Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch

Located at 300 E Durfee St, in Cerro Gordo, Illinois, Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch is a very small secondary school that instructs 228 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by Cerro Gordo CUSD 100. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Cerro Gordo CUSD 100 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 474 students; Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch is among them.

On demographics, Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Piatt County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 48.3%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Piatt County indicate the typical household earns roughly $94,811 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch is one of 14 public schools in Piatt County (combined enrollment of about 3,086 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cerro Gordo Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 230 (now 228). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 97% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.