Armstrong High School

As a tiny high school in Armstrong, Illinois, Armstrong High School hosts 114 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Armstrong Twp HSD 225. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Armstrong High School sits 86% below that benchmark.

Armstrong Twp HSD 225 is the operating authority for Armstrong High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Armstrong High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Vermilion County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Armstrong High School records 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Vermilion County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Armstrong High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.7%; actual is 28.0%, a gap of -21.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Vermilion County indicate median household income runs about $56,877, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Vermilion County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,267 students), of which Armstrong High School is one.

Armstrong-Ellis Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Armstrong High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Armstrong High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Armstrong High School's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 134 (now 114).

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