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The smallest public high schools in Illinois

Across Illinois, 708 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the smallest total enrollment (schools with at least 10 students). Il Youth Center - Pere Marquette leads the list at 12, against a median of 431 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

708

Illinois

Best Students

Median Students

431

SMALLEST · ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Il Youth Center - Pere Marquette	Grafton, IL	IDJJ Sch Dist 428	High	12
2	YBMC Charter Sch	Normal, IL	McLean County USD 5	High	16
3	Ohio Community High School	Ohio, IL	Ohio CHSD 505	High	22
4	Lovejoy Technology Academy	Lovejoy, IL	Brooklyn UD 188	High	27
5	Douglass Academy High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	29
6	Illinois Youth Ctr - St Charles	Saint Charles, IL	IDJJ Sch Dist 428	High	32
7	Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville	Naperville, IL	IDJJ Sch Dist 428	High	34
8	IYC Chicago	Chicago, IL	IDJJ Sch Dist 428	High	37
9	School District 428 IYC-HRB	Harrisburg, IL	IDJJ Sch Dist 428	High	42
10	Brussels High School	Brussels, IL	Brussels CUSD 42	High	42
11	Deland-Weldon High School	De Land, IL	Deland-Weldon CUSD 57	High	45
12	Meredosia-Chambersburg High Sch	Meredosia, IL	Meredosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11	High	47
13	Bluffs High School	Bluffs, IL	Scott-Morgan CUSD 2	High	51
14	Roosevelt Center	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	High	60
15	Spoon River Valley Sr High Sch	London Mills, IL	Spoon River Valley CUSD 4	High	60
16	Oakland High School	Oakland, IL	Oakland CUSD 5	High	61
17	Patoka Sr High School	Patoka, IL	Patoka CUSD 100	High	61
18	Dongola High School	Dongola, IL	Dongola USD 66	High	62
19	Coulterville High School	Coulterville, IL	Coulterville USD 1	High	64
20	Odin Attendance Center 9-12	Odin, IL	Odin PSD 722	High	67
21	Scales Mound High School	Scales Mound, IL	Scales Mound CUSD 211	High	67
22	Clay City High School	Clay City, IL	Clay City CUSD 10	High	68
23	Donovan Sr High School	Donovan, IL	Donovan CUSD 3	High	72
24	Shawnee High School	Wolf Lake, IL	Shawnee CUSD 84	High	72
25	Kansas High School	Kansas, IL	Kansas CUSD 3	High	73
26	Williams Medical Prep High Sch	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	74
27	Edinburg High School	Edinburg, IL	Edinburg CUSD 4	High	74
28	Hutsonville High School	Hutsonville, IL	Hutsonville CUSD 1	High	77
29	Joppa Jr & Sr High School	Joppa, IL	Joppa-Maple Grove UD 38	High	78
30	YCCS West	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	80
31	Palestine High School	Palestine, IL	Palestine CUSD 3	High	80
32	Spry Community Links High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	82
33	Egyptian Sr High School	Tamms, IL	Egyptian CUSD 5	High	84
34	Bement High School	Bement, IL	Bement CUSD 5	High	85
35	Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr High School	Hartsburg, IL	Hartsburg Emden CUSD 21	High	85
36	Morrisonville High School	Morrisonville, IL	Morrisonville CUSD 1	High	85
37	Astoria High School	Astoria, IL	Astoria CUSD 1	High	86
38	DePue High School	DePue, IL	DePue USD 103	High	86
39	La Moille Jr/Sr High School	La Moille, IL	La Moille CUSD 303	High	86
40	Urban Prep Chtr Acad Englewood HS	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	87
41	Leland High School	Leland, IL	Leland CUSD 1	High	88
42	Griggsville-Perry High School	Griggsville, IL	Griggsville-Perry CUSD 4	High	89
43	Thompsonville High School	Thompsonville, IL	Thompsonville CUSD 174	High	90
44	V I T Sr High School	Table Grove, IL	V I T CUSD 2	High	90
45	Chrisman High School	Chrisman, IL	Edgar County CUD 6	High	93
46	Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S	Carrier Mills, IL	Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2	High	94
47	YCCS-Community Youth Dev Inst HS	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	94
48	Northwestern High School	Palmyra, IL	Northwestern CUSD 2	High	94
49	IJLA Charter High School	Chicago, IL	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	High	95
50	A-C Central High School	Ashland, IL	A-C Central CUSD 262	High	96

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