Dee-Mack High School

Dee-Mack High School is a senior high of tiny scale in Mackinaw, Illinois, overseen by Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701, works with 293 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 65% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 942 students. Dee-Mack High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dee-Mack High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That composition is broadly in line with Tazewell County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tazewell County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Dee-Mack High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Tazewell County shows median household earnings sit near $77,982, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Dee-Mack High School is one of 56 public schools in Tazewell County (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students).

The closest other public school is Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Dee-Mack High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.6%.

Dee-Mack High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Dee-Mack High School's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 293). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.