Amboy High School

Amboy High School, a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in Amboy, Illinois, one of the schools within Amboy CUSD 272, caters to 229 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 73% below the state mean of about 834.

Amboy High School is one of 3 schools operated by Amboy CUSD 272, a district that instructs 722 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Amboy High School reports that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic. Compared to Lee County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Lee County's rate of about 51%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Amboy High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.6%; actual is 17.3%, a gap of -32.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lee County put median household earnings sit near $70,292, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,778 students), of which Amboy High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Amboy Jr High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Amboy High School. On composite proficiency, Amboy High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Amboy High School has ticked up 6%, going from 216 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 2% to 10% over that span.

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