Auburn High School

Set in Auburn, Illinois, Auburn High School is a micro-enrollment high school, operated by Auburn CUSD 10. It teaches 327 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 61% leaner than typical.

Auburn CUSD 10 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,055 students; Auburn High School is among them.

Demographically, Auburn High School records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Auburn High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 40% of students at Auburn High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Auburn High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of -13.1 points.

Around the school, Sangamon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,357 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sangamon County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), of which Auburn High School is one.

The closest other public school is Auburn Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Auburn High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Auburn High School's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 393 (now 327). Over the same period, the White share fell from 96% to 90%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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