Logan Jr High School, Princeton IL

Original Research by School Decision on Logan Jr High School

Logan Jr High School serves grades five through eight in Princeton, a small Bureau County seat in Illinois. The school enrolls around four hundred students across four grade levels, with a student body that is predominantly white and drawn from the local community. Demographic data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education, and English learner status were not available.

The school's recent state test results reveal a mixed academic picture. In English language arts, students show moderate proficiency. Fifth graders perform strongest, with a majority meeting state standards; by sixth grade proficiency drops, then recovers somewhat in seventh and eighth grades. In mathematics, the pattern is less encouraging. Fifth-grade proficiency is below majority, sixth grade shows a sharp decline to quite low proficiency, seventh grade recovers to a level near fifth grade, and eighth grade again declines. Science results, available for fifth and eighth grades only, show proficiency rates in the low-to-mid range for both grades. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among the districts in Bureau County, but the volatility within grades and the downward trend in math across the upper middle grades suggest areas where additional support or curriculum attention may help. A parent may want to discuss with the school what drives these fluctuations and what strategies are in place to stabilize and raise math performance, particularly in grades six and eight.

Participation in state assessments is consistently high, typically in the mid-to-high nineties across subjects and grades, indicating that absences on test day are not a significant factor in these results.

The school is part of Princeton ESD 115, a small district in a town anchored by two historic downtown commercial districts and anchored by health care, retail, and manufacturing employment. The town has modest, steady growth rather than rapid expansion, and recent development has emphasized historic-preservation-led downtown reinvestment. No significant district-level operational changes or referendums were found in recent reporting. The housing market is relatively affordable by state and national standards, with median home values and monthly rents both below state benchmarks, making the area accessible to families on varied incomes.

Logan Jr High operates as a regular public school without charter or magnet designation. Program offerings, staffing levels, attendance data, and discipline information were not provided in available sources. The school's website was not accessible through the data provided, so parents seeking details on course options, extracurricular activities, or specific support services should contact the school directly or visit the district office.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 615%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 823%

School 23% · District 23%

▲ 1 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Science

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 7 pts above state median

This schoolPrinceton ESD 115, 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.