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Vandalia Junior High School

Vandalia, IL · Vandalia CUSD 203

Regular public school · Grades 4 - 8 · Town, remote

461st of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 33%· Stable

1011 W Fletcher St, Vandalia, IL 62471

(618)283-5151NCES ID 174014006378Directory 202324

522
Students
2023–24 enrollment
13.1:1
Student / teacher ratio
49%
Free / reduced-price lunch
low-income indicator
20.8%
Chronically absent
IL average 25%

SchoolRow ranks Vandalia Junior High School 461st of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 33% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 34th in 2019 to 33th in 2025.

Statewide percentile by year
25%50%75%33%201920202025no testing 2020–21

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

English Language Arts
Vandalia Junior High School
50%
IL average
52%
Math
Vandalia Junior High School
23%
IL average
38%
Science
Vandalia Junior High School
38%
IL average
45%
English Language Arts over time Vandalia Junior High School IL average
25%50%75%50%52%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math over time Vandalia Junior High School IL average
25%50%75%23%38%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science over time Vandalia Junior High School IL average
25%50%75%38%45%201920202025no testing 2020–21
ELA by race, over time
25%50%75%51%50%20%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Hispanic (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%24%20%16%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Hispanic (last reported 2023) and Two or more races (last reported 2023) 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%46%38%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.

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 522 students (202324, NCES) — history since 2015, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010

White91%7%
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White 91%Two or more races 7%94%20152023
GroupTrend20152023Change
White94.5%90.6% 3.9 pts
Two or more races3.5%7.3% 3.8 pts
Hispanic1.5%1.7% 0.2 pts

Typical home value $134K in zip 62471 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2012

$37K$74K$112K$149K$142K2012201520202025

Data Provided by Zillow Group

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What school district is Vandalia Junior High School in?

Vandalia Junior High School is part of the Vandalia CUSD 203 district in Vandalia, Illinois.

Is Vandalia Junior High School a good school?

SchoolRow ranks Vandalia Junior High School 461st of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 33% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).

What is the racial makeup of Vandalia Junior High School?

White 91%, Two or more races 7%, Hispanic 2% (522 students, 2023–24).

How much do homes near Vandalia Junior High School cost?

The typical home value in zip code 62471 is $134K 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.