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West Junior High School
West Junior High School is a public middle/junior high school in Belleville SD 118, serving grades 7 - 8 in Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois. In the 2025 Illinois Report Card (2024-25 school year), the Illinois State Board of Education designated it Commendable, the same designation it received in 2023 and 2024.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Commendable
- 2024Commendable
- 2025Commendable
What Commendable means: No student group performing at or below the level of the lowest 5 percent of schools, and overall performance outside the top 10 percent statewide.
How it compares with other St. Clair County middle and junior high schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | 56.3% | 62.4%16 schools | -6.1 pts |
| Math proficiency | 20.1% | 30.1%16 schools | -10.0 pts |
| Chronic absenteeism | 31.7% | 24.0%17 schools | +7.7 pts |
| Average class size | 25.2 | 20.517 schools | +4.7 |
| Low-income enrollment | 74.0% | 55.8%17 schools | +18.2 pts |
Median of other middle and junior high schools in St. Clair County with reported data, this school excluded, not weighted by enrollment. Proficiency is from the 2024-25 state tests. Illinois changed its proficiency cut scores in 2025, so these percentages cannot be compared with earlier years.
What stands out
- Math proficiency is 10.0 points below the median for other St. Clair County middle and junior high schools (30.1%). Worth asking the school about.
- Chronic absenteeism is 7.7 points above the median for other St. Clair County middle and junior high schools (24.0%). Worth asking the school about.
Before you buy for this school
- Confirm the attendance boundary for the exact address with Belleville SD 118. Boundaries change, and a listing's school field is not a guarantee.
- Visit. A designation summarizes test results, growth and attendance. It does not describe a classroom.
- Read the full report card for student-group results, growth and staffing.
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Other schools in Belleville SD 118
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Targeted
- Central Junior High School Commendable
- Douglas Elementary School Commendable
- Franklin Elementary School Targeted
- Henry Raab Elementary School Commendable
- Jefferson Elementary School Commendable
- Roosevelt Elementary School Commendable
- Union Elementary School Commendable
- Washington School No designation
- Westhaven Elementary Commendable
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: West Junior High School
- ISBE Report Card Public Data Sets, 2023, 2024 and 2025, retrieved 2026-10-06
- ISBE 2025 Report Card Glossary (designation definitions)
This page reports state-published data. It is not a rating or recommendation by Single Tree Team.
