Clay City High School

Set in Clay City, Illinois, Clay City High School is a minimally staffed senior high, operated by Clay City CUSD 10. It instructs 68 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Clay City High School sits 92% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Clay City CUSD 10 (253 students total), Clay City High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Clay City High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). That composition is broadly in line with Clay County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Clay City High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Clay City High School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.1%; Clay City High School posts 24.0%, -16.1 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clay County) reports that median household earnings sit near $60,417, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Clay County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,130 students), of which Clay City High School is one.

The closest other public school is Clay City Jr High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clay City High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.6%.

Clay City High School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Clay City High School's enrollment has rose 19% since 2018, when it stood at 57 (now 68). White enrollment moved from 93% to 99% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Clay City High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.