Anna-Jonesboro High School

Anna-Jonesboro High School operates as a close-knit high school in Anna, Illinois, one of the schools within Anna Jonesboro CHSD 81. Current enrollment sits at 476 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 834.

Operationally, Anna-Jonesboro High School answers to Anna Jonesboro CHSD 81, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Anna-Jonesboro High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Anna-Jonesboro High School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Anna-Jonesboro High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.3%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -7.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Union County put median household income runs about $55,728, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Anna-Jonesboro High School is one of 18 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 2,478 students).

Nearest neighbor: Davie Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Anna-Jonesboro High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Anna-Jonesboro High School has shrank 7%, going from 510 students in 2018 to 476 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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