Calhoun High School

Set in Hardin, Illinois, Calhoun High School is a tiny four-year high school, one of the schools within Calhoun CUSD 40. It serves 171 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 79% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Calhoun High School is one of 2 schools operated by Calhoun CUSD 40, a district that caters to 507 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Calhoun High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school records 2% Hispanic. Compared to Calhoun County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Calhoun High School logs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Calhoun High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.9%, the actual is 40.1%, a residual of -11.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Calhoun County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,203, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Calhoun County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 616 students), Calhoun High School is one campus in the mix.

Calhoun Elementary/ Jr High Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Calhoun High School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Calhoun High School's enrollment has climbed 31% since 2018, when it stood at 131 (now 171). Class-load math has widened: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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