Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S

Located at 7071 US 45 S, in Carrier Mills, Illinois, Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S is a very small secondary school that caters to 94 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2. Enrollment runs roughly 89% below the state mean of about 834.

Across the 2 schools in Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2 (394 students total), Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S shows that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.6%; actual is 20.1%, a gap of -19.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Saline County shows median household earnings sit near $53,117, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Saline County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,704 students), Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S is one campus in the mix.

Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 119 students in 2018 compared to 94 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 76% to 81%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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