Tri-city Jr High School, Buffalo IL

Original Research by School Decision on Tri-city Jr High School

Tri-City Jr High School is a small middle school in Buffalo, a very small, predominantly residential village in rural Sangamon County about thirteen miles from Springfield. The school serves grades six through eight within a combined Pre-K–12 campus that operates as the sole school facility for Tri City CUSD 1. Enrollment is modest, with roughly a hundred students distributed across the three middle grades. The student body is predominantly white, with very small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility data and special education enrollment were not available.

The school's state test results show mixed performance across subjects and grades. In English language arts, proficiency rates increase as students progress. Sixth grade proficiency sits below half, seventh grade moves above it, and eighth grade reaches into the low-to-mid-60s. Math proficiency is less consistent. Sixth grade math shows lower proficiency, seventh grade improves to just above half, and eighth grade settles into the low-40s. The science assessment administered to eighth grade yields proficiency in the mid-50s. These numbers place the school's overall proficiency index above the midpoint when compared with districts in Sangamon County. It is worth noting that Illinois adjusted proficiency criteria for math, English language arts, and science in the most recent testing year, so direct year-to-year comparisons are not straightforward, and a parent may want to look into the school's data trends with the school directly over a longer window.

The school sits within the village itself on West Charles Street, making it a local anchor alongside the Tri-City Public Library. Buffalo's population has remained very stable, hovering at a small scale for the past several years, and the district enrollment has remained likewise stable. This is a school for a small, settled rural community where change comes slowly and many families have deep ties to the area.

Specific information about program offerings, course access, staffing, course breadth, dual-credit or career-focused pathways, and discipline policies was not included in the available data. A parent considering this school would benefit from contacting Tri City CUSD 1 directly to understand the full range of academic and extracurricular offerings, teaching approaches, and support services available to middle-grade students.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 14 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolTri City CUSD 1, 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.