Bureau Valley High School

Located at 9154 2125 N Avenue, in Sheffield, Illinois, Bureau Valley High School is a rural-scale 9-12 campus that serves 294 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Bureau Valley CUSD 340. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Bureau Valley High School sits 65% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Bureau Valley CUSD 340, which oversees 4 schools and 906 students, Bureau Valley High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Bureau Valley High School lists that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Bureau Valley High School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bureau County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bureau Valley High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of +5.9 points.

In the broader community, Bureau County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,257 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bureau Valley High School is one of 22 public schools in Bureau County (combined enrollment of about 4,547 students).

The closest other public school is Bureau Valley Elem and JH, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bureau Valley High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bureau Valley High School has contracted 16%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 294 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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