A-C Central High School

A-C Central High School is one of the micro-enrollment senior highs in Ashland, Illinois, one of the schools within A-C Central CUSD 262, with 96 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 88% leaner than the state mean of about 834.

Across the 3 schools in A-C Central CUSD 262 (314 students total), A-C Central High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, A-C Central High School reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Cass County's rate of about 69%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, A-C Central High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.3%; actual is 31.5%, a gap of -17.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cass County put median household income runs about $68,125, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cass County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,352 students), of which A-C Central High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: A-C Central Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), A-C Central High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 32%: 141 students in 2018 compared to 96 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 91% across the same window.

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