Bunker Hill High School

Bunker Hill High School is one of the rural-scale four-year high schools in Bunker Hill, Illinois, operated by Bunker Hill CUSD 8, with 166 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 80% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Bunker Hill CUSD 8 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 573 students. Bunker Hill High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bunker Hill High School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Bunker Hill High School shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at Bunker Hill High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Bunker Hill High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Macoupin County) logs that median household earnings sit near $70,805, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Macoupin County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,221 students), Bunker Hill High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wolf Ridge Education Center, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bunker Hill High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.4%.

Bunker Hill High School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Bunker Hill High School's enrollment has declined 24% since 2018, when it stood at 218 (now 166). White enrollment moved from 96% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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