Chrisman High School

Chrisman High School, an one-room-style four-year high school in Chrisman, Illinois, part of Edgar County CUD 6, educates 93 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 89% leaner than the state mean of about 834.

Edgar County CUD 6 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 267 students. Chrisman High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Chrisman High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%); the rest breaks down as 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Chrisman High School shows 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Chrisman High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Edgar County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, Chrisman High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of -10.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Edgar County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $59,941 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Edgar County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,650 students), of which Chrisman High School is one.

Chrisman-Scottland Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chrisman High School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.

Chrisman High School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chrisman High School has fell 3%, going from 96 students in 2018 to 93 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.