Crab Orchard High School

Crab Orchard High School is a secondary school of rural-scale scale in Marion, Illinois, one of the schools within Crab Orchard CUSD 3, hosting 154 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 82% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Across the 2 schools in Crab Orchard CUSD 3 (477 students total), Crab Orchard High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crab Orchard High School shows that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder looks like 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Crab Orchard High School records 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Williamson County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Crab Orchard High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.0%; this one comes in at 33.3%, -15.7 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Williamson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,604 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Crab Orchard High School is one of 26 public schools in Williamson County (combined enrollment of about 9,700 students).

Crab Orchard Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Crab Orchard High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Crab Orchard High School has increased 5%, going from 146 students in 2018 to 154 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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