Belvidere High School

Belvidere High School operates as a medium-sized four-year high school in Belvidere, Illinois, overseen by Belvidere CUSD 100. Current enrollment sits at 1,167 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Belvidere High School sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Belvidere CUSD 100 runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 7,523 students. Belvidere High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Belvidere High School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 37% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Belvidere High School has 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 61% of students at Belvidere High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Belvidere High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Boone County) shows that median household earnings sit near $84,571, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Boone County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,993 students), of which Belvidere High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Belvidere South Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Belvidere High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 31.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Belvidere High School's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,245 (now 1,167). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 46% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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