4 pts
Black1.0%0.9% 0.1 pts
American Indian0.5%0.0% 0.5 pts

NCES history for this school begins in 2006. 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 $287K in zip 61873 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2001

$71K$142K$213K$285K$271K200120052010201520202025

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What school district is St Joseph Middle School in?

St Joseph Middle School is part of the St Joseph CCSD 169 district in Saint Joseph, Illinois.

Is St Joseph Middle School a good school?

SchoolRow ranks St Joseph Middle School 43rd of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 94% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).

What is the racial makeup of St Joseph Middle School?

White 94%, Hispanic 3%, Asian 2%, Two or more races 1% (336 students, 2023–24).

How much do homes near St Joseph Middle School cost?

The typical home value in zip code 61873 is $287K 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.