The top reported proficiency rate is 76% in Science. The lowest is 38% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Marshall Jr High School
Marshall Jr High School serves seventh and eighth grades in a county-seat city in east-central Illinois, about 20 miles west of Terre Haute, Indiana. The school's enrollment is small and predominantly white, with the vast majority of students from the surrounding Marshall area.
The school's most recent state assessment results show uneven performance across subjects and grades. In eighth-grade math, students performed above the midpoint on the state proficiency measure, and eighth-grade English language arts showed substantially stronger results. Eighth-grade science was similarly strong. Seventh-grade results were lower in both math and English language arts. The school did not report results for grades three through six, which do not apply since this is a junior high serving only grades seven and eight.
Across the tested subjects and grades that do report, Marshall Jr High's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among the three school districts in Clark County. The school's participation rate was near universal, suggesting that assessment results reflect the full student population.
Marshall sits in a small city with modest growth and a mixed employment base of manufacturing, educational services, and healthcare. Home values in the area are below state and national benchmarks, and the cost of homeownership relative to local household income is lower than the national ratio. The city is car-dependent with limited public transit, though its historic downtown around the Clark County Courthouse is walkable and home to community anchors like the public library. The school itself is located at the north end of the city, on a campus shared with the high school and an elementary school, somewhat removed from downtown.
The district's recent strategic direction, where documented, has not been detailed in available sources. No major referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property-tax shifts were confirmed for Marshall CUSD 2C in the recent period.
State testing data for grades three through six was not available, likely because this school does not serve those grades. Free-and-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, English learner counts, discipline data, and staffing details were not reported. A parent seeking more granular information about student support services, classroom size, or recent school-level initiatives may want to reach out to the school directly.
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