Blue Ridge High School

Blue Ridge High School, a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in Farmer City, Illinois, overseen by Blue Ridge CUSD 18, instructs 155 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 81% below typical.

Blue Ridge High School is one of 3 schools operated by Blue Ridge CUSD 18, a district that works with 652 students overall.

On demographics, Blue Ridge High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder comes out to 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against De Witt County (around 51%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Blue Ridge High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (De Witt County) logs that median household earnings sit near $71,678, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Blue Ridge High School is one of 7 public schools in De Witt County (combined enrollment of about 2,185 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ruth M Schneider Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blue Ridge High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.4%.

Blue Ridge High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Blue Ridge High School's enrollment has fell 32% since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 155). White enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.