Prairieview-ogden Jr High Sch, Thomasboro IL

Original Research by School Decision on Prairieview-ogden Jr High Sch

Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School serves seventh and eighth grades in Thomasboro, a small village in northern Champaign County. The school enrolls a small group of students—roughly three dozen seventh graders and somewhat fewer eighth graders—in a regular public setting within Prairieview-Ogden CCSD 197.

Thomasboro itself is a compact, quiet village with grain elevators and a tight grid of residential streets. The area sits about a dozen miles north of Champaign and along the old Illinois Central Railroad line. Local economic life centers on agriculture and grain handling; the village is small enough that most residents likely work in nearby Champaign-Urbana or surrounding towns. Median home values in the zip code are below the state benchmark and considerably below national medians, reflecting the rural character of the area. Civic functions and schools are embedded in the residential grid rather than on separate campuses.

The district brief did not confirm any major policy shifts or referenda affecting the school within the past four years, so operations appear stable.

On state assessments in seventh and eighth grade, the school shows mixed results. In English language arts, seventh graders achieved strong proficiency, while eighth graders also performed well. Eighth-grade math proficiency was moderate, while seventh-grade math was lower. Eighth-grade science proficiency fell slightly below the midpoint. Across these tested subjects and grades combined, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Champaign County districts—a meaningful position, though grounded in a small tested population.

The school's demographic profile is predominantly white, with one student identifying as Hispanic and another as multiracial. The specific counts of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, those in special education, and those identified as English learners were not reported, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about its support structure for students with those needs. Participation rates in state testing were reported as complete.

For a junior high in a rural setting with modest enrollment, this school serves a defined peer group and neighborhood. Families choosing this school are selecting a small-town educational path with close-knit class sizes. The proficiency data suggest reasonable performance in literacy but softer results in mathematics and science, warranting conversation with the school about how it supports students in those areas.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 860%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 789%

School 89% · District 89%

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 883%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Science

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

This schoolPrairieview-Ogden CCSD 197, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.