Central A & M High School

Located at 229 E Pine St, in Moweaqua, Illinois, Central A & M High School is an one-room-style four-year high school that serves 215 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Central A & M CUD 21. Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 834.

Central A & M High School is one of 4 schools operated by Central A & M CUD 21, a district that educates 746 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Central A & M High School logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Shelby County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Central A & M High School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Central A & M High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Central A & M High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.2%; actual is 29.7%, a gap of -19.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Shelby County put median household income runs about $72,095, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Shelby County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,922 students), of which Central A & M High School is one.

The closest other public school is Gregory Intermediate, roughly 0.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central A & M High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 218 students in 2018 compared to 215 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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