Argenta-Oreana High School

Set in Argenta, Illinois, Argenta-Oreana High School is a rural-scale 9-12 campus, run under Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1. It works with 268 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 68% leaner than typical.

Within Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1, which oversees 3 schools and 893 students, Argenta-Oreana High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Argenta-Oreana High School records that nearly all students (80%) are White. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at Argenta-Oreana High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Argenta-Oreana High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.2%; this one delivers 27.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Macon County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,666 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Macon County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,702 students), of which Argenta-Oreana High School is one.

Argenta-Oreana Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Argenta-Oreana High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Argenta-Oreana High School has declined 6%, going from 284 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 80% across the same window.

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