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Waterloo Junior High School
Waterloo Junior High School is a public middle/junior high school in Waterloo CUSD 5, serving grades 6 - 8 in Waterloo, Monroe County, Illinois. In the 2026 Illinois Report Card (2025-26 school year), the Illinois State Board of Education gave it an overall Profile of Performance of Exemplary.
State rating, last three report cards
- 2024Commendable
- 2025Commendable
- 2026Exemplary
What Exemplary means: The highest levels of performance. Schools with an Exemplary overall profile demonstrate strong patterns of performance and have no student groups with a Comprehensive profile.
In 2026 Illinois replaced its summative designations with Profiles of Performance. The 2024 and 2025 ratings come from the earlier system, so they are not directly comparable with 2026.
How it compares with other Monroe County middle and junior high schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | 78.1% | Not enough data | n/a |
| Math proficiency | 50.0% | Not enough data | n/a |
| Chronic absenteeism | 12.1% | Not enough data | n/a |
| Average class size | 21.8 | Not enough data | n/a |
| Low-income enrollment | 19.0% | Not enough data | n/a |
Median of other middle and junior high schools in Monroe County with reported data, this school excluded, not weighted by enrollment. Proficiency is from the 2025-26 state tests. Illinois changed its proficiency cut scores in 2025, so these percentages cannot be compared with earlier years.
What stands out
- No measure differs from the county median for this school type by 5 points or more.
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Other schools in Waterloo CUSD 5
- Gardner Elementary School Exemplary
- Rogers Elementary School Exemplary
- W J Zahnow Elementary School Exemplary
- Waterloo High School Exemplary
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: Waterloo Junior High School
- ISBE Report Card Public Data Sets, 2024, 2025 and 2026, retrieved 2026-11-01
- ISBE 2026 Report Card Glossary (Profile of Performance definitions)
This page reports state-published data. It is not a rating or recommendation by Single Tree Team.